Religious Education News
'And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself."' Luke 10:27
Reconciliation
Feast of the Assumption
Last week we celebrated the feast of the Assumption. This is an important Marian feast when
we celebrate Mary as a woman of faith and trust in God,a woman of humility and strength,a
woman of love and compassion. Jesus tells us that happiness is found in hearing the word of
God and following it. Mary embodies this teaching. We reflect at this time how we, like Mary,
can respond to God with faith and trust.
Social Justice Statement 2019–2020
Making it Real: Genuine Human Encounter in our Digital World
The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Statement for 2019 – 2020, Making it Real: Genuine human encounter in our digital world, affirms the positive possibilities for encounter and solidarity offered by new digital media, while warning of those elements of our digital world that may be harmful. These include information overload; social isolation; marginalisation of the vulnerable; consumerism and fake news.
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We celebrate Social Justice Sunday on 29 September. This year, the Australian Bishops’ Social Justice Statement is titled: ‘Making it Real: Genuine human encounter in our digital world’. It shares Pope Francis’ challenge to us to ‘boldly become citizens of the digital world’. It points out that we are called not just to be inhabitants of this world, but active citizens shaping it. For further details about the Social Justice Statement, visit the Office for Social Justice website (www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au) or call (02) 8306 3499. Order the Statement online at: bit.ly/socialjusticeshop Follow us on Facebook: @socialjusticeACBC or Twitter: @JusticeCatholic |
Season of Creation
The Season of Creation runs from 1 September to 4 October (the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi). Laudato si' – on care for our common home, is the second encyclical of Pope Francis. It was released in May 2015 and since that time Pope Francis has made his commitment to the environment and his criticism of consumerism and irresponsible development well known.
This week we look at ways we can personally, and in groups, Care for Creation and we have a prayer ritual to be used during the Season of Creation.