Family and Faith

A Prayer for Mothers

We thank you Lord, for the great gift of motherhood. It is within our mother’s womb that we began life. It is in her embrace that we have known safety and comfort. It is through her encouragement that we grow and mature.

Lord, bless our mothers. Draw close to them and hear their prayers for their children. Give them the grace of surrendered love – a love that imagines the love of our heavenly mother, Mary.

May all mothers find daily the strength to love generously, the patience to endure graciously, and the grace to live their vocation of motherhood joyously.

We ask this through our Lord, Jesus Christ,

Amen.

MAKE A MOTHER’S DAY MERCY CUP GIFT!  

You’re invited to make a Mother’s Day Mercy Cup for that special mother/nanna/mother figure in your life to cherish as a plant and then as a drinking mug. Truly unique and special! Place your plant in the garden or pot when appropriate to regenerate Mother Earth. I have 50 cups featuring the titles Happy Mother’s Day, Nanna,  Love You Mum, Queen Bee, Most Amazing Mum that you can choose from to make a Mother’s day gift. 

Dads and male family members are especially invited to come with the kids! 

When: Tuesday 9th May after school

Where: Fatima Forum

Who: Mums, dads, carers and children

Time: 3pm - 4pm

Cost: $10 per mug 

Mother’s Day Mercy Mug Order Form for 9/5/23

I wish to purchase _____________ mugs at $10 each

Name:__________________________________________________

Contact no: _____________________________________________

Child at School:______________________Class _______________

Pascha Prayer Pack Cards 

It’s lovely to see families sending In photos of their family using the Pascha Cards and celebrating the 50 day Season of Easter. Mercy cards are given to participating family members. It’s not too late to send in your photos!

If your family did not receive a Pascha Cards Prayer Pack please email me.

Family Mass - Kindergarten/Year 6 Buddies  

Our first Family Mass was a great hit! Thank you to all the families who were able to come last Saturday night. We were lucky enough to have Josephine Sadhini sing and play the piano and also organise a pop up student choir to sing! A big thank you to Wendy Macken for creating the slide show presentation for the Mass - much appreciated! 

The next Family Mass will be on Saturday 27th May with Year 6 

once again leading us in prayer in the celebration of Pentecost.    

At Family Mass EVERYONE is invited.

Fatima Friends

We had lots of fun last Friday making Easter baskets and hunting for Easter eggs. Check out the great photos! This Friday we are painting symbols of Easter. Pre-schoolers, toddlers and babies with their parents or carers are all welcome to Friday Fatima Friends at 9.10am after Prayer Assembly!

Easter - Dress to Celebrate

Give your family prayer space a makeover. Dust it off and refresh it with a clean white or gold cloth. Decorate it with symbols of Easter like butterflies, coloured eggs, a cross with a white drape.

Make A Resurrection Garden

A great gift alternative to the standard chocolate, this little garden is a wonderful symbol of hope and joy for your family’s prayer space or garden. There are so many different ways of doing this, however, we kept it simple using established seedlings for the sake of time restraints which is a little more costly than raising seeds.  

Click on the link for more info:

Stations of Glory

Inspired by the Stations of the Cross which focus on the suffering of Jesus, the Stations of Glory focus on his post resurrection appearances. Using nine candles that are lit with each station, this simple, scripture based prayer is a great way to get in touch with this season.  Click on this link:

Relay for Life 2023 - This weekend May 6 - 7!         All Welcome!

The Sutherland Shire Relay For Life! 2023 marks the 22nd Relay in the Sutherland Shire Community. Relay is a fun and moving experience that raises vital funds for the Cancer Council’s research, prevention and support services. It’s a chance for the community to celebrate cancer survivorship, remember loved ones we have lost and unite our community and fight back against cancer.                 

Event details                                                                                    

When:  Sat 6 May 2023 and Sun 7 May 2023

Time:    09:00am Sat - 10:00am Sun

Where: Don Lucas Reserve, Wanda Beach,

Day 1: Saturday 6 May 2023

Day 2: Sunday 7 May 2023

National Families Week is coming! And it has a new theme -

Living Real Dreaming Big.

Stay tuned for more info on how you can celebrate the week as a happy family.

OLF Caringbah Parish:  A series of talks  -                 The Secret of Mary

Wishing all our mothers, nannas, mother figures a wonderful Mother’s Day next week and for all families continued joy in this Season of Easter.

Tracey Bowler | Family Educator

tracey.bowler@syd.catholic.edu.au