ST MARK'S KEYSTONE "Reflect"

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Religious Education Dates for 2024

RE DATES:

 

Confirmation

  • Wednesday 5th June - Confirmation Information Night - 6pm
  • Saturday 15th June - Confirmation Commitment Mass - 6pm
  • Friday 14th June- Confirmation Reflection Day
  • Thursday 22nd August - Confirmation Reconciliation service - 11:40am
  • Bishop visit - Thursday 15th August at 2pm
  • Saturday 24th August - Sacrament of Confirmation – 1pm and 3pm 

Eucharist

  • Thursday 31st July - First Eucharist Parent/Child Information Night at 6pm
  • Saturday 10th August – First Eucharist Commitment Mass – 6pm
  • Wednesday 23rd October - Eucharist Reflection Day
  • Thursday 24th October -  Reconciliation at 11:40am and practise
  • Saturday 26th October - Sacrament of First Eucharist mass at 6pm
  • Sunday 27th October - Sacrament of First Eucharist mass at 9:30am

Whole School Mass/Events 

  • Friday 31st May - Reconciliation Week lassembly and activities
  • Friday 28th June - NAIDOC Week assembly (1pm)
  • Thursday 15th August - Feast of the Assumption Mass at 9am
  • Friday 25th October - St Francis Blessing of the animals service from 9am to 9:15am
  • Monday 11th November - Remembrance Day service at 10:55am
  • Thursday 12th December - Year 6 Graduation at 6pm 
  • Friday 13th December - End of School Mass at 9am 

 

Junior Information Nights

  • Year 1/2 Good Shepherd Night – Wednesday 7th August (6pm)

Children’s Liturgy

 

 

 

The reintroduction of Children's Liturgy at St Mark's Church is up and running and looking for more volunteers! Training will be provided and the next session is due at the end of Term 2.

The Children's Liturgy provides a great opportunity for primary aged children to engage with the gospel in a way that is accessible and meaningful to them. It runs every Sunday at the St Mark's 9:30am mass during school terms. At the start of mass the Children’s Liturgy adult leaders take the primary school age children into the hall for a small lesson and activity about the gospel of the day. Parents are welcome to join the session if they would like. If any parents are interested in volunteering to help with the Sunday sessions, please email Andrew Davies - andrew@smdingley.catholic.edu.au

 

 

Gospel Reflection by Dianne Bergant CSA

 

Pentecost brings the Easter season to a close, celebrating the fullness of the Spirit and the great gathering of nations. The plan of salvation has been brought to its conclusion. The Risen Lord is exalted in his rightful place next to God and has sent his own Spirit to fill the earth with God’s power. The world is charged with divine energy; it needs but a spark to ignite it with life and excitement.

If this has all really happened, why does our world look the same? Why is there so much religious and ethnic rivalry? Why do we continue to make distinctions between Jew and Gentile, slave and free, woman and man, distinctions that favour one at the expense of the other? Why is there so little peace, or comfort, or solace? Why do we refuse to forgive or to be reconciled? Is Pentecost merely a feast that we celebrate in red vestments? Has the face of the earth really been renewed?

The answer is yes! Resoundingly, yes! The Spirit has been poured forth and works wonders wherever human hearts are open to its prompting. The earth is renewed each time rivalries are resolved, distinctions are recognised as merely expressions of diversity, peace is restored, comfort and solace are offered, and forgiveness is granted. We are immersed in the vigour of the Spirit of God; all we have to do is open ourselves to it and the reign of God will be born in our midst.

 

 

Sacrament of Reconciliation

 

On Wednesday 22nd May, 33 children made their First Reconciliation in St Mark’s Church. It was a wonderful service and it was great to see all the families in the church to support the children.

Thank you very much to the classroom teachers who prepared the children so well and to Frances, Bern Bouvier and Stella Costantino for also coming along to support the teachers and the children.

Lastly thank you to Fr Joseph, Fr John and Fr Tony for administering the sacrament to the children.

Congratulations to all these children

Alex, Ella, Ethan, Christopher, Nathan, Henry, Jacob, Evie, Jacqueline, Tristan, G'zelle, Archer, Kiarah, Lewis, Alannah, Sienna, Zoe, Juliana, Cristian, Toby, Lennox, Louis, Ellarose, Naomi, Joseph, Campbell, Joshua, Luka, Sophia, Hamish, Ryan, Victoria, Kayla