This year at Sts Peter and Paul, we are all called to ‘Let Your Light Shine”

Confirmation – Year 6

As you would be aware from previous newsletters, the Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated in our Parish this Term. This Sacrament is for children in our parish who are in Year 6.

Presentation Masses will be held this weekend at Holy Trinity Church, Curtin. Candidates are welcome to attend any of the Masses this weekend. (6pm Saturday, 9:30am Sunday or 5:30pm Sunday.) These Masses will give our Parish Community the opportunity to pray for the Candidates as they near the conclusion of their preparation

The Sacrament of Confirmation:

The Sacrament will be celebrated in the Parish of the Transfiguration, North Woden, on Tuesday 21 June 2022 at 6pm and Wednesday 22 June at 6pm. 

Here is the link to the Mass Booking Sheet for the Sacrament:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iXHK5cAFCJcEAcFOJFVLaSOR-yxuVSFU61ij1yWVV1s/edit#gid=0

St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal

As the weather has cooled down this week, it’s a timely reminder to turn our minds to those around us that are not as fortunate. The Vinnies Winter Appeal is upon us! Vinnies is committed to a more just and compassionate Australia where no person nor child should have to wonder where they will sleep each night. The Vinnies Winter Appeal is all about providing emergency relief to those at risk of/or experiencing homelessness. All donations are then distributed through their many homelessness and community services to directly support those in our local community who are most impacted.

Your family can be of assistance by donating the following items between now and Wednesday of Week 10 (29th June):

• Gloves
• Socks
• Jackets
• Beanies
• Blankets
• Sleeping Bags

MacKillop House & CatholicCare Call for Assistance

CatholicCare are seeking financial assistance with their Canberra based ministry, MacKillop House. Mackillop House in Lyneham nightly accommodates some 20-22 women of all ages, as well as many mothers and their children in need. The ACT government has agreed to provide some funding towards the upgrading of the bedrooms and common lounge areas at MacKillop house, however more funding is needed to complete the project.

To read more about the lifechanging work that CatholicCare do through MacKillop House, click here

If you are in a position to make a small donation to CatholicCare and MacKillop House, please go to Qkr! and follow the links to ‘payments’/ ‘MacKillop House & CatholicCare’

Pentecost Sunday, Year C

The feast of Pentecost celebrates the power of the Holy Spirit coming upon the disciples and energising them to set about their mission of continuing the ministry of Jesus. The gospel reading is one of the post-resurrection appearances by Jesus when he breathed the Holy Spirit upon the disciples. The actual events of that first Pentecost are recorded in the book of Acts and are recalled in this week’s first reading. The use of this post-resurrection gospel account is a reminder that Jesus had already imbued the disciples with the Spirit but, as so often throughout his ministry, they were a bit slow to catch on to the significance of what he had done. It seems that they needed a more tangible experience to jolt them into action and Acts records the very physical experience of the Spirit entering their midst as a roaring wind before settling upon them as tongues of flame. Jesus had breathed the Spirit upon them but it took the roaring wind to make a real impression on the disciples. There are frequent references in the gospels to Jesus being ‘filled with the Spirit’. It is this Spirit with which he was filled that he breathed upon his disciples; it is that same Spirit that we receive sacramentally in Confirmation.

For the weeks following the death of Jesus the disciples had lived in fear and confusion, not fully understanding what had happened and not really knowing what to do. When they realised that the Spirit Jesus had breathed upon them was really present and urging them to action they finally had the courage to begin the mission that Jesus had entrusted to them: to spread the Good News of Jesus and continue to realise his message in the world.

(Reflection by Greg Sunter)

Blessings for the week ahead,

Stephanie Burns

Religious Education Coordinator