Education in Faith
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Next Tuesday evening (17/3) a number of our Year 4 students will be participating in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We pray for God's blessing as they prepare for this important ceremony.
On Friday (13/3), we will host a Reconciliation Reflection Day for our Year 4 students who will be joined by candidates from the two other schools in the parish (Our Lady's, Wattle Park and OLGC, Deepdene) as well as other children attending preparation classes with the parish. Students will take part in a number of activities, discussions and reflections.
Project Compassion
Project Compassion is Caritas Australia's annual Lenten fundraising and awareness-raising appeal. Millions of Australians come together in solidarity with the world's poor to help end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity. The theme for this year’s appeal is Unite Against Poverty.
During Lent our RE Year 5/6 Student Leadership Team will be selling Zooper Dooper icy poles for 50c after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:15 - 3:30pm at the tuckshop window. All money raised will be donated to Project Compassion. If anybody would like to donate a pack (or more) of Zooper Doopers please bring them to the office. We can look after the freezing for you‼
CARITAS FUNDRAISING BAKE SALE
School Wellbeing Leaders Alessia Ventura and Millie Mannfolk are running a bake sale this coming Monday 16 March. All proceeds will be donated to Caritas.
When - Monday 16 March after school
What - cookies, brownies, honey joys, cupcakes
Prices range from $2 to $5
Rite of Christian Initiation of Children
Invitation for Primary School Families. Does your child want to become a Catholic?
The parish is offering a Rite of Christian Initiation of Children (RCIC) for primary school–aged children. See flyer below.
Sacramental Dates for 2026
Please see the letter from the Parish linked below in regards to Sacramental dates for 2026. Further details can be found on the Parish website.
Nick Byrne
RE Leader
RE Learning in PMH
We are learning about Jesus and The Holy Family.
We can learn about Jesus by reading from the Bible. We now know that the Bible is a sacred book that belongs to the Church community, which includes everyone who believes in and loves God.
We listened to the story of the Annunciation from the Bible.
The Annunciation is an important story because in it the angel announces to Mary that God has an important plan for her.
It’s a great story because it teaches us a lot about Mary and Jesus.
Below are some questions you may like to discuss with your child to deepen their understanding of the story.
What did the angel Gabriel tell Mary?
How did Mary feel when the angel gave her his message?
In what ways is Jesus like us?
In what ways is he different from us?
What did Mary say to the angel about God’s plan?
Why do you think God sent his Son, Jesus, to be born like us?
We heard the term, "Kingdom of God" in the bible and we are now wondering what God's kingdom might be like. Below are a few of our responses.
Ella - "A city or town filled with lots of people"
Hadley - "Lots of room for everyone in Gods kingdom."
James - "It could be like stable with twenty people looking after each other waiting for good news."
Sebastian - "A palace as big as THE WHOLE SCHOOL."
Huw - "God's kingdom is very, very, very old. So old that no one remembers it."
Emilia - God's kingdom could be very windy."
Sunday Gospel
The liturgy of the Catholic Church provides a framework for reflection which is used by Catholics throughout the world. Each week in the Newsletter, you will find the Sunday Gospel as well as some discussion questions to have with your child/ren.
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John
As Jesus went along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. He spat on the ground, made a paste with the spittle, put this over the eyes of the blind man and said to him, ‘Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam’ (a name that means ‘sent’). So the blind man went off and washed himself, and came away with his sight restored.
His neighbours and people who earlier had seen him begging said, ‘Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?’ Some said, ‘Yes, it is the same one.’ Others said, ‘No, he only looks like him.’ The man himself said, ‘I am the man.’
They brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees. It had been a sabbath day when Jesus made the paste and opened the man’s eyes, so when the Pharisees asked him how he had come to see, he said, ‘He put a paste on my eyes, and I washed, and I can see.’ Then some of the Pharisees said, ‘This man cannot be from God: he does not keep the sabbath.’ Others said, ‘How could a sinner produce signs like this?’ And there was disagreement among them. So they spoke to the blind man again, ‘What have you to say about him yourself, now that he has opened your eyes?’ ‘He is a prophet’ replied the man.
‘Are you trying to teach us,’ they replied ‘and you a sinner through and through, since you were born!’ And they drove him away.
Jesus heard they had driven him away, and when he found him he said to him, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ ‘Sir,’ the man replied ‘tell me who he is so that I may believe in him.’ Jesus said, ‘You are looking at him; he is speaking to you.’ The man said, ‘Lord, I believe’, and worshipped him.
Discussion Questions
1. Can you remember a time when you were in the dark?
2. What was it like?
3. The blind man in today’s Gospel could not see until Jesus healed him. What would it have been like for the blind man after he was healed?
4. What does it mean that Jesus is the ‘light of the world’?
5. How can we be the light of the world to others?