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21 March, 2023
Harmony Day 2023
Harmony day will be celebrated on Tuesday 21st March. The children are encouraged to wear orange .
Harmony Day is a celebration of our cultural diversity – a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home.
Held every year in March, Harmony Day coincides with the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Orange has been the Harmony Week colour since the first event was held in 1999. Traditionally the colour orange relates to social communication, stimulating two-way conversations.
It aids in the development of new ideas and frees the spirit of its limitations, giving us the freedom to be ourselves.
03 March, 2022
Letters and Prayers from Maurie Cooney, Parish Priest.
Letters and Prayers from Maurie Cooney, Parish Priest
Dates
Links
Letter 2, March 3 2022
Letter 2 March 3 2022 (1)
Letter 91, December 16
Letter 91 December 16
Letter 91-attach Ministry recruitment September 2021
Letter 91-attach on Mary
Letter 90, December 9
Letter 90 December 9
Letter 90-attach Ministry recruitment September 2021
Letter 90-attach There has to be forgiveness
Letter 89, December 2
Letter 89-attach CHRISTMAS MASSES Dec2021
Letter 89-attach Gift giving
Letter 89-attach Ministry recruitment September 2021
Letter 88, November 25
Letter 88 November 25
Letter 88-attach Advent and Christmas
Letter 88-attach Ministry recruitment September 2021
Letter 87, November 18
Letter 87 November 18
Letter 87-attach Ministry recruitment September 2021
Letter 87-attach World Kindness Day
Letter 85, November 4
Letter 85 November 4
Letter 85-attachThe Catholic Church and Climate Policy
Letter 85-attach Mass schedule, booking,TV, online
Letter 84, October 28
Letter 84 October 28
Letter 84-attach Mass schedule, booking,TV, online
Letter 84-attach on Synodality
Letter 83, October 21
Letter 83 October 21
Letter 83-attach God's faith, hope, love for us
Letter 83-attach Ministry recruitment September 2021
Letter 82, October 14
Letter 82 October 14
Letter 82-attach Prayers-Marriage&Family, Plenary COuncil
Letter 82-attachSt Albans SC vaxpopup
Letter 81, October 7
Letter 81 October 7
Letter 81-attach Plenary Council Agenda
Letter 81-attach Plenary Council-refresher
Letter 80, September 30
Letter 80 September 30
Letter 80-attach Masks, smiles, communication
Letter 80-attach What matters is what you do in this world
Letter 79, September 23
Letter 79 September 23
Letter 79-attach Accesssing TV & online Mass
Letter 79-attach Ministry recruitment September 2021
Letter 79-attach Our brothers and sisters should be welcomed
Letter 79-attach Our moral duty towards Afghan refugees
Letter 79-attach Pope Francis on Migrant&Refugee Sunday
Letter 78, September 16
Letter 78 September 16
Letter 78-attach Accesssing TV & online Mass
Letter 78-attach GB Shaw Quotes For A Better Life
Letter 78-attach Ministry recruitment September 2021
Letter 78-attach Parable-a fish tale
Letter 77, September 9
Letter 77 September 9
Letter 77-attach Ministry recruitment September 2021
Letter 77-attach Two Hands of God
Letter 76, September 2
Letter 76 September 2
Letter 76-attach On Fathers Day
Letter 76-attach Prayers on Fathers Day
Letter 75, August 26
Letter 75 August 26-All
Letter 74, August 19
Letter 74 August 19
Letter 74-attach Accesssing TV & online Mass
Letter 74-attach Being the body&blood of Christ
Letter 73, August 12
Letter 73-attach How the Eucharist Evolved-2
Letter 73 August 12
Letter 73-attach Accesssing TV & online Mass
Letter 72, August 5
Letter 72 August 5
Letter 72-attach Mary MacKillop
Letter 72-attach Parents&families in education
Letter 71, July 29
