He has Risen - Alleluia, Alleluia!

Parish Bulletin

Easter

I trust our school community enjoyed a blessed and joyful Easter time with family and friends. It is certainly a time where the real message of Easter should be front and centre of our time together and that we look beyond the commercialism that is oftern associated with such an important liturgical event.

The Risen Lord is with us - Alleluia, Alleluia. Let the sadness, yet necessity of Good Friday, be rejoiced in the resurrection of Easter Sunday. Let this be evident in the way we speak and treat one another as we journey forward.

Thank you to families who contributed to our Project Compassion initiative. $180.10 was raised for Caritas. This will certainly assist many people across Australia and the world.

Alleluia Day

The Senior students led the school in our Alleluia Day celebrations with a very joyful liturgy celebrating the Risen Lord. Students then had the opportunity to particapate in multi age Easter activities throughout the school which proved to be an excellent opportunity for all students to assist one another. This was particularly evident with many senior students demonstrating their leadership skill by assisting the younger students. Our school wide expectations were really on show and the students should be very proud of themselves.

This continued during the KABOOM incursion whereby senior students led the activities and assisted one another. Again, the senior students are to be commended for their efforts during this time. It was an incursion enjoyed by all, including the staff!!

Pope Francis

Although we rejoiced in the Risen Lord, we also mourned the passing of the pontiff, Pope Francis. Pope Francis was truly the Pope of the People and of our time. He was an advocate for many, a fighter for our environment, a progressive Pope promoting equality and challenging the status quo.

He was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. He was elected Pope on March 13, 2013, and he will be remembered for so much as a great Pontiff for the past 12 years.

We gathered as a school on the first day of term to remember him and acknowledge his great deeds like St Francis of Assisi, whose name he took as Pope. We prayed a decade of the Rosary in his memory.

I am sure many of you also watched Pope Francis' funeral on the television, celebrating a life well lived and well led. The protocol of the funeral of a Pope always fascinates me and reminds me of its global significance and how it is draped in tradition, symbolism and prayerfulness. This will continue as we approach the importance and magnitude of the upcoming conclave, another process filled with tradition and anticipation for the election of a new pope.

"Viva, viva il Papa!"

Sacrament of First Communion

This term, we see the Sacrament of First Communion being offered to those students who have made their Reconciliation and are ready to receive this most sacred Sacrament.

Please take note of the following improtant dates for the term:

Parent Child Workshops: Wednesday 14th May at 5p.m and 7p.m & Thursday 15th May at 7p.m at St Agatha's School Hall (Only attend ONE of these workshops)
Reconciliation for the First Communion Candidates: Wednesday 11th June at 7p.m at St Agatha's Church

Stay courageous & hopeful.

Michelle Hinds

Religious Edcuation Leader

mhinds@sttcbourne.catholic.edu.au

5996 7525

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