Religious Education
Year 2 Family Mass
We look forward to the Year 2 Family Mass this Saturday evening. Thank you to Miss Caroline Farrelly & Mrs Laura Zeeng for preparing the students. The Mass will begin at 5:30 pm. Please arrive early to secure a car park. Thank you to the Year 2 P&F Reps for preparing the cake stall.
Year 6 Sacrament of Confirmation
Information about the upcoming Sacrament of Confirmation for the Year 6 students has been emailed today. Please ensure you have read it carefully and if you have any questions please email.
Here are the important dates:
Thursday 30th May @ 12pm- Bookings open for ceremonies
Tuesday 16th July @ 5:30pm - Family Faith Night
Thursday 18th July @12pm - Reflection Day & Bishop Visit
Tuesday 25th July @ 5pm or 7pm - Confirmation Ceremonies
Month of Mary - Miraculous Medals
To celebrate the May, the Month of Mary, Doreen Morris & Our Lady Bettles Group Team have kindly provided each student at St Finbar's with an Miraculous Medal & Consecration Prayer.
The Miraculous Medal, also known as the Medal of Our Lady of Graces, is a devotional medal in the Catholic Church that traces its origins to the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Catherine Labouré in 1830. The medal is believed to offer special graces to those who wear it with faith and devotion.
These medals will be presented to the students at a special Liturgy next Thursday afternoon.
Gospel Reflection - Sunday 2nd June
Gospel Reading
Jesus shares his Last Supper with his disciples.
Family Connection
In the beginning of today’s Gospel, Jesus instructs his disciples to make preparations for the Passover meal. Like most meals, the Passover meal required planning and preparation. Our celebration of the Sunday Eucharist also requires planning and preparation. Certainly the ministers at the Eucharist prepare for their roles: the person presiding prays and prepares the homily; the prayers of petition are written; the music ministers prayerfully select music and practice it before Mass; Eucharistic ministers, lectors and altar servers prepare carefully for their roles. As the worshiping assembly, we can also prepare for the Mass through our prayer during the week, by reading the Scripture before Mass, and by making ourselves present to the Eucharistic celebration.
As you gather as a family, talk about some of the things that are required to prepare for your family meals. Plan together a special Sunday meal by choosing the menu, preparing the shopping list, and assigning duties for cooking, setting the table, preparing decorations, leading the prayers, and cleaning. Read together today’s Gospel, Mark 14:12-16,22-26. Notice how Jesus instructed his disciples to prepare for their Passover meal. All meals require some kind of planning and preparation; so, too, our Sunday Eucharist requires planning. What might we do as a family to better prepare for our celebration of the Eucharist? Choose one or more ideas to begin to implement together as a family.
Pray together that God will help your family make your celebration of the Eucharist the highlight of your week.
Pray together the Lord’s Prayer.
Steele Anderson
Deputy Principal / RE Leader