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Beginning teachers, new school principals and leaders gathered for a moving celebration at St Patrick’s Cathedral Parramatta as Bishop Vincent Long and Parish Priests blessed and welcomed Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese staff to their new roles.

On Thursday the 15th of December we gathered as a school community for the last time in 2022 to celebrate our End of Year/Year 6 Graduation Mass. It was a lovely celebration of the Year 6 students' journey and all the students and staff leaving the school received a lovely blessing.

Last Wednesday the 8th of December, the Year 6 students took part in a Leadership Day. The students enjoyed participating in different leadership challenges and enjoyed the teamwork and bonding experience in their last few days of Primary school! 😊

On Tuesday the 6th of December we had an incredible night for our 2022 End of Year Awards Ceremony and Christmas Concert. Congratulations to all the award recipients and all the performers and students. Amazing job to everyone!

On Wednesday the 16th of November, a representative group from OLOL comprising of Ms Byrnes, Mrs Ferguson, Mrs Messina, Mrs Demeterio, Javiar Bou Serhal, Anika Thakur, Amelia Laus, Joshua Jegnathan and Mrs Melissa Laus attended a special Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral. The Mass celebrated by Bishop Vincent was to mark the significant contribution of Mr Greg Whitby to Catholic education over more than 40 years. This term is Greg’s final term at Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta before his retirement at the end of the year. As a Diocese we took this opportunity to thank Greg for his leadership, contribution, and enthusiasm in promoting Catholic Education.

On Friday the 11th of November we gathered as a school community to reflect and commemorate Remembrance Day. Thank you to Stage 2 for a lovely and reverant liturgy.

On Tuesday 1st November we celebrated the feast of All Saints at 9:15am in the Church. We honored those men and women who—whether they’ve been canonized or not—have led lives of heroic virtue that sets an example for all Christians. The saints can help us in our spiritual lives. By praying with the saints, we can grow closer to God.

Thank you to all the staff, students and parents who helped support Mission to Busk afternoon at OLOL. We had so many talented performers that contributed to the success of the day. We raised $923 for Mission Australia! Your generosity and support is greatly appreciated. Click here for photos of the day.

This morning was a lovely celebration of the Eucharist at the Mission Mass for Catholic Mission Week. Thank you to the Kindergarten, Year 1 and 2 teachers for organising the beautiful mass.

What an amazing day we had coming together as a school to think about others to celebrate Socktober. The students got to wear their favourite team jerseys and played a game of soccer using a ball made out of socks, material, plastic and ribbon. It was an interesting experience playing with these balls, like children in Ethiopia do. Students shared that it made them realise how lucky they are to have equipment to play soccer. Thank you to Miss Brownlow, Ms Armstrong and the FIA team for putting together a great day for an amazing cause.