Letter 71 July 29
Letter 71-attach 50th annuversary of MassForYouAtHome
Letter 71-attach How the Eucharist Evolved-1
Letter 70, July 22
Letter 70 July 22
Letter 70-attach Prayer Shelter Me
Letter 69, July 15
Letter 69 July 15
Letter 68, July 8
Letter 68 July 8
Letter 68-attach Booking&accesssing TV & online Mass
Letter 68-attach St Joseph
Letter 67, July 1
Letter 67 July 1
Letter 67-attach Booking&accesssing TV & online Mass
Letter 67-attach Honour in pedalling for all you're worth
Letter 66, June 24
Letter 66 June 24
Letter 66-attach Plenary Council agenda
Letter 66-attach Be Kind
Letter 65, June 17
Letter 65 June 17
Letter 65-attach Booking&accesssing TV & online Mass
Letter 65-attach MassCount stats May2021
Letter 64, June 10
Letter 64 June 10
Letter 64-attach Booking&accesssing TV & online Mass
Letter 64-attach Heart of God-Heart for Action
Letter 63, June 3
Letter 63-attach accesssing TV & online Mass
Letter 63-attach Remembering the mother of St Mary MacKillop
Letter 63 June 3
Letter 62, May 27
Letter 62-attach Abp letter re Missions
Letter 62 May 27
Letter 62-attach Reconciliation Week
Letter 61, May 20
Letter 61 May 20
Letter 61-attach We Are a Missionary Church
Letter 60, May 13
Letter 60 May 13
Letter 59, May 6
Letter 59 May 6
Letter 58, April 29
Letter 58 April 29
Letter 57, April 23
Letter 57 April 22
Letter 57-attach Apb statement Pathways Victoria
Letter 57-attach Reflection Jesus is Risen
Letter 56, April 16
Letter 56 April 15
Letter 56-attachThe emptiness of Holy Saturday
Letter 55, April 9
Letter 55 April 8
Letter 54, April 1st
Letter 54 April 1
Letter 54 April-attach VG on Parish rearrangement
Letter 54-attach Triduum prayers
Letter 53, March 26
Letter 53 March 26
Letter 53-attach Holy Week at Home
Letter 52, March 19
Letter 52 March 19
Letter 52-attach 200th anniv CatholicEd
Letter 52-attach Lent-HolyWeek timetable 2021
Letter 52-attach St Joseph
Letter 51, March 12
Letter 51 March 12
Letter 51-attach Women of faith
Letter 51-attach Lent-HolyWeek timetable 2021
Letter 51-attach Crisis-way forward
Letter 50, March 5
Letter 50-attach Lent-HolyWeek timetable 2021
Letter 50 March 5
Letter 50-attach Affirming Human Dignity for All
Letter 49, February 26
Letter 49 February 26
Letter 49-attach Back to basics for this Lent
Letter 49-attach New model of care for elderly needed
Letter 49-attach PENITENTIAL RITE DURING LENT
Letter 49-attach Prayer-Stepping into Lent-give me something new&good
Letter 48, February 19
Letter 48 February 19
Letter 48-attach Lent regulations
Letter 48-attach Pope Francis on daily prayer
Letter 48-attach St VdeP thanks
Letter 47, February 12
Letter 47 February 12
Letter 47-attach Mass Schedule
Letter 47-attach on Fratelli Tutti
Church closure 12Feb2021
Letter 46, February 5
Letter 46 February 5
Letter 46-attach New Mass Schedule
Letter 46-attach The broken amongst us teach us
Letter 45, January 29
Letter 45 January 29
Letter 45-attach New Mass Schedule
Letter 45-attach What a good Australia Day might look like
Letter 45-attach Prayers a selection
Letter 44, January 22
Letter 44 January
22 Letter 44-attach New Mass Schedule
Letter 44-attach Why am I Catholic
Letter 42, January 8
Letter 42 January 8
Letter 42-attach New Mass Schedule
Letter 42-attach Epiphany blessing
Letter 42-attach Family Care Sisters
Letter 41, January 1
Letter 41 December 31
Letter 41-attach New Mass Schedule
Letter 41-attach Christmas sketches
Letter 40, December 24
Letter 40 December 24
Letter 40-attach The way we were at Christmas
Letter 40-attach Mass schedule December-Christmas
Letter 40-attach Sunday Masses 2-3January onwards
Letter 40-attach Reasons to celebrate Christmas
