Prayer for the Week

Holy Week Celebrations

Next Thursday 29th March we will celebrate Holy Week. Our Year 5/6 students will act out the significant events of Holy Week and each class will visit the scenes. Families are welcome to join us however we ask that a prayerful silence is observed during the liturgy. If you wish to follow the Holy Week story with your child’s class the approximate commencement times are:

11:30: Year Prep N

11:35: Year Prep V

11:40: Year 1/2C

11:45: Year 1/2H

11:50: Year 3/4C

11:55: Year 3/4L

12:00: Year 3/4Z

The first scene, Palm Sunday, will take place near the statue in the Ormond Road playground.

Social Justice News: Project Compassion

During this season of Lent we have been working together as a community to raise awareness of the work of Caritas Australia through supporting Project Compassion. Caritas Australia’s work is shaped by the tradition of Catholic Social Teaching.

The Catholic Social Teaching principles cover all spheres of life – the economic, political, personal and spiritual. The principles are inspired by the writings of the Pope and other Catholic leaders about social issues.

Project Compassion brings thousands of Australians together in solidarity with the world's poor to help end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity. We are encouraged to focus on the following Catholic Social Teaching principles:

Dignity of the Human Person

Every human being is created in the image and likeness of God and therefore has inherent dignity. No human being should have their dignity or freedom compromised. The dignity of every person, independent of ethnicity, creed, gender, sexuality, age or ability, is the foundation of Catholic Social Teaching.

Preferential Option for the Poor

Caring for the poor is everyone’s responsibility. Preferential care should be shown to poor and vulnerable people, whose needs and rights are given special attention in God’s eyes.

At the end of this week we will conclude our Project Compassion initiative for 2018. Thank you for your continued support. Next week we will tell you how much money has been donated throughout the term and how Caritas Australia may be able to use the money to help others in need.

Each Week of Lent Caritas features a different story for people to engage with. Focused on the theme “A Just Future,” and featuring a new country each week, the stories explain the issues faced in each country. This week is Evangeline's story.

Each Week of Lent Caritas features a different story for people to engage with. Focused on the theme “A Just Future,” and featuring a new country each week, the stories explain the issues faced in each country. This week is Ditosa's story.

We aim to empower the students at Corpus Christi to build a just future for themselves and others, as Pope Francis has asked us to do, through cultivating “the seeds of goodness, beauty and truth that God sows in every new generation."

Rosabella, Molly, Ashley, Natalie, Leila and Leena

(Social Justice Leaders)

Jane Wilkinson

(Religious Education Leader)

Parish Palm Sunday and Holy Week Ceremonies

PALM SUNDAY

Saturday Vigil : 5:00pm - Mass St Augustine (Solemn entrance)

Palm Sunday : 8:00am - Mass Annunciation (Solemn entrance)

9.30am - Mass St Augustine (Solemn entrance + Procession)

10.30am - Mass St Augustine (Solemn entrance) Italian

11.00 am - Mass Corpus Christi (Solemn entrance + Procession)

11.30am - Mass St Augustine (Solemn entrance) Polish

MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK

10:00am - Mass (St Augustine)

10.30-11:00am - Confessions (St Augustine)

7:00-8:00pm - Confessions (St Augustine)

TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK

9.00am - Mass (St Augustine)

11.00am - Chrism Mass (St Patrick’s Cathedral)

7:00pm-8:00pm - Confessions (Corpus Christi)

WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK

8.30am -Mass (Corpus Christi)

9.30-10:00am - Confessions (Annunciation)

10.00am - Mass (Annunciation)

6.30-7.30pm - Holy Hour + Confessions (St Augustine)

HOLY THURSDAY

NO MORNING MASS

9.00-10.00am - Confessions (St Augustine)

11.00am-12.00pm - Confessions (Corpus Christi)

7.00-10:00pm - Mass of the Lord’s Supper+ Adoration (Corpus Christi)

7.30pm-12:00am - Mass of the Lord’s Supper + Adoration (St Augustine)

GOOD FRIDAY

NO MORNING MASS

9.30-10.30am - Ecumenical Service

(Beginning in St Augustine's Church then to Pilgrim to Uniting Church finishing at Westgate Baptist Church)

11.00am - Stations of the Cross (Corpus Christi)

11.30am - Stations of the Cross (St Augustine) Polish

3.00-4.00pm - Celebration of the Lord’s Passion (St Augustine)

3.00-4.00pm - Celebration of the Lord’s Passion (Corpus Christi)

6.00pm - Stations of the Cross (St Augustine) Italian

HOLY SATURDAY

NO MORNING MASS

10.00am-11am - Confessions (St Augustine)

1.00-2.00pm - Polish Service (St Augustine)

7.30-9.00pm - Easter Vigil (St Augustine)

EASTER SUNDAY

8:00am - Mass (Annunciation)

9.30aam - Mass (St Augustine)

10.30am - Mass (St Augustine) Italian

11.00am - Mass (Corpus Christi)

11.30am - Mass (St Augustine) Polish

EASTER MONDAY

10.00 amMass (St Augustine)

EASTER TUESDAY

10:00am - Mass (St Augustine)

Corpus Christi School Newsletter

Term 1 Week 8 · 21 Mar 2018

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