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Catholic Education Week
We celebrated Catholic Education Week last week with a liturgy for Year 4 to Year 6 on Wednesday and another with Prep to Year 3 on Thursday. It was wonderful to once again have the opportunity to celebrate in St Clare’s Church with Fr Hilary as our presider. Unfortunately, at the moment with COVID regulations we are unable to invite parents and grandparents along to our celebrations. Hopefully, we will be able to return to celebrations with our whole school community in the not too distant future.
Sacramental Program 2020
The parish have advised that there may be a small window of opportunity to still run the Sacramental Program this year. We have sent a letter to our Year 4 families and have advised Year 5 and 6 students who may not have had the opportunity in previous years, to gauge interest in those wishing to making their Sacraments this year. If interested, please contact Tania Gilbert on 0438 173 795 as soon as possible.
Upcoming Catholic Feast Days in August
Thursday, 6TH August – Feast of the Transfiguration. A day to celebrate when Jesus and his friends went up to a high mountain where God spoke to them. In the reading Matthew 9:2-9 Peter says that “it is good to be here.” Let us pray that we remember that being with God anywhere and everywhere in our lives, is good.
Saturday, 8th August – Feast of St Mary of the Cross (MacKillop). Mary was a person who showed complete trust and faith in God. She didn’t worry about what she had because she wanted to focus on the things that really mattered. She loved the poor deeply and believed God would provide. Even when times were very tough. Mary trusted in God.
Saturday, 15th August – Feast of the Assumption of Mary. We celebrate Mary’s passing from this world into the glory of God. Mary was a person of faith and trust who loved her son Jesus, even when he did things she didn’t understand. We pray that we walk in Mary’s shoes and learn to be people of faith and hope willing to trust in God.
Monday, 17th August – Feast of St Clare of Montefalco. Clare was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis (Secular). She was canonized by Pope Leo XIII on December 8, 1881 and importantly, is our school saint. We are in the process of organising some special events to celebrate this special day.
(sourced from https://liturgyritualprayer.com/calendar)
May the Grace of God be with you,
Kath Kennedy
