Education in Faith News
Dara Blake REL
St Patricks Day
On March 16th will will have a St Patrick's Day Liturgy in the School Hall at 3pm. All community members are welcome. The liturgy will also include some Irish cultural aspects as well as finding out the story of St Patrick.
Stations of the Cross
The Year 5 and Year 6 students will be coming together on the last day of school to portray a traditional and a recontexualised version of the Stations of the Cross. This will be the first time we will be bringing the Stations of the Cross into a modern sphere and we are excited to see what the students have scripted.
Year 5/6 Family Mass
March 4th at 5pm will be our first Community Mass. Please look below for you childs community mass and we are always happy to have different year levels at our commun ity masses.
Lent Basics (The Cheat Sheet)
Before going into all the fancy “extra” stuff you can do during Lent, I am going to list out the basics for anyone just starting out or not wanting to forget everything. These things are not necessarily required of every age or ability group, so you research further to make sure you’re meeting Lenten requirements, but you can start here.
The first thing to understand is that Lent is its own season, it is very different in feel and observances than Easter. Easter is also a season that lasts for 50 days, but it doesn’t start until Lent is over. So I fully recommend observing Lent first, and trying some of these Lenten activities rather that going straight for the Easter stuff during Lent. Here is an article I wrote on observing Lent first and then celebrating Easter.
- “Give Something Up”– I really prefer to call this a “Lenten Resolution” because sometimes it’s better to add extra things rather than only taking things away. I do have several posts to help you set Lenten resolutions including sacrifice ideas from the Catholic Icing community, another article with 50 thoughtful ways to fast technology, and also a sacrifice activity for small kids.
- Meat Free Fridays! Jesus died for you on a Friday, so every Friday during Lent the Catholic church asks you to abstain from meat as a special sacrifice for him. I have a list of 25 kid friendly and normal meatless meals here.
- Fasting– Fasting is required only for Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
- Add Extra Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving– these are kinda the 3 “buzz words” of Lent.
- Purple– the liturgical color of the season!
Printable Lenten Calendar For Kids
This has been the most popular Lenten resource here for a decade now, so if you would like to print one, you can download yours for free here.
Listed below are dates for your 2023 diary as well as some interesting information on all things Religious Education at Sacred Heart.
Dates to Remember: Liturgical Calendar 2023 |
Sacraments Term 1 Reconciliation Thursday March 23rd at 10.15am (30 students) -Yr 3 Week 9 Term 2 Bishops Visit May 19th 11.am Confirmation week 5 May 25th at 7pm Term 3 Holy Communion August Thursday 17th at 6pm (42 students) -Year 4 week 6
Masses Ash Wednesday 22-02-23 9.15am Assumption of Mary 15-8-23 9.15am All Saints/Souls 1-11-23 9.15am End of School Year Mass 13-12-23 9.15am Graduation Paraliturgy 18-12-23 (no priest) 6pm
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| Weekend Family Masses |
Term 1 Year 5 and 6 Family Mass 4/3/23 Week 6 5pm Term 2 Year 3 and 4 Family Mass 3-6-23 Week 6 5pm Term 3 Year 1 and 2 Family Mass 26-8-23 5pm Term 4 Prep 18-11-23 5pm
School Run Liturgies Term 1 Being of Year School Liturgy Feb 3rd St Patrick’s Day liturgy 16-3-23 @3pm Term 2 Feast of the Sacred Heart Liturgy 23-6-23 Term 4 Remembrance Day 10-11-23 |
Dara Blake
Religious Education Leader