Community Liturgy

Thank you to the students and staff in Year 10 who prepared our liturgy this morning.

Next week the Church begins the liturgical season of Lent. Students in Koolyangarra House will be preparing the liturgy for our College community next Friday, 15 March.

During Lent, as well as ‘giving up’ something, some families choose to ‘give back’ by attending the Friday liturgies as part of their commitment to prayer. Throughout the Lenten season, the scripture readings are particularly rich – and provide food for thought and reflection.

New families welcome! If you have not previously attended Mass or are not Catholic, just come to the Chapel at 8:00am. There are no reserved seats or special places and, as all the responses are on a PowerPoint, it is quite user-friendly.

Community Liturgy summary

Where: College Chapel
Time: 8:00 – 8:30 am
When: every Friday in term time

Sacrement 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

Registration for all Sacraments

Friday 15 March

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

Tuesday 12 March 2:30-5:00pm Cottesloe Parish Hall

Further information: cottesloe@perthcatholic.org.au

Registration Form:

DOUBLEVIEW: Our Lady of the Rosary

Registration for all Sacraments

Saturday 16 March at 6:00pm Mass OR 17 March at 10:00am Mass

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

For families already enrolled in the program, a reminder that the Commitment Masses will be held Saturday 9 March 6:00pm or Sunday 10 March 9:30am or Saturday 16 March or Sunday 17 March. http://www.floreatwembleyparish.org.au/resources/Floreat-Wembley-Parish-Sacramental-INFORMATION-PACK-2019.pdf.

NEDLANDS: Holy Rosary

Commitment Mass

Sunday 10 March 8:45am

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

Reconciliation: Saturday 30 March, 2:00pm

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

Please send an email to Bart Welten before 20 February 2019

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 1st Sunday in Lent

“Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus was led by the Spirit through the wilderness where he was tempted.” (Luke 4:1-13)

The following is a reflection for the First Sunday in Lent. It is part of a homily by Fr Michael Tate and is reprinted here with 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, lecturing in International Humanitarian Law.

Temptations

At his baptism in the River Jordan, Jesus clearly had a great religious experience. ‘You are my beloved son, my favour rests on you.’ He was confirmed in his sense of identity. But what then?

Listen to what happened: Jesus was driven by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness where the devil was waiting to put him to the test. What was the test?

The test was to realise that, even as the Beloved Son, he was not to be insulated from all the struggles and difficulties and setbacks of life. He would be challenged to live a life in harmony with the will of God, in which there would be no shortcuts to success.

Jesus was offered three shortcuts:

When he was hungry: bread out of stones, using miraculous powers for self-interest, to satisfy his own cravings.
When he wanted to change the world: absolute political power, to be handed to him by the devil to whom he should bow the knee.
When he needed to take risks: that angels would keep him safe – that the ordinary rules of gravity would be suspended just for him!

These were the three Temptations of Christ. And His answer? ‘I will persevere in my ministry, not expecting exceptional powers for myself. I will hold on to what I realised in a special way at my baptism. I am precious and loved by my Heavenly Father.

Each of us at our baptism heard those same words in the depths of our hearts – the core of our emerging personalities.

‘You are my beloved son.’

‘You are my beloved daughter.’

‘My favour rests on you.’

This does not insulate us from the difficulties and hardships of persevering and trying to live a life in harmony with God’s will. Which means that you and I can expect temptations… Think of any temptation in an important matter and look for this pattern:

I want the whole world to change to satisfy me, or
I want to exercise power over others, coercive or manipulative, or
I want to take stupid risks and come out unscathed/unharmed, or all three!

What must we do when such temptations assail us? First, realise that such temptations come from an enemy already defeated by Christ – in his own time of temptation and definitively on the Cross…

Second, really believe that you are a beloved child of God through the gift and privilege of the Sacrament of Baptism.

Imagine if you and I really believed that and integrated it into our lives… In the presence of temptations, hang on to the belief/faith in your true identity. I am, you are, we are, beloved daughters and sons of God.

© Michael Tate

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