Liturgy

Community Mass

Thank you to students in Koolyangarra House and Mr Bowen who prepared this morning’s Community Mass. Thanks also to choir members and Mrs Haydon for leading us in singing while managing restrictions. Next week the liturgy will be prepared by students in Year 9.  

In accordance with current guidelines, Mass attendance is limited to students in the year group and staff members. We look forward to welcoming families, friends and alumni in the future, once COVID restrictions have eased.

Community Mass details:

• College Chapel
• Fridays in term time
• Starts: 8:00am and concludes 8:30am

SACRAMENT PROGRAM

‘Family-focused, parish-based, Catholic school supported’

Parents of students in Years 3, 4 and 6

Students will be preparing for the sacrament of Reconciliation (Year 3), Holy Communion (Year 4) and Confirmation (Year 6). This time of preparation is joyfully shared by families, parishes and schools. 

Sacraments are celebrated in parishes – usually the parish you consider your ‘home’ parish. It is important to ‘enrol’ in the parish program, even for families in Catholic schools, as parishes need to plan ahead for these events. 

Enrolment details for parishes of Cottesloe/Mosman Park, City Beach, Doubleview and Subiaco may be found here. 

Alternatively, contact the Parish Priest or Sacrament Coordinator in your own home parish.

If you would like further information about the Sacrament Program:

• If your nearest parish is not listed, search the Archdiocesan website;
• Contact Mary-Anne Lumley mary-anne.lumley@cewa.edu.au   08 9383 0513.

GOOD NEWS for 2nd Sunday in Lent

 “… As Jesus prayed, the aspect of his face was changed, 

and his clothing became brilliant as lightning…”   

Luke 9:28-36

Apparently, there is an old Syrian saying ‘inside the people you know, there is a person you don’t know.’ One of God’s gifts is the grace to keep discovering beautiful things about the people close to us. If you talk to people who have been married for a long time, they will often mention the way their partner surprises them, even after twenty years of sharing the same kitchen sink. Likewise, our children and our friends. If we put them in a box with a label, we can become blind to some unexpected wonders God wants us to see.

Perhaps it was like this for Peter, James and John on the occasion of the transfiguration

which we hear about in the Gospel today. By this stage, they have been on the road with

Jesus for quite some time. They have seen the storm calmed, the demoniac brought to

peace, the woman healed of her hemorrhage, the daughter of Jairus raised to life. They

have heard outrageous things. You’d think they’d be getting the picture by now.

The experience on the mountain allows them to understand that they have hardly begun to understand the depth of the mystery of Jesus. A voice from the cloud says ‘this is my Son, the Chosen One. Listen to him.’

This week, as part of Project Compassion, we hear the story of Biru , a young man from the Ho ethnic minority in India. He lives with a disability. But there is so much more to him that needs to be seen. Our support of Caritas Australia has empowered him to become an

entrepreneur, to meet his future with pride, confidence and hope. Project Compassion

challenges us to see beyond the immediate situation of people such as Biru and discover

the person we don’t yet know, to celebrate the possibilities of life ‘for all future generations.’

Both before and after their great experience on the mountain top, Luke’s Gospel reminds

us that the disciples still face a challenging road. Life will teach them more and more about Jesus. Let us all be open the lessons of a real relationship with the God of justice and love.

Reflection from Caritas Australia:  https://www.caritas.org.au/resources/project-compassion/weekly-reflections-for-teachers/?audience=Teacher&page=1