Religious Education

Mass Friday 10th February-Whole School Mass 

Please don't forget you are warmly invited to join us in the celebration of the Eucharist at 9.15am tomorrow morning. 

This will be a special time as we will join together and ask God to watch over us during the coming school year. Fr Martin will bless our class candles. Our Grade 6 leaders will receive their leadership badges and receive a blessing. 

Prayer time in our classrooms.

Speaking of class candles at the beginning of each year, classes create a special Prayer table in their classroom. Important items are kept on this table and they become the centre piece for when the children join in Prayer. 

Candles:  Signify the eternal light of God and give children an object to focus their prayers and intentions. 

Bible: referred to when teaching the scripture reading for the week.

Colour cloths: Coloured cloths are used to reflect and assist the children's learning about the Liturgical season. At the minute our cloths are green as we are in Ordinary Time. When we enter Lent on Shrove Tuesday our cloths will change to purple. 

Statues and Crosses: Various statues and crosses are placed on our different prayer tables. 

Class Cloths: These are an important part of our Prayer table. At the beginning of each year all classes decorate a class Prayer cloth. This allows everyone to feel a part of the Prayer space. Classes are busy designing this week. 

I will post photos of everyone's Prayer cloths next week. 

As we begin the year staff reflect on the scripture reading from Matthew's Gospel:

Matthew 18:1-5

And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this   child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.”

Have a lovely week everyone. I look forward to seeing some of you at Mass tomorrow. 

Rikki Winduss 

SACRAMENTS  2023

Dates will be published in the coming weeks.

STOLES FOR SACRAMENTS 

A Stole is to be worn during the Sacraments.  The Stole can be individual to the child or a family Stole.  The Stole can be hand made or purchased through our supplier. 

HOLY BEGINNINGS supplies the Stoles for the Parish. An order form will be sent home with children. 

HOLY BEGINNINGS can be contacted directly if you wish to order your stole independently. 

Anita 0450 782 558 

To order these you can contact Anita and pay for the Stoles via direct deposit. 

ANZ bank

Anita M Hughes

BSB # 013-593

Account # 322691326

Please put child’s full name in the details.

Junior Legion of Mary

Can my “Yes” make a difference? Mary’s “Yes” at the age of about 15 changed the world. Consider the changes in your life if you say yes to her by working for her. She would not be asking you to take on anything that would be too difficult for you, only something that is good for you and someone else.

How the Legion can help you.

The Apostles prayed together and went out in pairs to bring the Good News to people. In the Junior Legion, this is also our way. Each week we reserve a time to pray, to go out and do some active work. This work is a great stepping stone for adult responsibilities by giving you the necessary experience in helping others, within a caring system.

What work can be done by juniors?

● Serve at Holy Mass

● Give out Miraculous Medals

● Help at home

● Visit the elderly at a nursing home

● Correspond with other Junior Legion Groups

● Encourage family members to pray the Rosary

● Help out at Parish functions

● Hand out bulletins before Mass

● Plus many more activities as requested by the Parish Priest.

We have fun raising money for different missions and charities. In May, we raised $805 by having a car wash which was great fun. Each school holidays we have a fun day and the past holidays we went to see “Minions: the Rise of Gru” then lunch followed by a fun play at Ballam Park.

If your child shows interest in joining the Legion we pray you will encourage that interest. We meet at St Anne’s Catholic Church Meeting Room each Saturday of the School Term at 4pm to 5pm and once a month stay on for the 6pm Mass. In-between we have pizzas. We encourage all families to be with us at Mass on that particular Saturday. All families are welcome to stay the hour with the children if they so choose.

Meeting Day: Saturdays during school term

Time: 4pm to 5pm

Place: St Anne’s Catholic Church Meeting Room

Leader of the Junior Legion at St Anne’s

Maureen Lim 

Ph: 0404 682 271