Religious Education
Welcome Back
We have a busy term ahead of celebrating our Faith as a school and parish community. Our Prep and Year 2 Levels will be taking part in a Prayer in Pyjamas evening followed by a weekend Family Mass. These will be held on the following dates:
Year 2 Prayer in PJs - Tuesday 26th July @ 5:30 pm
Year 2 Family Mass - Saturday 6th August @ 5:30 pm
Prep Prayer in PJs - Tuesday 2nd August @ 5:30 pm
Prep family Mass - Saturday 20th August @ 5:30 pm
This term will also see our Year 6 students begin their preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation. More details about this important Sacrament will be provided to parents in the coming weeks.
Start of Term Mass
This Friday we will be celebrating the start of the term with a special Mass. This Mass will be held in the St Finbar's Church at 12 pm. Parents and Friends are welcome to attend. Our students have been busy preparing for the Mass, thank you in advance to all the readers and students with special roles.
The theme for the Mass is an early celebration of the Feast of St Joachim and St Anne as we prepare for Grandparents Day next week.
Year Level Family Masses
We are pleased to have locked in our Year Level Family Mass for Semester 2.
Year 2 - Saturday 6th August @ 5:30 pm
Prep - Saturday 20th August @ 5:30 pm (NEW DATE)
Year 3 - Saturday 15th October @ 5:30 pm
Year 5 - Saturday 22nd October @ 5:30 pm
Year 4 - Saturday 12th November @ 5:30 pm (NEW DATE)
Each of these Masses will have a cake stall, with funds raised being donated to the classes for resources in the classroom!
Family Gospel Reflection - Sunday 17th July
Gospel Reading
Jesus visits the house of Martha and Mary.
Family Connection
In our families and homes, we have boundaries. Some are geographical; we may have our own room or part of a room that we want others to stay out of. Parents may have home offices that are off-limits to children. Some boundaries are behavioral; children may speak one way to their friends, but they are not allowed to speak the same way to their parents or other adults. A Curfew is another type of boundary, whose purpose is to protect children's safety.
Talk about examples of boundaries in your family. For the most part, these boundaries are good. Talk about how sometimes we set up boundaries for the wrong reasons. For example, if we are angry with a sibling, we may draw a line and tell him or her to stay on his or her side. Explain that when we use boundaries to exclude others, we are being hurtful. Point out how in Jesus' time, some boundaries were used to unfairly exclude people. One example was from last week's Gospel: Samaritans. This Sunday's Gospel has another example: women. Talk about how the role of women has changed in your lifetime. Explain that in this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus breaks down a barrier that kept women from being disciples.
Read aloud Luke 10:38-42. Talk about how Martha is conditioned by the existing boundaries of her society, but how her sister, Mary, breaks through that boundary and becomes a disciple of Jesus. Talk about how you can work as a family to break down boundaries that separate people. Point out that when we pray the Lord's Prayer, we call God “Our Father,” meaning that we are all his children; no boundaries should separate us.
Conclude this time together by praying the Lord's Prayer.
Steele Anderson
Religious Education Leader