Religious Education and Life at St Anne's and in the Parish of OLMC.
Religious Education & Life at St Anne’s
Week 7, Term 3 2022
Every Monday Morning we come together as a school community to share prayer. Special thanks to Year 4 Blue who have led us in prayer last week. Next week Year 1 Blue will lead us in prayer followed by Prep White.
Preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation
UPCOMING DATES:
FAMILY FAITH EVENING: Sacrament of Confirmation
Tuesday 30th August or Wednesday 31st August 6:30pm at St Anne’s Church
The expectation is the Confirmation families will attend and may extend the invitation to the candidates sponsors.
We would like to extend an invitation to all our Year 6 families to attend our Family Faith Evening with guest speaker Sr Rita Malavesi, which will explore the Sacrament of Confirmation
There are two sessions so that families can choose a date that they would prefer.
RECONCILIATION: Sacrament of Confirmation
Tuesday 4th October 5pm and 7pm at St Anne’s Church
The students who are celebrating their Sacrament of Confirmation, as part of their preparation will be participating in the Rite of Reconciliation/Penitential Service at St Anne’s Church on Tuesday 4th October at either 5pm or 7pm.
As part of their preparation for Confirmation the candidates and their families are asked to attend one of the Reconciliation/Penitential Service. This healing Sacrament allows the participants to actively live out and demonstrate their faith as part of their preparation as young adults to confirm their belief in God.
Sacrament of Confirmation
Sunday 9th October, 2pm at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
PLEASE NOTE: Information regarding the Sacrament as well as information registering and booking for the Sacrament of Reconciliation has been sent to families, via Operoo and we will use the TryBooking system.
We ask any families who haven’t yet registered and booked their child for this Sacrament to do this ASAP as registration will close.
Preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation
UPCOMING DATES:
Prayer Companion and Rite of Acceptance Weekend Masses.
Saturday 10th Sept / Sunday 11th Sept at St Anne’s Church
As part of the Sacramental Preparation Program and as part of the candidates and families commitment to the Reconciliation Preparation the candidates will need to attend a Prayer Companion / Rite of Acceptance Weekend Mass.
At this Mass the candidates will be asked to pass a prayer companion Card to one of the Parishioners who offers prayers for the candidate as they prepare for this special Sacrament. The candidates also participate in the Rite of Acceptance which is key to the preparation of both the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist.
FAMILY FAITH EVENING - Sacrament of Reconciliation
Tuesday 11th Oct / Wednesday 12th Oct at St Anne’s Church.
We would like to extend an invitation to all our Year 3 families to attend our Family Faith Evening, which will explore the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
There are two sessions so that families can choose a date that they would prefer.
The expectation is the Reconciliation families will attend
Sacrament of First Reconciliation
Thursday 20th October, 5pm & 7pm at St. Anne’s Church
CELEBRATING AS A SCHOOL:
Feast of the Assumption of Mary
On Monday 15th August the students participated in a whole school Mass to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption.
YEAR 5 FAMILY EVENING
HUMAN SEXUALITY PARENT AND CHILD SESSION VIA GOOGLE MEET
Thursday 1st September 6:30pm
As part of St Anne’s School commitment to Family Evenings, we have Sue Pain from ‘About Real Life' to implement our Human Sexuality Parent/Child Session. The session will take place via Google Meet on Thursday 1st September, 6:30pm- 7:30pm. Access to this event is through the Google Meet which will be sent via Operoo.
It is highly recommended that the Year 5 students, with their parents, attend in order to encourage a positive, honest and comfortable dialogue about Sexuality and Human Development.
The presentation to primary years 5 families includes the following content – Puberty and Reproduction