RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REPORT with Mrs David

Welcome back to another term of wonderful celebrations and opportunities to pray as a community. 

ANZAC Day

We had a wonderful ANZAC Day liturgy last week. You may wish to get on Facebook and have a look at our photos from the Liturgy (and like the page!)

Sacrament of Reconciliation Reminder from the Parish

A second reminder from the parish has been posted on Compass regarding the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  

Sacrament of Reconciliation Reminder

Dear Parents and Carers,

Please see below a message from the parish regarding the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Please find below the link to the parish website with all the information about First Reconciliation. Participation in the Sacrament of Reconciliation program is compulsory in order to participate in the Sacrament of First Holy Communion. 

https://www.hfi.org.au/2022/03/18/sacrament-of-first-reconciliation/ 

Sessions will be held on Monday nights in the school hall. 

9th May 7pm           Information Night/Session 1

16th May 7pm         Session 2

23rd May 7pm         Session 3

30th May 7pm         Session 4/Liturgy

Kind Regards

Michaela

Holy Family Parish

Mothers Day

Each class teacher is preparing for Mothers Day…we pray that every mother and mother figure has a wonderful day on Sunday. We also pray for those mothers who are no longer with us.

May, Month of the Month Dedicated to Mary

May is the month dedicated to Mary, whom we honour as the Mother of God. We/recognise Mary as the one who listened and responded to the call of God. On the 24th of May we honour Mary Our Lady of Help Christians, the Patron Saint of Australia.

This month we particularly encourage the praying of the Rosary, a prayer that is special in the Catholic tradition. 

If you are interested in praying the rosary, there are some great websites and youtube clips including:

http://www.comepraytherosary.org/

This Sunday’s Gospel Reading Reflection from LiturgyHelp

This Sunday’s Gospel reading focuses on Jesus as the Good Shepherd.  The image of the shepherd with his flock is filled with constant care and protection. Jesus is promising these things to us if we only follow him. He is also asking us to listen to his voice. His flock responds to his call because it is a love-filled call. We only need to listen and we also will hear the call from Jesus. This call will bring us eternal love and salvation. Some questions you could discuss with your children… 

Was Jesus just talking about sheep?

What was Jesus telling us?

What does it mean to be one of the sheep that Jesus looked after?

Would he take good care of them?

So, is he telling us that he will always look after us?

What are some things a sheep in this special flock would do?

What are some things we need to do to be followers of Jesus?

n the gospel reading Jesus told us that his sheep listen to his voice. If we are his sheep then how do we listen to his voice?