Sacramental Preparation

The year is moving quickly and it is getting closer to the time that our students will make either their First Reconciliation or their First Holy Communion. It is great to have been seeing lots of these students and their families and caregivers attending Mass each week. Please continue to keep these students in your prayers.

First Reconciliation

Children in year 3 have been preparing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Preparing children for the Sacrament of Reconciliation allows us to show them that God is love and that in mercy He is always ready to forgive, no matter what the wrong. It assures them that God already knows the secrets of our hearts, but sometimes we need to name these aloud in order to prepare our hearts to renew the experience of God's love and forgiveness. It shows them that just as God is One, God dreams that we might all be one as well--one with each other and one with God. God's will is that all people will be reconciled with one another and with God. What an extraordinary gift!

First Reconciliation will occur after Benediction during Term Two. Families of all candidates will be contacted and invited to attend.

First Holy Communion

Students in year 4 are preparing for the sacrament of First Holy Communion. First Holy Communion is a significant sacrament in the Catholic Church, marking a person’s first reception of the Eucharist, the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. In this sacrament, we remember what Jesus did for us in his life, death and resurrection. We remember particularly the Last Supper, that final meal Jesus shared with his disciples. At that meal, Jesus gave us the Eucharist so that we could remember him in a special way. When we receive Communion, we believe that we receive the person of Jesus into our very beings. We become one with him, and we become one with each other. As a community, we become 'the body of Christ'.

It is crucial that children who are preparing for the Sacrament of First Holy Communion attend Mass on Sundays. Sunday Eucharist – also commonly called Mass, is the centre of the Church’s life; it is where Catholics meet each other; not so much as a social event, but rather as a faith-filled encounter. Children will not be fully prepared for this sacrament if they do not participate in the liturgy as part of the “Body of Christ”..

Please pray for our candidates:

Rose Wright

Roch McGrath

Vivienne McGrath

Molly Forrest

Paxton Richards

Agnes DeBono

Anna-Rose Gillespie

All Saints' Newsletter

All Saints' Newsletter Term 2 Issue 6 · 20 May 2024

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