{"id":16139,"date":"2026-09-18T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T03:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&p=16139"},"modified":"2026-09-21T15:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:59:02","slug":"from-the-religious-education-coordinator-94","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/from-the-religious-education-coordinator-94\/","title":{"rendered":"From The Religious Education Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>\u201cTaking Care of Our Common Home \u201d<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

A Responsible and Fraternal Response to the Trinitarian God<\/b><\/h4>\n

Addressing the ecological crisis, the International Theological Commission (ITC) published a document examining the theological foundations of caring for our common home. The <\/span>first chapter<\/span><\/a> highlights creation’s Trinitarian imprint and relational nature, aligning with Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical <\/span>Magnifica Humanitas<\/span><\/i><\/a> on humanity’s call to communion with God, others, and creation. The <\/span>second chapter<\/span><\/a> rereads Genesis through Christ to propose an integral anthropology that balances anthropocentrism and ecocentrism, framing creation care as central to human dignity and fulfillment. The <\/span>third chapter<\/span><\/a> outlines an ecological spirituality and ethics, proposing environmental sin be viewed like social sin, drawing on ecumenical, interfaith, scientific, and philosophical perspectives.<\/span><\/p>\n

Piero Coda,<\/span>
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Fathers Day Mass <\/b><\/h4>\n

On Wednesday 2 September we celebrated our Father Daughter Mass and Breakfast at Marist Sisters\u2019 College. It was a morning of celebration and community spirit. Students and their Fathers, Father Figures and Grandfathers celebrated the Eucharist together at Mass.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Fathers Day when we remember what it means to have a father or be a father, we recognise the importance of fathers in our community. Fathers come in many different forms;\u00a0 Fathers who are working day and night to raise children, fathers who took in others’ children through adoption and foster care, fathers who are expecting, but aren’t quite fathers yet, and those fathers who have lost children and must carry on.\u00a0 Fathers who right now have joined God in Heaven and whom we miss dearly here on earth. We pledge as a community to love and nurture the fathers and father figures among us so that they will manifest the love of God in all that they do.<\/span><\/p>\n

I would like to thank all the teachers, support staff, students and parents that assisted with the mass and to Father Greg Morgan from the Ryde\/Gladesville Parish for celebrating the Mass. Thank you to Mr Daniel Johnson for presenting. Thank you to our parent helpers, support staff and teachers for cooking and serving the breakfast.\u00a0 Thank you to Mrs Erin Healey and the Yr 12 VET Hospitality students for making the Father\u2019s Day cookies. It w<\/span>as wonderful to see our Marist Sisters\u2019 College community come together for such a significant event.<\/span><\/p>\n