Mission & Religious Education News

Life to the Full

Recently the National Catholic Education Commission published Life to the full: The mission and purpose of Catholic schools, with a foreword by the Chair of the Bishops Commission for Catholic Education, the Most Reverend Anthony Fisher OP.’

To access the full paper, please visit the NCEC website here.

FAQs: Why do we have Prayers of the Faithful?

In these prayers (also called general intercessions) the congregation intercedes for all humanity. We pray that the church will be a life-giving sign of salvation for the world. We pray for church and world leaders, for those oppressed, and for all people. In making these petitions we are conscious that the church exists for others rather than itself. United at the eucharistic table as the body of Christ, we are equipped to reach out as a loving and liberating force in the world.

Upcoming Important Church Calendar Days

September:

Tue 17    Saint Robert Bellarmine, Saint Hildegard of Bingen

Thu 19    Saint Januarius

Fri 20    Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions 

Sat 21    Saint Matthew, Apostle

Mon 23    Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)

Thu 26    Saints Cosmas and Damian

Fri 27    Saint Vincent de Paul

Sat 28    Saint Wenceslaus, Saints Laurence Ruiz and his Companions

Mon 30    Saint Jerome, Priest, Doctor