Letter 39, December 18
Letter 39-attach The Gentle Art of Blessing
Letter 39-attach Sunday Masses 3-4January onwards
Letter 39-attach Mass schedule December-Christmas
Letter 39-attach Christmas Lights
Letter 39 December 18
Letter 38, December 11
Letter 38 December 11
Letter 38-attach Waiting and Hoping
Letter 38-attach Mass schedule December-Christmas
Letter 38-attach Advent Prayer Service
CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES 2020
Letter 37, December 4
Letter 37 December 4
Letter 37-attach Advent colours & symbols
Letter 37-attach Celebrating Advent and Christmas
Letter 37-attach Mass schedule
Letter 36, November 26
Letter 36 November 26
Mass Schedule
Letter 35, November 20
Letter 35-
Letter 35-attach Schedule&Rationale 21-22Nov
Letter 35-attach Nurturing Resilience
Letter 35-attach MSC on-the-other-side
Letter 34, November 13
Letter 34 November 13
Letter 34-attach Footprints on our hearts-Joyce Rupp
Letter 34-attach Schedule&Rationale 8November
Letter 34-attach Schools and lockdown
Letter 33, November 6
Letter 33-attach Vatican2 on Peace
Letter 33-attach 100 years of Far East
Letter 33 November 6
Letter 33-attach Prayers for peace
Letter 32, October 30
Letter 32 October 30
Letter 32-attach And the people stayed home
Letter 32-attach Communion of saints
Letter 32-attach On Death-the twins story
Letter 32-attach Some reflections on death
Letter 31, October 23
Letter 31 October 23
Letter 31-attach 15things ... Mary MacKillop
Letter 31-attach Don't let go
Letter 31-attach LET US RETURN TO THE EUCHARIST
Letter 31-attach MACS
Letter 31-attach Prayer for Carers
Letter 30, October 15
Letter 30 October 16
Letter30-attach Stay in Touch
Letter 30-attach Prayers in the Week for Mental Health Awareness
Letter 30-attach PopeFrancis-Mission Sunday
Letter 30-attach mental health support
Letter 30-attach MaryMacKillopwritings,prayers
Letter 30-attach Mary MacKillop reflection-Take Fresh Courage
Letter 29 October 9
Letter 29 October 9
Letter 29-attach Crabby Old Man
Letter 29-attach Intro to Pope Francis' new encyclical
Letter 29-attach Overview of Pope Francis new encyclical
Letter 29-attach Putting a lower value on older lives is unethical
Letter 28, October 2
Letter 28 October 2
Letter 28-attach a sower went out to sow
Letter 28-attach Abp in The Age
Letter 28-attach God speaks...
Letter 28-attach There is a time
Letter 27, September 25
Letter 27 September 25
Letter 27-attach Pope Francis Migrant&Refugee Sunday
Letter 27-attach Pope Francis on solidarity
Letter 27-attach Rights&Responsibilities Joan Chittester
Letter 27-attach Two Prayers
Letter 26, September 18
Letter 26 September 18
Letter 26-attach Abp Letter
Letter 26-attach order form Columban Calendar
Letter 26-attach prayers Listen & SocServices
Letter 26-attach-It is what it is Andrew Hamilton
Letter 26-attach-when there's no Eucharist
Letter 25, September 11
Letter 25 September 11
Letter 23-attach notices (1)
Letter 25-attach Beatitudes for these times
Letter 25-attach Child Safety-Abp & Parish
Letter 25-attach Forgiveness
Letter 25-attach Simple measures
Letter 24, September 4
Letter 24 September 4
Letter 24-attach Archbishop letter
Letter 24-attach Bishops on VAD
Letter 24-attach homelessness 1
Letter 24-attach homelessness 2
Letter 24-attach The Importance of Fathers
Letter 24-attach When someone has done something wrong
Letter 23, August 28
Letter 23 August 28
Letter 23-attach-not in the same boat
Letter 23-attach Social Just Sunday PRAYER
Letter 23-attach Pope Francis on serving gospel action
Letter 23-attach notices
Letter 23-attach intros to SocJustStatement
Letter 23-attach full text SocJustSTatement (1)
