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 Dear Parents / Carers

Excerpt from The Archbishop’s Charter for Catholic Schools 

2. Nurture students’ love of learning through a Catholic pedagogy that fosters the development of the intellect, moral knowledge, understanding and reasoning in a relational, social and cultural context.

Sacrament of First Holy Communion

The Sacrament of the Eucharist

Holy Eucharist is the Sacramment in which Jesus Christ gives His Body and Blood - Himself - for us, so that we too might give ourselves to him in love and be united with him in Holy Communion. In this way we are joined with the one Body of Christ - the Church. 

The Eucharist is one of the sacraments of initiation of the Catholic Church. "The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian Life" (Second Vatican Council, Lumen gentium [LG],11). Everything aims at this, besides this there is nothing greater that one could attain. When we eat the broken Bread we unite ourselves with the love of Jesus, who gave his body for us on the wood of the Cross; when we drink from the chalice, we unite ourselves with him who even poured out his blood out of love for us. 

Jesus himself celebrated the Last Supper with his disciples and therein anticipated his death; he gave himself to his disciples under the signs of bread and wine and commanded them from then on, even after his death, to celebrate the Eucharist. 

"Do this in remembrance of me" (1 Cor 11:24).

Taken from YOUCAT 2019 (p.122)

Important Dates:

Sacrament of First Holy Communion Retreat morning - Friday 21 June

Sacrament of First Holy Communion - Saturday 29 June at 5pm or

                                                                             Sunday 30 June at 9am  (Week 9)

Thank you to all the St Anthony families for their generous support for the Jesuit Refugee Day on Monday 17 June. Students enjoyed 'Dancing around the world" with REDed and the community raised $620.20. Thank you!

Kind Regards

May God’s blessings be with you,

Mrs Leanna Langlands

Religious Education Coordinator