Education in Faith
ANZAC Day Mass
To start Term 2 we will have a special ANZAC Day Mass on Friday 24th April at 9.00am in the OHR Church. Before we begin Mass, we are fortunate that Brigadier John Holloway (father of Freddie in 3/4JH) will speak to the students about the significance of ANZAC Day. Everybody is most welcome.
Senior School Passion Play
Congratulations to our Senior School Students who presented the Passion Play to the school community at the end of last term. They did an amazing job and their interpretation of the events of Holy Week in Matthew's Gospel was engaging and profound.
The final scene - The Resurrection, was presented to the whole school on Monday afternoon this week.
Project Compassion
Thank you to everybody who has donated or raised funds for Project Compassion in 2026. To ensure every staff member got dunked with icy cold water - we needed to raise $3,250. We have completely smashed that total and have currently raised $3,963
The dunking will happen next Tuesday and Wednesday starting just before pick-up at 3.10pm near the tuckshop. The specific days are listed below.
Tuesday 28/4 - Mr Byrne, Ms Dening, Mr Gulavin, Mrs Mitchell, Mrs Hautot, Mrs Jackson, Mrs Pettinato
Wednesday 29/4 - Mrs Gill, Mrs Hansen, Ms Mackay, Mrs Hollow, Mr Dame, Fr Sang, Fr Ian
At our next Assembly, Monday 27th April, our special guest will be Michael McGirr - Mission Facilitator for Caritas Australia. Michael will thank our school community on behalf of Caritas and also share stories of some of the projects Caritas is currently supporting.
Caritas is still taking donations, so if you would like to donate, simply click the link below.
Nick Byrne
RE Leader
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
Jesus said: ‘I tell you most solemnly, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but gets in some other way is a thief and a brigand. The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock; the gatekeeper lets him in, the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out. When he has brought out his flock, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow because they know his voice. They never follow a stranger but run away from him: they do not recognise the voice of strangers.’
Jesus told them this parable but they failed to understand what he meant by telling it to them.
So Jesus spoke to them again:
‘I tell you most solemnly, I am the gate of the sheepfold. All others who have come are thieves and brigands; but the sheep took no notice of them. I am the gate. Anyone who enters through me will be safe: he will go freely in and out and be sure of finding pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full.’
Discussion Questions
1. Whose voice do you know without being told who it is?
2. How can you tell?
3. Jesus speaks to us in many ways. How can we tell the voice of Jesus?
Jesus says that he will always care for us. Let us pray that we may know and love Jesus more closely.