On Wednesday 20th June St Mary MacKillop Catholic Primary had our Term 2 Social Justice activity that supported the St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal and Penrith Community Kitchen.
The community support of this social justice activity was amazing and I would like to thank every student and their family for their amazing generosity.
Overall your donations amounted to:
- 34 bags full of beanies, scarves, gloves, socks and blankets
- $300 for the St Vincent DePaul Winter Appeal
- 75 bags of non-perishable groceries for Penrith Community Kitchen.
This food will go towards making many meals to feed the needy and homeless this winter.
Congratulations St Mary MacKillop, every one of you helped to make this winter better for a lot of needy people.
St Mary MacKillop Primary Penrith South
www.mackilloppenrith.catholic.edu.au
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23 Oct 2026
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Have you heard the news? ๐ข Our new playground is open and ready for business ๐ There's ropes to climb, slides to sail down, wobbly bridges and play panels to keep those brains and bodies moving and growing! It's a great day to be a student of St Mary MacKillop ๐22 Oct 2026
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Year 5 have been having a wonderful day! We have had dinner, found our rooms and we are now going on a night walk and having a camp fire!
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Have you heard the news? ๐ข Our new playground is open and ready for business ๐ There's ropes to climb, slides to sail down, wobbly bridges and play panels to keep those brains and bodies moving and growing! It's a great day to be a student of St Mary MacKillop ๐
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Year 5 have been having a wonderful day! We have had dinner, found our rooms and we are now going on a night walk and having a camp fire!
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World Mission Month โ Putting Our Faith Into Action through supporting Socktober October is World Mission Month - a time for really putting our โFaith Into Action!' During World Mission month we remember that Jesus called us to love and care for our neighbour and we all share this very important responsibility to care for the needs of others. It is a time to think and act on how we can show our concern for those around us. Catholic Mission is the official international mission agency of the Catholic Church in Australia. Their focus is on creating change and building a more just world for people everywhere. Each year Catholic Mission holds a fundraising initiative called Socktober. Through participating in Socktober we put our faith into action by raising money that allows Catholic Mission to enact Jesusโ teachings of love and care for our neighbour. Yesterday, our playground was awash with colour wore our โcrazy socksโ to help raise much needed funds for Catholic Mission. Thank you to everyone who put their faith into action to create a fairer world for everyone.
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Looking for something to do as a family this weekend? โช ๐๐ผ What a beautiful reminder to those who are anxious about bringing younger children to Church ๐๐ผ โช We pray all of our families are enjoying their term break St Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, Penrith NSW