{"id":2187,"date":"2021-11-11T17:30:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T06:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2187"},"modified":"2021-11-11T17:30:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T06:30:55","slug":"from-the-religious-education-coordinator-19","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/from-the-religious-education-coordinator-19\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Religious Education Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2223 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-09-at-3.18.24-pm-e1636431600613.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" \/>The November prayer intention from Pope Francis is to pray for and be near those who suffer from exhaustion, burn-out and depression. \u201cOverwork and work-related stress cause many people to experience extreme exhaustion &#8211; mental, emotional, affective and physical exhaustion,\u201d the Pope said in his intention, which was released in this month\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uFnK5BMJK-c\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Pope Video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSadness, apathy, and spiritual tiredness end up dominating people\u2019s lives, who are overloaded due to the rhythm of life today,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pope Francis has encouraged everyone to reach out to those around us who are depressed, desperate or without hope. Along with \u201cindispensable psychological counseling\u201d, let us remember Jesus\u2019 words to help us and others to find solace:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"highlight\">\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLet us pray that people who suffer from depression or burn-out will find support and a light that opens them up to life,\u201d instructs Pope Francis.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The month of November is the month dedicated to the Holy Souls. The Holy Souls are those who have died in the state of grace but who are not yet free from all punishment. It is our great privilege that we can pray to our merciful God on their behalf.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.4rem\">Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As NSW and the rest of Australia \u2018opens up&#8217;, so are our church and parish activities starting up again. Please see attached the flyer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2021\/11\/ELEVATE-Poster.pdf\">Holy Name of Mary Parish youth group ELEVATE games night<\/a>. Also attached is information regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2021\/11\/WYD2023-Launch-Mass-.pdf\">Archdiocese of Sydney&#8217;s launch Mass for World Youth Day Lisbon 2023<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You are also invited to pray for Year 12 students as they sit their HSC examinations.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>A Prayer for Year 12 students<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">God, we ask that our Year 12 Sisters feel your presence with them as they prepare for and complete their HSC examinations.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Give them calm hearts and quiet confidence in the knowledge that you hold them in the palm of your hand.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bless them with a keen understanding of what they have learnt.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Give them the ability to be exact in their explanations and an ability to express themselves clearly.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Holy Spirit, send them your gifts of wisdom and knowledge.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We ask this through Christ our Lord.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Am<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">en.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"highlight\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Mis<\/em><em>s Mary Kleist, Religious Education Coordinator<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This article on College life meets The Archbishop&#8217;s Charter for Catholic Schools &#8211; Charter #1, #2<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2264\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-3.35.50-pm-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2265\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-11-at-3.36.21-pm-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The November prayer intention from Pope Francis is to pray for and be near those who suffer from exhaustion, burn-out and depression&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2187","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=2187"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=2187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}