RE News
Family Mass
This Sunday 1st March we invite all families to attend our first Family Mass for 2020. It is at 9.00am at Mary Help of Christians Church, Hillvue Road. Some Kindergarten, Year 3 and Year 6 students will be asked to do a special job. Everyone is then invited to stay and share Morning Tea provided by families from Kindergarten, Year 3 and Year 6. It is a wonderful parish morning and we hope that you are able to join us.
Caritas - Project Compassion
During Lent, we try to think of others, especially those less fortunate. Project Compassion is a wonderful program run by Caritas Australia to raise funds for communities in need. On Ash Wednesday (26th February), each student brought home a money box for families to make donations throughout Lent. These will be collected at the end of the term. Each classroom will have a donation box to encourage students to help those in need.
St Patrick's Day
On Tuesday 17th March we celebrate St Patrick’s Day. We ask all children to come dressed in green mufti clothes and bring a gold coin donation to raise money for CARITAS.
St Patrick was a Bishop and missionary in Ireland and is the Patron Saint of Ireland. He followed his faith, trusted God and spread God’s message of love to all. He often used shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity; God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. After years of living in poverty, travelling and enduring much suffering because of his faith, he died on March 17, 461.
First Confession
We ask that you keep the students and families who are preparing to receive the Sacrament of Confession for the first time in your prayers and thoughts.
Thank you to the students and families who attended the Enrolment Masses last weekend. It is wonderful to see that our students are growing in their understanding of the commitment they are making when they receive the Sacrament of Confession for the first time.
A reminder that the date for the Sacrament of First Confession is Wednesday 25th March at 4.00pm. The Church Piety Stall will be open before the sacrament on this day. The Piety Stall sells Catholic religious gifts such as Rosary Beads, Prayer Cards, Statues and mementos for special occasions.
If you have any questions relating to the Sacrament of Confession, please don’t hesitate to email Amy Willis at aelliott@arm.catholic.edu.au
Forgiveness Reflection
Year 2 have been learning about the importance of forgiveness as we prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We participated in a prayer celebration in our classrooms where we decorated the prayer focus with hearts that we had designed. The hearts showed how it makes us feel to know that God always loves and forgives us.
