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

The Value we ae focusing on at the moment is Kindness. Thank you to the Sts Peter and Paul Youth Ministry Team who prepared and shared the Values Assembly at yesterday’s assembly. Thank you also to our Youth Minister Maddie Greenwood for her work on this.

Transfiguration Feast Day

On Saturday the 6^th August it will be the Feast of the Transfiguration. This is the Feast Day of our Parish. We will celebrate as a school community on Thursday 4^th August due to Friday’s Pupil Free Day.

Normally, we would gather with our friends from Holy Trinity, share Mass and a meal, as well as some activities together. Unfortunately, due to restrictions related to COVID-19, we have had to amend our plans.

We will not be joining Holy Trinity School, however, we will be celebrating Mass at 10am with Fr John. Following Mass, Mrs R will provide the children with a Hot Dog lunch and a treat. (Vegetarian and GF available). If your child will not eat a hot dog, please provide them with lunch as you usually would.

We are very much looking forward to celebrating our Parish as a school community.

Sacrament of First Eucharist

Who is eligible?

Children in Year 4 or above who celebrated their First Reconciliation may be enrolled in the Parish’s Family-Based Sacramental Program for First Eucharist. 

The enrolment form and associated fee must be received ASAP. Enrolment can be done online using Qkr! App

To enrol online:

Access or download the Qkr! app. 

Tap on ‘North Woden Transfiguration Parish’

Tap Sacrament of First Eucharist (second option)

Complete the form and make your online payment.

The requested offering per family is $40. This helps to defray the cost of a workbook, commemorative certificate, memorial gift and administrative costs.  If you have difficulty meeting the offering, please contact Fr John for a confidential discussion.

Hosting a Family Group

The program is dependent on the generosity of some parents to host or to co-host a family group. A ‘Host Nomination’ form is enclosed for your consideration. The role of a host is not difficult, with session notes provided. 

All hosts must have, or have applied for, a Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) card.  There is no cost involved in applying for a WWVP card for volunteers.  Further information as to how to apply for a WWVP card is found on the ‘Host Nomination’ form. 

What does the program involve?

The program includes:

• Four family group meetings for parents and children following the Introduction Night.
• Presentation Mass. Each family to attend one of the following:  Saturday 27 August 6pm or Sunday 28 August 9.30am at Holy Trinity Church, Curtin.

This is the link to the homegroups sheet. Please add your child to a group once you have registered. If there is no group that suits your family, please consider hosting a group.

Celebration of First Eucharist

You will need to nominate a weekend Mass (Sat. 6pm, Sun. 9.30am or Sun. 5.30pm) on the weekend of 17-18 September for the celebration.  There will be a limited number of seats available for candidates, their families and guests, mindful of the need to accommodate other parishioners at each of these Masses.

What next?

If you would like your child to celebrate First Eucharist this year, you must register via the Qkr! App ASAP.  Meanwhile, enquiries can be directed to the Parish Office (6281 3999 / wodennorth@cg.org.au ).

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

One of the themes running through the gospels is that wealth can be an obstacle to entering fully into relationship with God. It is not wealth in itself that is problematic but rather valuing material riches above everything else and the constant desire to accumulate more and more. We have the story of the rich young man who asks Jesus what he must do to inherit the kingdom and Jesus tells him to sell everything he has and give away the proceeds. The young man goes away sad because he thought that with his great accumulation of wealth he’d be able to buy anything that he needed to gain the kingdom. We also have the saying of Jesus that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

The parable in today’s gospel depicts a man who has so much grain that he decides to build bigger barns to store it all. The parable follows Jesus’ teaching that ‘a man’s life is not made secure by what he owns, even when he has more than he needs.’ The point is about having more than we need. What good is served by one person having more than they need while others do not have enough to meet their needs? The rich man who had the abundant harvest could have stored up all that he needed and still been able to share the abundance with others.

Liberation theology introduced the catch phrase, ‘live simply so that others may simply live’. The call was for those in wealthier countries to simplify their wasteful and indulgent lifestyles so that others may be able to meet their most basic of needs.

(Reflection by Greg Sunter)

Have a blessed week,

Stephanie Burns

Religious Education Coordinator