Education in Faith

Level masses.

We invite you to join your child for their level mass held throughout the semester. These masses will be celebrated in the Church. Today 28/2 was our first level mass for grade 5 and it was a beautiful celebration where our students were very revererant and sang like angels. Father Arsenio spoke to the students about how they can serve others.

Our next mass will be the grade 6 children on Wednesday 13/3 at 9:15 in the Church. All welcome.

Sacraments

This term our grade three students will be making their First Reconciliation

 When we celebrate the sacrament of Reconciliation, we are restoring our relationship with God, self and others. This is an invitation to make peace and become peacemakers for our world. 

Please keep our students in your prayers as they make this important step in their faith journey.

Workshop dates:

Tuesday 5th March: 5:30 - 6:30pm

Wednesday 6th march: 5:30 - 6:30pm

First Reconciliation Liturgies:

Tuesday 19th March: 7:00pm

Wednesday 20th march: 7:00pm

Lent

Hopefully all families by now have a Caritas box at home. As there are no further school based fundraisers for Caritas I encourage you to make regular contributions and talk about the work of Caritas around the world.

Here is a link to the Caritas resources that you may like to share withour family

Corinne Davis

Religious Education Leader

Parish Fortnightly

Last Sunday we held the 2024 Prep Welcome Mass.  Numbers were disappointing – about 10 families attended.  A huge amount of thanks must go to the Parish Pastoral Council members who prepared the beautiful morning tea of fresh fruit, muffins, cakes and organised a coffee cart.  We hope that those who attended the mass found the experience for their children a happy one.  A big thank you to the choir and everyone else involved in the preparation of this special mass.

This coming Saturday 2nd March, St Anne’s are holding their annual Strawberry Fair from 10am till 4pm.  Please support our neighbouring Parish.  Their address is 54 Knees Road, Park Orchards.  All are welcome to come along.

On Wednesday 6th March Reconciliation Workshops will be held for our Grade 3 children.  There will be 2 workshops at 4.00 pm and 5.30 pm in the Church.  Please pray for these children as they embark on this next step on their faith journey.

With Easter only about 5 weeks away, we are looking for volunteers to help with the various Easter liturgies that we hold from Palm Sunday through to Easter Sunday.  There will be sign up sheets in the Church this weekend where you can add your name if you feel you are able to help out in any way.  Any assistance would be appreciated.

We particularly need people to help with:

Set up on Saturday 23 March. Palms need to be put up & chairs need to be brought in from storage and set up. Contact Parish Office 

3pm Good Friday, we are looking for 8 children to help with flower distribution and the candle procession for the Veneration of the Cross. We also need some adults for the Cross procession. Fiona Massarotti is coordinating this service. If you would like more information or are prepared to volunteer, please contact her at:  fiona@footlabplus.com.au

To volunteer for any other services, you can contact the parish office on 70369395 or ringwoodnorth@cam.org.au

Easter Services at Holy Spirit are:

Palm Sunday, 23-24 March:   Saturday 6pm, Sunday 9:00am & 5:00pm

Reconciliation 26 March:       Combined Parishes service, 7:30pm @ Holy Spirit

Holy Thursday, 28 March:      Mass of the Last Supper, 7:30pm 

Good Friday, 29 March:          Stations of the Cross, 10:00am 

                                                Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, 3:00pm 

Holy Saturday, 30 March:      Easter Vigil: 7:30pm 

Easter Sunday, 31 March:      Easter Mass: 9:00am  

PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS NO 5PM MASS ON EASTER SUNDAY