Resurrection Catholic Primary School 51 Gum Road, Kings Park 3021 Telephone: (03) 8312 6312 Absence Line: (03) 8312 6333 website: www.rskingspark.catholic.edu.au email: principal@rskingspark.catholic.edu.au

At Resurrection Catholic Primary School,

we learn passionately, we serve joyfully, we care.

UPCOMING EVENTS Term 2 - Week 2 – Fri 5 May 2019

Prep Welcome Mass & fun day

Sun 5 May 10:30am - Prep & Grade 6 buddy classes are invited to the Prep Welcome Mass & free activities after 10:30am mass. All students & families are invited to join in the celebrations.

Yr 3 Excursion Wed 8 May Botanical Gardens excursion

Mother’s Day Mass Fri 10 May 9:15am Whole school mass, class activity & morning tea

Interschool Sports Fri 10 May Interschool Sports at Deer Park North Primary School

Mother’s Day Mass - Yr 1 Sat 11 May 6:00pm Year 1 students to lead mass to celebrate Mother’s Day

Yr 3-6 Athletics Carnival Fri 17 May 9:30am-3:15pm Keilor Park Athletics Track

Interschool Sports Fri 17 May Interschool Sports at Kororoit Creek Primary School

First Communion Sun 19 May 9am & 10:30am - Rm 19 students communion mass

First Communion Sun 26 May 9am & 10:30am - Rm 21 students communion mass

First Communion Sun 2 June 9am & 10:30am - Rm 23 students communion mass

Message from the Principal Resurrection day The celebration of our name day was a great opportunity for the children to rejoice in the joy of the risen Lord. Thank you to all who organised and attended mass. It was a wonderful celebration of faith and led us beautifully into the activity day which the children enjoyed greatly. The magician had the children enthralled and they loved the opportunity to dance and decorated their own donut. Prep Welcome Mass and Activities We look forward to seeing our Prep students at mass and the community of Resurrection celebrate the beginning of their school journey this Sunday at the 10:30 mass. All are encouraged to attend and celebrate the liturgy and activities afterwards AFL Tournament Our Senior Football team are participating in the AFL tournament today. We wish them well and expect that they will represent Resurrection Community with great enthusiasm and sporting attitude.

May God bless you, Tony Freeman ACTING PRINCIPAL

School Photos - Arthur Reed - 5249 8600 The school photos are ready to view online and place your orders. .

If you registered to receive a notification, you should have received that this week. If not, you can call Arthur Reed

to get your unique codes (one per student) and then you will be able to view the photos online.

Please place your orders before 12 May for free delivery of your photos to school.

If you order after 12 May you will need to pay for separate delivery to your home address.

If you placed your order with cash before photo day, these orders will be processed and delivered to school.

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Prep Welcome Mass and celebration Please join the Prep students and their Grade 6 buddy classes this Sunday at the 10:30am mass as we celebrate and welcome the Prep families into our parish community. There will be free rides available after the 10:30am mass and the canteen will be open to purchase food and drinks. _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Mother’s Day Mass, activities & Morning Tea. Wed 8 May from 9am - If you can help with gift wrapping please leave your name at the office. Even if you can spare 1/2hr that would be greatly appreciated. The more helpers we have the quicker the job is completed. Thurs 9 May from 8:45am - Mother’s Day Stall – we need helpers to sell the gift items on Thurs 9 May from 8:45am until approx. 1:30pm. If you are able to help please leave your name at the office. Fri 10 May 9:15am - Mother’s Day Mass, classroom visit and morning tea. All are welcome to join us for our whole school Mother’s Day mass at 9:15am, followed by classroom visits and then morning tea. Sat 11 May 6pm - Mother’s Day Mass lead by Year 1 students _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Roadworks/Gardenworks Please note that there will be gardening and roadworks happening around the front of the church at the roundabout from Monday. Please do not park in this area until you are notified the works are finished. _____________________________________________________________________________________________

School Fees Statements will be sent home next week with the eldest child. Please ensure that your school fees are up to date. If you are having trouble keeping your payments up to date, please make arrangements to meet with Mr Tony Freeman, otherwise we look forward to your payments by Friday 17 May 2019. If you have a payment arrangement in place, this statement is only for your records. Payments can be made at the school office or over the phone. _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Athletics Carnival Yrs 3-6 – Fri 17 May 2019 Next Friday is the Yrs 3-6 Athletics Carnival day. Students are required to wear full sports uniform inc hats, bring a warm raincoat, lunch, snacks and refillable water bottle in a bag/backpack please. _____________________________________________________________________________________________

2020 Prep Enrolments

Enrolments for Prep 2020 are now open. To be eligible to commence school next year, children will need to be five years of age by 30 April, 2020. Enrolments are also being accepted for other year levels. Please come to the office to pick up an “Request for Enrolment” form and return the completed form by Fri 10 May 2019 Key dates: 10 May 2019 Request for Enrolment forms due 7 June 2019 1st offers will be mailed including Enrolment form 14 June 2019 Enrolment forms due

During the month of May & June the following children will be making their 1st Holy Communion. Please keep these children in our prayers as they receive the body and blood of Christ for the 1st time.

