Religious Education & Pastoral Care 

JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

 2025 is a Jubilee Year, a special time in the Church for prayer and renewal, it happens every 25 years. Jubilees have a theme. The theme this year is Pilgrims of Hope.

In the church this week we have the mini cathedral, cathedra and relics.

The mini cathedral is a very accurate scaled down version of our cathedral in Armidale.

 Our Cathedral is named St Mary and Joseph Cathedral. 

The cathedra is the bishop's chair, and it is very important because it symbolises his teaching authority and leadership in the Church. When the bishop sits in the cathedra, he teaches and guides the people in their faith. This chair is not just any chair; it is a special throne that shows how the bishop is like a shepherd, caring for his flock. In our diocese we are led by Bishop Peter Murphy.

We also have some Relics in the church today they are special items that are connected to saints or holy people.

Each class have had time to visit this display and hear about the reason behind the items being in our town. Students asked lots of questions and all agree that the cathedral is a big building. They were also excited to find out that St John's church in Barraba is older than the cathedral!

SCHOOL MASSES

Please note the change to times for our school masses for the remainder of this term; we will begin masses at 10am.

This week we had the marvellous senior students lead a mass using the readings of the day.

A massive thank you to Mrs Wilson and the Year 5 & 6 students for the organisation of this mass.

Masses for the remainder of this year are as follows:

• Week 6 - Friday 21 Nov 10am, led by Stage 2
• Week 8 - Friday 5 Dec   10am, led by Kindergarten (final school mass for the year)

• Week 9 - Mon   8 Dec     5.30pm  Graduation mass 

   

As always, everyone is most welcome to come along and share this celebration with us.

SAVE THE DATE

We have received word from the Chancery office in Armidale that Confirmation will be celebrated at St John's Barraba on the weekend of 14/15 MARCH 2026. This will involve any students in Years 5 and 6 in 2026 who are Baptised in the Catholic Faith and who have received Holy Communion. More information to follow in the new year.