Liturgy
Community Liturgy
Year 7 students will be preparing the first Community Liturgy for Term 2, on Friday 3 May. Year 7 families are very welcome, especially those who are new to the College. If you have not previously attended Mass or are not Catholic, just come to the Chapel at 8:00. There are no reserved seats or special places and all the responses are on a PowerPoint.
Community Liturgy summary
- Where: College Chapel
- Time: 8:00am – 8:30am
- When: every Friday in term time
This year the great feast of Easter falls during the middle weekend of the school holidays. For Christians around the world it is the highlight of the liturgical year. Parishes will celebrate special liturgies, commencing with Palm Sunday the weekend before.
Many families like to celebrate these liturgies as part of their Easter festivities, and some of our local parishes have sent details of their services Holy Week. This information is also on the College website.
Sacrament Program
FAQS
What happens in the Sacrament Program?
Children in Years 3, 4 and 6 prepare to celebrate, respectively, the sacraments of Reconciliation, Eucharist and Confirmation in their own ‘home’ parish.
How are the children prepared?
The Religion curriculum in Catholic schools includes a unit of work on the sacrament in the relevant year level. Once the students have completed the unit of work they are awarded a certificate, which is required by the Parish.
Some parishes provide additional classes for students attending Catholic schools.
Last, but not least, parents are the children’s first teachers in Faith. The program in the Perth Archdiocese is ‘family-focused, parish-based and Catholic school supported.’
When will the sacraments be celebrated?
Each parish is different; refer to your local parish for dates and times. Some information from local parishes is provided below – and you can find more detail on the College website.
Why are there differences from parish to parish?
Each parish is a unique Faith community and the Parish Priest responds to the needs of the parish, within the context of the wider Church. No two parishes are the same – so there will be some variation in how the parish Sacrament Program is administered. As a regional College we are enriched by families from a diversity of parishes.
If I have a child in Year 3, 4 or 6, when should I enroll in my parish program?
Parents are reminded to enroll their children in parish Sacrament programs as soon as possible
Parish updates from Local Parishes
A brief summary of dates are provided below. For more detail, please check the College website or approach the Parish Priest or parish sacrament coordinator directly.
CITY BEACH: Holy Spirit
For families already enrolled in the program, the schedule is on the College website.
Further information: http://www.holyspiritcitybeach.com/
CLAREMONT: St Thomas Apostle
Celebration of the Sacrament
First Communion: Sunday 5 May 9:30am
Confirmation: Friday 9 August 6:00pm
Reconciliation: Wednesday 23 OR Thursday 24 October after school
Further information: Silvia.kinder@cewa.edu.au
COTTESLOE: St Mary Star of the Sea
Registration for all Sacraments
Further information: cottesloe@perthcatholic.org.au
Registration Form:
DOUBLEVIEW: Our Lady of the Rosary
Celebration of the Sacrament
Confirmation: Saturday 8 June at 6:00pm Mass
First Communion: Saturday 21 September at 6:00pm
Sunday 22 September at 10:00am
Reconciliation: Saturday 26 October at 5:00pm
Further information: doubleview@perthcatholic.org.au
FLOREAT/WEMBLEY: St Cecilia’s/Our Lady of Victories
Upcoming dates: Thank you to those families who have completed the enrolment process. For those who have yet to do so, please provide us with your nominated dates with regards to workshops, reconciliation, rehearsals, etc. Email the Parish Office. Further info: http://www.floreatwembleyparish.org.au/resources/Floreat-Wembley-Parish-Sacramental-INFORMATION-PACK-2019.pdf.
NEDLANDS: Holy Rosary
Celebration of the Sacrament
Reconciliation: Term 2 – date to be finalised
First Communion: Sunday 16 June 2019, 8:45am Mass
Confirmation: Saturday 3 August 2019, 6:00pm Mass
Further information: Nedlands@perthcatholic.org.au
SHENTON PARK: St Aloysius
Registration form
Available from parish website:
Celebration of the Sacrament
First Communion: Sunday 30 June 2019, 9:30am Mass
Confirmation: Sunday 22 September 2019, 9:30am Mass
Further information: http://shentonparkcatholics.org.au/parish-life/sacramental-program/
Contact: John Edwards 0438 527 050
SUBIACO: St Joseph’s
Expression of interest for all Sacraments
Contact: Bart Welten
sacraments@stjosephssubiaco.org.au
If you have any other questions about the Sacrament Program:
- Contact your Parish Priest or Sacrament Coordinator.
- Contact Mary-Anne Lumley, Parish Liaison Mary-Anne.Lumley@cewa.edu.au or 9383 0513.
- College website
- Information for all parishes may be found on the archdiocesan website http://www.perthcatholic.org.au/Parishes_and_Mass_Times.htm?cms%2Erm=List
GOOD NEWS for the Feast of Easter
The reflection for the feast of Easter is from Fr Michael Tate and is printed here, with kind permission. Fr Michael Tate is a Parish Priest in the Archdiocese of Hobart and is Catholic Chaplain to the University of Tasmania where he is an Honorary Professor of Law and he lectures in International Humanitarian Law.
Dawn is breaking…
Women go to the tomb as dawn is breaking. The Power of Darkness which had Jesus unjustly sentenced, cruelly tortured and buried in the pitch blackness of the tomb, is conquered by the Son-Rise of all sun rises flooding our world and the whole of human history with Divine Light and Energy.
This is the heart of our faith as Catholic Christians, which we celebrate with bon-fire (good fire) in darkness at the Easter Vigil. From that earthly element we light the Easter candle and the Exsultet is sung: ‘Be glad, let earth be glad as glory floods her, ablaze with light from her eternal King.’
The resurrection itself is nowhere described in the gospels, but we do have appearances of the Risen Lord Jesus. The first appearance was to a woman, Mary of Magdala. A title given to her by the early church was ‘Apostle to the Apostles’ because she was the bearer of the message which the male disciples initially did not believe. But eventually they too believed that Death had been done to death because the Son had risen.
Christ’s body was transfigured by the energy of Divine Love and we can, by grace, participate in that resurrection life of Our Lord. A glorious destiny awaits us, as indeed it awaits the whole cosmos as it is to be transformed by that resurrection life recreating the whole of creation.
We could take a moment to pray that we, along with all that matters, are graced with the life-giving energy of the Risen Son and that we may join Mary of Magdala in spreading the Good News of Christ’s victory over death. Alleluia!
© Fr Michael Tate