Religious Education 

CARITAS K'S  

A Caritas K’s Sponsor Booklet has been sent home to each family, for you to collect sponsorship for your child/children’s participation in the Caritas K’s Walk/Run on the last day of term.

At St Kilian’s School, we raise money for Project Compassion each Lenten season. These funds support Caritas Australia to provide Aid for the poorest people both here in Australia and overseas. Each year, during Lent, the students from our school undertake this fantastic fundraising effort called ‘Caritas K’s’. We walk in solidarity with the poor to demonstrate our understanding of their needs and raise much needed funds to support them. 

This is our main social justice event each year so we’d love families to get on board, and help us to help the needy! We ask that as a family you return both the Sponsor Booklet and the money raised to the school office before the end of term. 

We will walk/run laps of Lake Weeroona on Thursday 28th March, which is the last day of term. We depart school at 9.00am and return by 11.00am. The length of the walk differs from year level to year level with grade Prep and Grade1 students are encouraged to do one lap and our senior Grade 5 & 6 students about 6 laps, although this is an estimate. Parents, younger siblings & friends are invited to walk with us to/from the lake to support this event. 

For more information: https://www.caritas.org.au/

Carolyn Maher

Catholic Identity Leader

WEEKEND GOSPEL 

GOSPEL       Jn 3:14-21

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

God sent his Son into the world that we might be saved through him.

Jesus said to Nicodemus:

‘The Son of Man must be lifted up as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,

so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.

Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son,

so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life.

For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world, 

but so that through him the world might be saved.

No one who believes in him will be condemned; but whoever refuses 

to believe is condemned already, because he has refused to believe

in the name of God’s only Son.

On these grounds is sentence pronounced: that though the light has come into the world

men have shown they prefer darkness to the light because their deeds were evil.

And indeed, everybody who does wrong hates the light and avoids it,

for fear his actions should be exposed; but the man who lives by the truth comes out into the light,

so that it may be plainly seen that what he does is done in God.’

A beginning point for discussion of this week's Gospel with children:

• Can you think of a time when you were worried about being in trouble for something you did?
• Have you been forgiven much easier than you expected?

When someone forgives you they show you mercy.

• How do you feel when someone shows you mercy?
• Who are some people you know who are merciful?

God is merciful. He loves us and does not want to be parted from us.

• How can we show mercy to others?

Let us pray that we will show others mercy by following God’s example.