Religious Education News

Welcome to 2023 and the start of a wonderful year filled with many joyful moments for our students, families, and staff.

Prayer for the start of the year

Lord Jesus, we ask for Your help as we begin this new school year.

Allow us to experience Your presence in the many blessings You put before us. Open our eyes to the new challenges and exciting opportunities that this new school year brings.

Open our heart and mind to new friends and new teachers.

Give us a generous spirit to be enthusiastic with our studies and courage to accept new opportunities.

Help us to be attentive to one another and let us experience Your presence in our new friends.

Jesus, inspire us to do our best this year!
Amen

The Liturgical Calendar

For Catholics, the liturgical calendar marks the Church year, a sequence of seasons and feasts celebrated in all liturgies and celebrations. In each liturgical year, we celebrate the entire life and paschal mystery of Jesus Christ.

The beginning of Advent marked the start of a new liturgical year, which marks the transition of the Lectionary cycle for the readings from Year A to Year B to Year C. These cycles are a result of the Second Vatican Council, which ordered a change in the Sunday readings at Mass so that Catholics would become more familiar with the text of the Bible. As a result, we have a three-year cycle built around the three synoptic gospels – Matthew, Mark, and Luke. We are currently in Year C with the readings of Luke.

To mark our liturgical season of Ordinary time (green) the Prep to Year 6 classes were presented with classroom sacred space cloths, crosses, candles, and bibles. The students were involved in setting up the scared space and reflected on this season of Ordinary time, in preparation for Ash Wednesday and Lent.

Ash Wednesday – 22 February

The season of Lent is nearly upon us. Lent and Easter are times of renewal and commitment to new life. Lent is the 40 days (not including Sundays) that commences on Ash Wednesday and goes to the Saturday before Easter, which is the holiest and most special day of the year for all Christians.

Lent is often described as a time of preparation and provides us with a wonderful opportunity to deepen our relationship with God through a dedication to prayer, fasting and almsgiving. It is a time for personal reflection that prepares people’s hearts and minds for Good Friday and Easter.

Opening School Mass

On Tuesday 28 February at 11:30am we will be celebrating our Opening School Mass. At this Mass our student leaders will receive their leadership badges. Parents and Carers of all students are invited to attend this Mass which will be celebrated in the Santa Sabina Chapel.

Tina Nicotina
Religious Education Coordinator P-6