{"id":4513,"date":"2022-09-09T11:56:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T01:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&#038;p=4513"},"modified":"2022-09-09T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T01:56:14","slug":"from-the-religious-education-coordinator-35","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/from-the-religious-education-coordinator-35\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Religious Education Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation is observed on September 1. This international celebration marks the beginning of the Season of Creation, which extends to 4 October, the feast of St Francis of Assisi.<\/p>\n<p>The day is inspired by Pope Francis&#8217; landmark encyclical Laudato Si\u2019 (2015), which calls on &#8220;every person living on this planet&#8221; to care for our shared Earth. \u201cListen to the voice of creation\u201d is the theme of this year\u2019s Season of Creation. Pope Francis calls Catholics to use the season to &#8220;cultivate our ecological conversion\u201d and to pray together in \u201cthe great cathedral of Creation\u201d. He warns that the world is reaching \u201ca breaking point&#8221; and we must act decisively so that &#8220;we and future generations can continue to rejoice in creation\u2019s sweet song of life and hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis says in his prayer intention that the care of our earth should happen \u201ctoday; not tomorrow.\u201d May we celebrate the Season of Creation sharing in and respecting our land\u2019s resources.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Ignite Conference<\/h4>\n<p>Students are invited to the Ignite Conference from Thursday 29th September to Sunday 2nd October 2022 (Term 3 school holidays).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/igniteconference.com.au\/sydney\">Refer to the Ignite Conference website for more details.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-08-at-3.24.01-pm-e1662615378819.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/igniteconference.com.au\/sydney noopener\" data-rel=\"lightcase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4617 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-08-at-3.24.01-pm-e1662615378819.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>A Prayer for Year 12 students<\/h4>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote\">\n<p><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 final weeks at school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Give them calm hearts and quiet confidence in the knowledge that you hold them in the palm of your hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bless them with a keen understanding of what they have learnt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Give them the ability to be exact in their explanations and an ability to express themselves clearly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Holy Spirit send them your gifts of wisdom and knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We ask this through Christ our Lord,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Ignite Conference &#8217;22, and a prayer for Year 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4513","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4513","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=4513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=4513"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=4513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}