The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

This Sunday our Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, which is also known as the Feast of Corpus Christi. This day reminds us of the centrality of the Eucharist to our Catholic faith, and the importance of regularly receiving the sacrament for our spiritual nourishment and growth.

Gospel Reading: Jn 6:51-58 Sunday 7th June

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Jesus said to the Jews:

‘I am the living bread which has come down from heaven.

Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever;

and the bread that I shall give

is my flesh, for the life of the world.’

Then the Jews started arguing with one another: ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ they said. Jesus replied:

‘I tell you most solemnly,

if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man

and drink his blood,

you will not have life in you.

Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood

has eternal life,

and I shall raise him up on the last day.

For my flesh is real food

and my blood is real drink.

He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood

lives in me

and I live in him.

As I, who am sent by the living Father,

myself draw life from the Father,

so whoever eats me will draw life from me.

This is the bread come down from heaven;

not like the bread our ancestors ate:

they are dead,

but anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.’

The Gospel of the Lord

Prayer

Lord Jesus,

You are the living bread which sustains us in this life.

May we always hunger for the bread which comes from heaven

and find in it the nourishment and strength we need

to love and serve you always.

Amen

Sacramental Program- Term 2 First Eucharist

The Sacrament of First Eucharist will be celebrated at St Mark’s Church on Sunday 21st June at 10.00am. Please keep the children in your prayers as they continue preparations for this next step in their faith journey.

Saints Club News Term 2

Family Week at St Mark’s Catholic Care Fundraiser

CatholicCare Victoria delivers a range of programs and services that support mental health, families and individuals, youth, housing, and refugees and asylum seekers. They also offer crisis support and advocate for vulnerable people.

Further information about CatholicCare can be found at https://www.catholiccarevic.org.au/

Thank you for supporting this year’s fundraiser- which will contribute towards supporting the work of CatholicCare. The amount raised was $263

Years 3- Years 6 - Outreach to Fawkner Kindergarten

Reflections by Saints Club Students

We had fun spending time with all of the kindergarten kids. We did different types of activities and games. We had such a fun time and we played an intense game of hide and seek. By Amani

We got to paint lovely pictures and play with toys with the kinder kids. It was so much fun communicating with and playing with them. By Siena

The Saints Club had a wonderful time. All the kinder kids were super nice and so were the teachers. Everyone was so welcoming and I would definitely go back to visit again. The kindergarten was so organised with immaculate stations. We were grateful that we got to see them. By Savannah

We all enjoyed playing games with the young lovely kinder kids. We loved helping them to paint and we also loved playing and spending time talking with them. We did some fun activities and games. It was really fun! By Prekshya

We had a wonderful time at the kindergarten, and we did activities such as painting, playing in the playground and we passed balls to each other. The teachers were so nice and we had lots of fun. By Chelsea

Religious Education - VOCATIONS

VOCATIONS Guest Speaker - Mr Michael Nolan

On Thursday the 28th of May, we had a special guest come into LA8 to talk to Year 5 & 6. His name is Michael Nolan, he is 86 years old and used to be a priest for 33 years. Interestingly, he has just recently won an OAM (Medal of the Order of Australia) award. He had been telling us about his vocation as a priest and a bit of his life story. Vocation means an occupation, business or profession, especially one which you seriously believe in. It’s a calling, career, a divine call to God's service. E.G a Priest.

Here are a few questions we asked him.

What makes you want to help people?

He loves people and loves to help them. He also loves meeting and engaging with new people that he meets.

What does your vocation to God look like?

‘It’s nothing you can see, it’s what you see in your imagination’, Michael said.

By Ruby FL and Alessia.P

Dot Mash - RE Leader

Tues-Thurs

dorothy.mash@smfawkner.catholic.edu.au

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