Religion
St.
Catherine’s is a Catholic school. All religions are welcome. We celebrate Mass
regularly and all assemblies have a religious theme. The pupils attend Religion
lessons three times a week.

The
school chapel

The Grotto with a statue of Our Lady.

Our patroness
– St. Catherine of Sienna

4
November 2011
At last our 4
new classrooms are ready and Father Brian blessed them after the final Primary
School Mass of the year.

Final Mass


Outside the
new building, Father read the blessing.

The Altar
Servers

The Primary
School were all there to take part.

Father and
James went into each classroom and blessed it.

Final
hymn before returning to class.

6 April
2011
Each year the
pupils present the Easter Paraliturgy – the story of
the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ, just before Easter.

Ryan and Delta
were the narrators.

Grade
2D heralded Jesus with palms.

The choir
sang the hymns beautifully.

Devon, Neels and Roger were Pontius Pilot, Peter and Jesus.

Representatives
from each phase of the school brought the Lenten Offerings in.

February
2011
Father Rodney
conducted a retreat for the Grade 4’s & 5’s at the Mazenod
Centre. This was a day of spiritual renewal as well as some fun.

The groups
had to read and enact the story of the Prodigal Son.

Time
for a sing-song with Father.


We had to
trace footprints to show where we had come from and where we want to be
heading.

A
little help from Mrs Montoccio.

The retreat
ended with Holy Mass.

11
February 2011
Mass is
celebrated every fortnight and the weeks between are dedicated to the Grade 1’s
and 2’s who have a “Word Service” with Father Rodney.

Father Rodney
does a short introduction with the Grade 2’s.

Time
for a hymn.

The children
now have a worksheet from Father.

How does my
picture look?