Religion and Parish News

Prayer

A Creed for Our Children

We want our children to be strong – to do what they believe is right and to recover when they make mistakes.
We want our children to have empathy – to know what it is like to be lonely, scared and vulnerable; to seek help and to give help.
We want our children to love warmly – their families, their lives, other children, peoples of different cultures and abilities.  
We want our children to judge critically – to recognize the good and hopeful and to reach for a full life; to recognise untruth, cruelty, violence, disrespect and danger and to deal with them resourcefully.
We want our children to love God – to know the love of God through the adults surrounding them; to know God as a friend and faithful companion.
Amen

2022 Sacramental Dates:

First Eucharist - 8:30am, Sunday 29th May, 2022

Extraordinary Sacrament of Confirmation - 8:30am Sunday 5th June, 2022 (Pentecost Sunday)

First Reconciliation - 6pm, Tuesday 20th September, 2022 (Catholic students in Year 2)

Sacrament of First Eucharist

Last weekend, students wishing to join in the First Eucharist Sacramental Program enrolled during Mass at St Joseph’s Church. These students are currently being prepared in Year 3 RE classes and will celebrate their Retreat Day on Friday 27th May before making their Sacrament of First Eucharist on Sunday 29th May (8:30am) at St Joseph’s Church.

Please keep these students in your prayers as they prepare to receive this very special Sacrament. 

Parish News

Thank you for the Expressions of Interest that have already been received regarding Altar Serving in St Joseph’s Parish. A meeting time and place will be confirmed with Fr Samson (in Fr Abmar’s absence) and will be communicated to interested families shortly. If you are interested in your child becoming an Altar Server, please email Mal Frend at mfrend@arm.catholic.edu.au or by calling the St Xavier’s office to register your child’s interest. Students must have made the Sacrament of First Eucharist in order to be an Altar Server. Year 3 students who are making their Sacrament of First Eucharist this term will be able to join at the conclusion of this Sacramental program. 

To read about what’s happening in our parish, please visit this link to read the Parish Bulletin for the week starting Sunday 1st May.