Religion and Parish News

Prayer:

A Creed for Our Children

We want our children to be strong – to do what they believe is right and to recover when they make mistakes.

We want our children to have empathy – to know what it is like to be lonely, scared and vulnerable; to seek help and to give help.

We want our children to love warmly – their families, their lives, other children, peoples of different cultures and abilities.

We want our children to judge critically – to recognize the good and hopeful and to reach for a full life; to recognise untruth, cruelty, violence, disrespect and danger and to deal with them resourcefully.

We want our children to love God – to know the love of God through the adults surrounding them; to know God as a friend and faithful companion.

Amen

Project Compassion Mission Boxes

Please send any Project Compassion Mission Boxes that you still have at home to the St Xavier’s Office at your earliest convenience.

2023 St Joseph’s Parish Sacramental Dates:

Confirmation - 9am, Sunday 4th June, 2023 at St Joseph’s Church

First Eucharist - 8:30am, Sunday 20th August, 2023 at St Joseph’s Church

First Reconciliation - 6pm, Tuesday 19th September, 2023 at St Joseph’s Church

2023 Sacrament of Confirmation:

If you have a child in Year 6 who has made all the other Catholic Sacraments (Baptism, First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion) they are eligible to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation this term. Notes have been sent home this week about the Parent Information Night for Confirmation, which is being held next Thursday evening, the 4th May. Please see the dates below for other essential dates for the Sacrament of Confirmation Program:

Parent Information Evening - Thursday 4th May, 6pm at St Joseph’s Church
Enrolment Mass Weekend - either Saturday 6th (6pm) OR Sunday 7th May (8:30am) at St Joseph’s Church.
Mass attendance at weekend Mass in the weeks leading up to Confirmation Mass.
Reconciliation for Confirmation - Tuesday 30th May, 5:30pm at St Joseph’s Church
Confirmation Retreat Day - Friday 2nd June, 9:00am - 1:00pm at St Xavier’s Primary School (including a BBQ lunch).
Confirmation Mass - 9am, Sunday 4th June, 2023 at St Joseph’s Church

Week 11 Holy Week Reflections

In the last week of Term 1, St Xavier’s students were involved in Holy Week Reflections which outlined key events in Jesus’ life in the days leading up to his crucifixion. Years 2 and 5 started off the week detailing Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. This was followed by Year One who reflected on Jesus giving us the Eucharist at the Last Supper. The Kindergarten students were next, also reflecting on the Last Supper, but this time focusing on Jesus teaching his disciples to serve others in the Washing of the Feet. On the last day of Term 1, Years 3, 4 and 6 reenacted the Stations of the Cross, ending with Jesus’ death on the cross.

Please enjoy viewing some photos of the 2023 Holy Week Reflections.

Palm Sunday