RE News
Religious Life of St Joseph’s
Happy Easter! Easter is the greatest celebration in the Catholic Church because it is the completion of Holy Week. Although Easter Sunday and the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ might feel like it was a long time ago now, we are still in the Season of Eastertide. Eastertide is a season of grace, time of joy and thanksgiving which is a 50-day celebration that continues until Pentecost Sunday in early June.
Our focus scripture for this year centres on Jesus calling his first disciples. The Gospel from the second Sunday of Easter makes some significant parallels with our focus Gospel and occurs after Jesus’ resurrection. In both Gospels, Simon Peter and the sons of Zebedee are fishing and their efforts have been fruitless. After a night of hardwork and catching nothing, Jesus comes along and directs them to let down their nets for a catch. They faithfully follow his direction even though they are tired and disappointed and when they do they catch so many fish they are unable to contain their haul. How often have we been working tirelessly only to be disappointed with the fruit we produce? This Gospel reading is a rich and textured story that speaks of Jesus' presence in the Eucharist and our commission to serve others as Jesus did. This Eastertide I encourage you to invite Jesus into your life and be open to the fruit he desires to produce in your life.
First Holy Communion
Tomorrow evening we commence our First Holy Communion parent and child formation sessions. Please keep these children and their families in your prayers as they take this significant step in their faith formation.
| Henry | Emily | Marvin |
| Sophia | Connor | Sophia |
| Tinara | Ryan | Anna |
| Mary | Patrick | Lara |
| Maddison | Alexander | Emanuel |
| Luke | Aaron | Taj |
| Julian | Evie | Edward |
| Luerice | Bonnie | Isaac |
| Astrid | Angela | Felix |
| Matty |
Project Compassion
We raised an outstanding total of $1296.15. These funds raised are enough to provide education assistance for secondary school students in Mozambique.
Congratulations to 5 Orange for raising the most money from all the classes. They have won a pyjama day for their efforts.
Prayer and Worship
Celebrating Liturgy and Sacraments
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Prayer Celebrations and Class Masses |
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Prayer Celebrations Week 5 Sorry Day- Thursday 26 May 2.15pm Class: 2 Yellow
Class Masses Week 3- Thursday 9.15am Year 4 Week 4- Tuesday 9.15am Year: 2 - Thursday 9.15am Year: 4 Week 5- Tuesday 9.15am Year: 1 |
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Sacrament Dates 2022 |
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As we are a growing community we are asking families to help us be as prepared as possible by enrolling in all Sacraments for 2022 now. Please use the following link to enrol in all Sacraments for 2022. http://bit.ly/sjosacraments2022 First Holy Communion for students in Year 4 and older Parent and Child Formation Session 1: Thursday 12 May 5.30-6.30pm Parent and Child Formation Session 2: Thursday 19 May 5.30-6.30pm Sacrament Retreat: Friday 17 June school hours Sacrament Mass: Sunday 19 June 12.00pm
Confirmation for students in Year 6 Parent and Child Formation Sessions TBC Sacrament Retreat: Wednesday 14 September school hours Sacrament Mass: Wednesday 14 September Time TBC
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Melanie Stratford
Religious Education Coordinator
melanie.stratford@cg.catholic.edu.au