Religious Education:

I am the living bread come down from heaven.

John 6:41-51

Formation

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

What happens to you when you become hungry?

How does it make you feel?

What happens if you have no food to eat?

What do you like about sharing a meal with others?

Jesus tells us that he is living Bread that brings us life.

What happens to us if we are cut off from Jesus, the living bread?

Jesus gives himself to each of us, we are united by his love.

Let us pray that Jesus, the living Bread, will be at the centre of our lives this week in all we say and do.

Catholic Culture

REFLECTION by Fr Michael Tate 

Your mother and my mother, carrying her baby in the womb for nine months, effectively said: ‘Take, eat, this is my body.’ A mother able to breastfeed continues this communion as she offers her body to give life to her child.

Our Lord Jesus Christ adopts maternal language to express his deepest desire for us! He gives us his risen and glorified Humanity: ‘Take, eat, this is my body’, and a sort of life-giving mutual indwelling occurs: ‘Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me and I in them.’ This is as intimate as a baby dwelling in the womb of its mother. As St Paul put it in a different context, ‘In Him we live and move and have our being.’

The Saviour of the World, the Conqueror of Death, dwells in my body and I dwell in his glorified body. This gives us ‘eternal life’ which is not something which begins after death, but is simply a label for Our Lord’s Divinehuman life which we can share right now. However, because it is the life of the Conqueror of Death it will certainly impel us beyond the grave: ‘The one who eats this bread will live forever.’

We could take a moment to pray to more fervently realise and take advantage of the fact that, at every Mass, we can respond to the invitation to come forward to Holy Communion so as to be enwombed in the maternal Christ.

Class Masses

 This Friday  3/4A  will celebrate their class Mass  with the theme "Sow seeds of Love" . We warmly invite everyone to come along and help to celebrate in the Liturgical and spiritual life of the school.

Sacramental Program-  The confirmation program in the Year 6 classes has commenced. Just a gentle reminder that There will be a family information night meeting  for preparation to receive the sacrament of Confirmation. This will take place in the Brigidine Learning Centre at 6.45 pm on Tuesday 14th August. Thank you to all parents for your commitment and involvement in the Sacramental life of your child. The children . Please keep all of these children in your prayers.

Grandparent’s day:

In recognition of the important role that family plays in the lives of our students we will be celebrating Grandparents Day on Monday August 13. We are calling for all grandparents or any significant other adult in your child’s life to celebrate this day with us. We look forward to meeting many grandparents on the 13th of August and celebrating our Grandparents’ Day here at St. John Vianney’s Primary School Mulgrave. The children and grandparents will be celebrating a  liturgy together to celebrate this occasion and as a result of this  can I please have photos of  grandparents to use for the liturgy.  Please send these with your child on a USB stick  and I will download them or scan hard copies and return the originals immediately. Thank you to all those who took the time to send in their photos already.

Mini Vinnies

Social Justice:

Our Fair for Fairness was a huge success and we managed to raise $ just over $ 2000 in total. Thank you to all parents and friends of the school as well as the staff and students that helped to make this day a success.

May God bless you for your generosity

Mrs. Dawn Heldt

Religious Education Leader.