Religious Education

Beginning of the 2025 School Year Mass

On Wednesday 12 February, the school and parish gathered as a praying community to celebrate the Beginning of the 2025 School Year Mass.

A big thank you to Fr Darien and Deacon Malcolm for leading our celebration. 

Mrs Lampe and the school choir did a fantastic job leading the singing. They certainly sounded like the voices of angels coming down from the choir loft. 

The students who read the Readings and Prayers of the Faithful spoke clearly and confidently. At the end of Mass, several parishioners commented on how well they read during Mass. 

Our students were also involved with carrying the processional cross, bringing the bread and wine to the altar and ringing the bell during the Eucharistic Prayer. It is very pleasing for our students to volunteer to take an active role in the Mass. 

Thank you to all of the students, staff, families and parishioners who made our first school Mass a special occasion. 

The Logo for 2025 Jubilee Year - Pilgrims of Hope

The logo shows four stylized figures, representing all of humanity, coming from the four corners of the earth. They embrace each other to indicate the solidarity and fraternity which should unite all peoples.

The figure at the front is holding onto the cross. It is not only the sign of the faith which this lead figure embraces, but also of hope, which can never be abandoned, because we are always in need of hope, especially in our moments of greatest need.

There are the rough waves under the figures, symbolising the fact that life’s pilgrimage does not always go smoothly in calm waters. Often the circumstances of daily life and events in the wider world require a greater call to hope. That’s why we should pay special attention to the lower part of the cross which has been elongated and turned into the shape of an anchor which is let down into the waves. The anchor is well known as a symbol of hope. In maritime jargon the ‘anchor of hope’ refers to the reserve anchor used by vessels involved in emergency manoeuvres to stabilise the ship during storms. It is worth noting that the image illustrates the pilgrim’s journey not as an individual undertaking, but rather as something communal, marked by an increasing dynamism leading one ever closer to the cross. The cross in the logo is by no means static, but it is also dynamic. It bends down towards humanity, not leaving human beings alone, but stretching out to them to offer the certainty of its presence and the security of hope. At the bottom of the logo is the motto of the 2025 Jubilee Year: Peregrinantes in Spem (Pilgrims in hope), represented in green letters.

Pope Francis' Prayer Intention for February 

Every year, Pope Francis publishes his prayer intentions for each month. Please try to find some quiet time in your busy day to pray this prayer. Thank you. 

For vocations to the priesthood and religious life

Let us pray that the ecclesial community might welcome the desires and doubts of those young people who feel a call to serve Christ's mission in the priesthood and religious life.   Amen