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

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