Sunday 19th May 2019 Izabella Axisa Gianluca Bagnato Natasha Bangera Gawfan Daabool Kathy Do Jaiden Fonseka Lul Gle Ysobel Gomez Jada Hipolito Mayen Koklec Chi-Dao Luong-Ho Ysabela Magno Raphael Montoro Quynh Phan Katya Qassab Matthew Santos Brendan Scicluna Pech Thou Shaun Vella Fabyan Zahrah Celine Lee Lo Sofaniyas Teshome

Sunday 26th May 2019 Lorenzo Calingin Nicholas Colbert Tahlia Cremona Isaac D'Rozario James Ferdinand Erica Golba Olivia Golba Ryan Laguda Nathan Lavery Adhel Lual Ma Beatrice Eryn Magbanua Mason Magri Jennilyn Magtalas Jurkuch Makuach Marcus Mammarella Chan Manut Skye Mihalec Erica Movric Chiamaka Orji Daniel Sumuni Amelia Tallent Joshua Vella Mathew Zahra

Sunday 2nd June 2019 Jose Batres Logan Botticelli Ruby Boticelli Jack Castellas Renisce De Vera Shania Fernandes Madison Jreige Nicholas Lay Cecilia Ling Jared Lozano David Malut Nynathok Mongrag Nyanyok Ngor Sophia Pham Briella Tan Trish Truong Angelina Tuanza Giselle Vo Doan Jade Williams Charlotte Aukuso

SS PHILIP AND JAMES. DAY OF PENANCE.

1 Corinthians 15:1-8. Psalm 18(19):2-5. John 14:6-14.

Their message goes out through all the earth – Psalm 18(19):2-5.

‘Lord, show us the Father.’

It is easy to sympathise with Philip’s request. The mystery of the Incarnation confronts

us with a face of God that is contrary to many popular images. There are no bright lights

and heavenly choirs. Instead we see a man like us.

Jesus reveals to us the desire of the Father to enter into our human predicament. In

doing so, he touches those areas of our lives that we prefer to keep hidden. These are

our areas of darkness and desolation, weakness and sin, the areas which most need the saving presence of God.

The repeated language of indwelling that John employs is an attempt to convey the depth of the intimacy that the Father and Son

both share and offer us through the Spirit. The invitation is to live in union with the tripersonal God of love and reciprocity, the

source of all dance and song.

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Resurrection Day

PARISH NEWS

THANK YOU

Many thanks to all parishioners who have made our ceremonies so meaningful and prayerful over the Easter period.

A special thanks to Pauline, Judith, Liturgy Team, Choirs, Overseers, Proclaimers, Special Eucharist ministers, Sacristans, to all the parishioners who helped deliver the brochures & all those who had a helping hand in our services.

Our parish relies on you and could not function without your commitment to our parish faith community.

CARITAS - Thank you to everyone to handed in their Caritas Compassion box’s for 2019. We, together can make a difference. If you requested a receipt it can be collected from the Parish office.

PARISH MASS COUNT - Over the month of May the Archdiocese are maintaining an up to date Mass attendance. This annual count is important for our pastoral planning activities and allows for comparisons to be made across the years. This year, the four weekends chosen to do this count are 4-5 May, 11-12 May, 18-19 May & 25-26 May.

PREP WELCOME - Sunday 5th May at 10.30am the parish will welcome the prep families for 2019 into the Parish.

DIVINE MERCY - Thank you to all the organisers and parishioners who were present at the Divine Mercy on Sunday.

GRADE 1'S MOTHER'S DAY TRIBUTE

The grade 1's are invited to celebrate Mass on Saturday 11th May at 6.00pm. It will be a wonderful opportunity for the children to celebrate mass with Father Gerard, parishioners, teachers and other year one families.

SCHOOL COMMUNIONS

During the month of May & June the Resurrection School children will be making their 1st Holy Communion. Please keep these children in our prayers as they receive the body and blood of Christ for the 1st time.

RENEWAL OF CHURCH GARDENS

At Resurrection Parish we are blessed with beautiful facilities including our garden space. But like any facility from time to time they need to be renewed and upgraded. Our gardens are in need of renewal and upgrade and works will commence soon. The motivation for undertaken these works are safety, reduce maintenance and most importantly enhance the beauty of the church and surrounds. The works will take place in three stages outlined below.

Stage 1 Preparation of the grounds beginning 6th May

Stage 2 to be presented to church community May

Stage 3 installation of all plants in June/July

CRC ST. ALBANS TOUR DATES CRC St. Albans is offering tour dates for anyone interested in applying. Applications for Year 7 2021 Enrolments are now open and close on the 23rd August. The tour dates for Term 2 are as follows

55 PLUS - 4th June 2019 - You are invited to a morning tea to farewell Tony & Joyce after 9.30am Mass Please bring a plate to share.

11th June 2019 - Move & Morning tea after 9.30am Mass.

For more details please contact Elizabeth Thompson on 0435 791 390.

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP

You are welcome to a meeting on Friday 10th May at 2.00pm at the Parish Office to discuss ways the parish and school can make a positive contribution to our environment.