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Laudato Si Week 17th - 24th May

Laudato Si Week is a annual week commemorating the anniversary of the encyclical Laudato Si written by Pope Francis 10 years ago. Laudato Si week is a week where we raise awareness and work towards in a dedicated way the Laudato Si Goals to respond to the needs of creation and the needs of the poor in our world.

The Laudato Si Goals are:

  1. Respond to the cry of the Earth
  2. Respond to the cry of the poor
  3. Ecological Economics
  4. Adopting Simple Lifestyles
  5. Ecological Education
  6. Ecological Spirituality
  7. Community involvement and participation

In Week 6, our school will launch its first Laudato Si goals incitive - Nude Food Mondays in response to the first of the Laudato Si Goals - Responding to the cry of the Earth. 

Upcoming Unit Masses

Grade 4 Unit Mass - Thursday 22nd of May 9:15 am

Grade 6 Unit Mass - Thursday 28th of May 12:40 pm

Grade 3 Unit Mass - Friday 6th of June 12:40 pm

Feast of the Sacred Heart Mass

All are invited to join our whole school Mass to celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart. At this mass we pray for the vulnerable in our community and reflect on the work of St. Vincent de Paul Society following our Vinnies Winter Appeal Fundraiser.

Mass will be held in the Church at 12:40 pm on Friday the 27th of June.

Sacramental Preparation - Confirmation and Eucharist

We pray for the students in grade three and above who have commenced their preparation to receive the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Eucharist. This is a very special time in their spiritual development. We pray that this is a time of growth in understanding of the love our God has for each of them.

 

The Sacraments of Confirmation and First Eucharist will be celebrated on the 7th and 8th of June, and the 14th and 15th of June.

Sunday Gospel - John 13:31-33a,34-35

When Judas had left them, Jesus said,

“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and God will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. 

I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples,if you have love for one another.” 

 

Reflection

This is what God asks of us, to love one another as Jesus has loved us.

Jesus made it very clear the type of Church he wants from his followers, a church of love. A community of people who loved all as he loved us. How far we as a Christian community have fallen from this commandment at times, yet, he continually calls us to love anew, to keep working at it, to accept the mercy and love Jesus offers us and then to offer it to all.

 

Jesus loved all, regardless of race, gender, wealth, sexuality and religion. As Christians, followers of Christ, we are to love all people, including those we find it the most difficult to love.

Let us remember that Jesus loved us so much that he died for us, let our love be a love of such strength and motivation that it moves us to action - the actions of love in our world.