Letter 22, August 21
Letter 22-attach notices
Letter 22-attach - Covid as EXILE
Letter 22 August 21
Letter 22 -attach Pope Francis on dignity of each person
Letter 21, August 14
Letter 21 August 14
Letter 21-attach brainteasers
Letter 21-attach CARITAS in Lebanon
Letter 21-attach Women of faith
Letter 21-litany of Mary
Letter 20, August 7
Letter 20 August 7\
Letter 20-attach Catholic Care appeal
Letter 20-attach Mary MacKillop
Letter 20-attach Transfiguration-Assumption Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ
Letter 19, July 31
Letter 19 August 2
Letter 19 -attach Mary Magdalene
Letter 19-attach Friendship&isolation
Letter 19 -attach Bucket List
Letter 19-attach Prayers
Letter 18, July 24
Letter 18 -attach Prayers
Letter 18 July 24
Letter 18-attach Nouwen on service
Letter 17, July 17
Letter 17 July 17
Letter 17-attach News from other Parishes
Letter 17 -attach Sometimes it's us
Letter 17 -attach Insecurity
Letter 17 -attach Church in action
Letter 16, July 10
Letter 16 July 10
Letter 16-attach Lasting effects
Letter 16-attach George Harrison
Letter 16-attach Archbishop letter
Letter 16-attach Age and attitude
Letter 15, July 3
Letter 15 July3
Letter 15-attach church closure 1July
Letter 15-attach Footprints
Letter 15-attach learning
Letter 15-attach Notices
Letter 14, June 26
Parish Letter June 26 Wk 14
Letter 14-Life's givens
Letter 14-attach Notices
Letter 14-attach MASS TIMES summary
Letter 13, June 19
Letter 13 June 19
Letter 13-attach Mass Schedule from 22June
Letter 13-attach MASS TIMES summary
Letter 13-attach Plenary Council Missionary&Evangelising
Letter 12, June 12
Letter 12 June 12
Letter 12-attach Notices
Letter 12-attach 17 Prayers
Letter 11, June 5
Letter 11
Letter 11-attach Where is God ...
Letter 11-attach Spirit Matters
Letter 11-attach Notices
Letter 11-attach A Healthy Distance
Letter 10, May 29
Letter 10 May 29
Letter 10-attach Bishops' encouragement
Letter 10-attach Bishops' Entrustment Prayer Card
Letter 10-attach First Priests in Australia
Letter 9, May 22
Letter 9 May 22
Letter 9 attachment - notices
Letter 8, May 15
Letter 8 May 15
Letter 8 attachment - notices
Letter 7 May 8
Letter 7 May 9
Letter 7 attachment-Archbishop statement
Letter 7 attachment - notices
Letter 6 May 1
Letter 6 May 2
Letter 6 attachment-sabbath
Letter 6 attachment-prayer Vocations
Letter 6 attachment - Autumn-hidden gifts
Letter 6 attachment - notices
Link to Sacred Heart Emmaus Parish Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN-G9lQOotTeJbr8JI-t12A
Letter 5 April 24
Letter 5
Message from the archdiocese of Peru
Letter 5 attachment Anzac Day
Letter 5 attachment - notices
Letter 5 attach-SOME PRAYERS AT MEALS
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Letter 4 April 16
Letter-4
Letter 4 attach Thanksgiving contributions
Letter 4 attach-Hope&Holiness
Streaming & TV times 14April
Letter 3 April 9
Letter 3 April 9
STREAMING AND TV times
Letter 3-Abp Letter to the Faithful
Holy Thursday prayer
Good Friday prayer
Easter Sunday prayer
19 April, 2021
Emmaus Walk-athon 2021
Please click here to view some footage from the school Walk-a-thon
09 March, 2021
Year 5 and 6 Leadership Day reflections
The grade 5 and 6 students participated in a leadership day. The children were involved in an amazing race that was organised by the staff. It involved using various skills and the children were able to show their leadership capabilities.
Please click on the link to view some reflections from the children.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cf00mVB1VJNsxA8jw18hvlmoNouwx2mG/view?usp=sharing
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