Catholic Identity
Term 2 Mass Dates
This term, students will be attending Mass in their units. We also will have a whole school Mass to celebrate the Feasts of the Sacred Heart and a Mother's Day Liturgy. Dates for these events are below:
Week 3 - Friday May 8 - Mother's Day Liturgy (9.15am) in Hall
Week 5 -Thursday May 28 - F/1/2 Unit Mass at St Joseph's Church (9.30am)
Week 7 - Thursday June 4 - 3/4 Unit Mass at St Joseph's Church (9.30am)
Week 8 - Thursday June 11 - Feast of the Sacred Heart 12pm – Whole school at St Joseph's Church
Week 9 - Thursday June 25 – 5/6 Unit Mass at St Joseph's Church (9.30am)
Sacraments of Confirmation and First Eucharist
We will be beginning our Sacramental preparation for Confirmation and Eucharist for Year 4 students who are baptised and have received the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The date for the Sacraments will be Saturday June 20 at St Joseph's Church at 6pm.
An Enrolment and Information session for parents will be held on Monday May 4 in the Arts Centre at 5pm. Please note, the children will not need to attend the Information session.
A letter will be sent out with additional information about the Sacraments shortly. Please do not hesitate to contact me for more information or any questions you may have (enally@sjquarryhill.catholic.edu.au)
Gospel
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John
I am the gate of the sheepfold.
Jesus said: ‘I tell you most solemnly, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but gets in some other way is a thief and a brigand. The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock; the gatekeeper lets him in, the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out. When he has brought out his flock, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow because they know his voice. They never follow a stranger but run away from him: they do not recognise the voice of strangers.’
Jesus told them this parable but they failed to understand what he meant by telling it to them. So Jesus spoke to them again:
‘I tell you most solemnly,
I am the gate of the sheepfold.
All others who have come
are thieves and brigands;
but the sheep took no notice of them.
I am the gate.
Anyone who enters through me will be safe:
he will go freely in and out
and be sure of finding pasture.
The thief comes
only to steal and kill and destroy.
I have come
so that they may have life
and have it to the full.’
Children's discussion starters
- Whose voice do you know without being told who it is?
- How can you tell?
- Jesus speaks to us in many ways.
- How can we tell the voice of Jesus?
Jesus says that he will always care for us. Let us pray that we may know and love Jesus more closely.
Elise Nally, Catholic Identity Leader
enally@sjquarryhill.catholic.edu.au