Liturgy

Community Mass

The first Community Mass for Term 2 will be Friday 23 April. All are welcome to this liturgy, which will be prepared by students in Year 7.

Community Mass details

• College Chapel
• Fridays in term time
• Starts: 8:00am and concludes 8:30am

SACRAMENT PROGRAM

Do you have a child in Year 3, 4 or 6?

It is imperative that your child is enrolled in a parish Sacrament Program.  Some parishes have already finalised enrolments for 2021. 

Doesn’t the school RE curriculum cover the sacrament knowledge?

Yes, that is correct. Most parishes do not require students in Catholic schools to take additional classes in the parish. However, the parish community still needs families to complete the enrolment process in order to celebrate the sacraments. 

How to enrol

Contact the parish (parish secretary, sacrament coordinator or parish priest). Parish contact details are available here.  The College provides information from some of our local parishes. It is the parents’ right and responsibility to follow up with enrolling their child in the parish. 

Please check below for the enrolment dates and procedures for some of our local parishes. 

Saint Thomas Apostle, Claremont

First Communion Friday 21 May 

Confirmation Friday 27 August 

Reconciliation October 

Please note that, due to current COVID restrictions on maximum capacity, priority for enrolment will go to families who are in the parish of Saint Thomas Apostle. Please see http://www.johnxxiii.edu.au/view/parent-resources/parish-sacraments 

Enrolment forms are available from silvia.kinder@iona.wa.edu.au

St Mary Star of the Sea, Cottesloe/Corpus Christi, Mosman Park 

First Holy Communion Sunday 1 August

Information Day: Thursday 29 April, 4-5pm, Parish Centre, 2 McNeil Street, Peppermint Grove.

Confirmation Sunday 7 November

Information Day: 5 August, 4-5pm Parish Centre, 2 McNeil Street, Peppermint Grove.

Enrolment information and contact details for the Sacrament Coordinator may be found here. 

Holy Spirit, City Beach

Enrolment information and contact details for the Sacrament Coordinator may be found here

St Mary’s, Leederville

Enrolment information may be found 

Registration: Goretti – 94449624  smc_secretary@aapt.net.au

If you would like further information about the Sacrament Program:

• If your nearest parish is not listed, search the Archdiocesan website;
• Check the information available on the College website here
• Contact Mary-Anne Lumley mary-anne.lumley@cew.edu.au OR phone 9383 0408

GOOD NEWS for Easter Sunday

Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified, has risen.

Jesuit, Andrew Hamilton, gives us the following reflection for Easter Sunday which celebrates the Resurrection of Christ, and the power of life over death.

Father Andy is a Jesuit, a theologian, a writer and, among his many other roles, the Media Officer for Jesuit Social Services.

This year Easter Sunday comes at a time of cautious hope and celebration.  We seem to have the worst of the fears and restrictions of the Coronavirus behind us and look forward to a time of relative security as more people are vaccinated. We also move towards return to a more predictable work and economy, even though we know that many people will continue to do it very hard. Easter brings reassurance and freedom. It also prepares us for a demanding time ahead. It is like reaching a mountain top after a long walk, enjoying the achievement as we look ahead at other hills to climb.

The path through Lent to Easter in the Church’s year is like that. It is a time to reflect on the struggles and failures of our lives as we join Jesus on his path to death, and to celebrate as we join him as he overcomes death and defeat in his rising from the dead. We experience the power of God’s love that overcomes death. That makes us confident when we follow Jesus’ path knowing that he will be with us on the way and shall await us when we arrive at our goal and our happiness is complete. Easter is a time to celebrate. The celebration is all the greater because of the pain that we have suffered before we arrive. 

That move from death to rising, from waiting to arrival, is also the pattern of our everyday lives. Grace Tame, the Australian of the Year, was honoured for her courage in enduring sexual and physical violence and the eating away of the spirit that naturally happens when we are not listened to nor believed, prevented from telling our story, and meet rejection instead of care. Her selection as Australian of the Year recognised her strength in overcoming all these difficulties and encouraging other abused women to do the same. Her celebration of her appointment, however, was not the end of her work but a stimulus to continue it even more effectively. She recently used the power that public recognition gave her to demand change of the culture in Parliament which encourages abuse of women. 

That is the challenge we face at Jesuit Social Services. In accompanying people who are vulnerable, and especially young people in the justice system, we also face the need for change in the patterns of response to young offenders that are punitive and counterproductive. They fail to respect the human dignity and possibility of people. We rejoice in the small changes for the better, but know that we must continue in our advocacy. 

In the gospels we see the same path from fear and distress to the joy of discovery, followed by commitment to a mission of spreading the message. After Jesus’ death Jesus’ disciples are paralysed with distress and fear. They lock themselves in a room.   When Jesus first appears to them they are scared out of their mind. They can’t believe anything so good could happen. But then they are overwhelmed by joy and begin talking to everyone who will listen of him and the life that he has opened to them. For them the sun rose after a dark and terrifying night. Their wonder and gratitude at its appearing filled their lives and they wanted to share with others their joy at knowing that Jesus had conquered death. 

© Andrew Hamilton