R.E. News
Religious Education News - Week 6 Term 2
Religious Education Dates for 2025
Confirmation
- Saturday 16th August- Sacrament of Confirmation – 1pm and 3pm
- Wednesday 4th June - Confirmation Information Night - 6pm
- Wednesday 18th June- Confirmation Reflection Day
- Thursday 14th August - Confirmation Reconciliation service - 11:40am
Eucharist
- Wednesday 30th July - First Eucharist Parent/Child Information Night at 6pm
- Saturday 9th August – First Eucharist Commitment Mass – 5pm
- Thursday 23rd October - Eucharist Reflection Day
- Thursday 23rd October - Reconciliation at 11:40am and practise
- Saturday 25th October - Sacrament of First Eucharist mass at 5pm
- Sunday 26th October - Sacrament of First Eucharist mass at 9:30am
Whole School Mass/Events
- Friday 6th June - Reconciliation Week liturgy (assembly) and activities in own class
- Friday 4th July - Naidoc Week assembly (1pm)
- Friday 15th August - Feast of the Assumption Mass at 9am
- Friday 7th November - St Francis Blessing of the animals service from 9am to 9:15am
- Tuesday 11th November - Remembrance Day service at 10:55am
- Thursday 11th December - Year 6 Graduation at 6pm
- Monday 15th December - End of School Mass at 9am - TBC
Junior Information Nights
- Preps in Pyjamas – Wednesday 11th June at 6pm
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Congratulations to the following children for making their First Reconciliation. It was wonderful to see so many families in the church last night. Thank you to the teachers that helped to prepare the children for the sacrament. It was a beautiful night.
Sienna, Lulubelle, Francesca, Zachary, Flynn, Benjamin, Oliver, Ryder, Mylo, Daniel, Christopher, Azaria, Gemma, Jacob, John, Edward, Thalia, Santino, Lorenzo, Marisol, Annabelle, Charlie, Alexia, Leo, Jairus, Teddy, Ava, Aria, Jacob, Giselle, Oliver, Ethan, Federico
National Reconciliation Week Prayer
Creator God of Holy Dreaming
Bring us together as one,
Reconciled with you and one another.
Bless Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this land.
The first peoples to receive your blessings in this land.
The first peoples to see your beauty in the land, water, sky and nature.
The first peoples to hear your voice in ancient stories.
The first to give you praises in ancient places.
The first to know your love and love you in return.
God bless the Elders keeping culture and languages alive.
Bless all who work in Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, making friends, growing partnerships to a deeper understanding of culture and languages, learning to love and grow together.
Give us grace to travel together towards reconciliation for the sake of Jesus Christ.
Amen
The Jubilee Prayer
Father in heaven,
may the faith you have given us
in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,
and the flame of charity enkindled
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
reawaken in us the blessed hope
for the coming of your Kingdom.
May your grace transform us
into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.
May those seeds transform from within both humanity and the whole cosmos
in the sure expectation
of a new heaven and a new earth,
when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,
your glory will shine eternally.
May the grace of the Jubilee
reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace spread
the joy and peace of our Redeemer
throughout the earth.
To you our God, eternally blessed,
be glory and praise for ever.
Amen
Children’s Liturgy
The reintroduction of Children's Liturgy at St Mark's Church is up and running and looking for more volunteers!
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