Confirmation

Confirmation Candidate Booklets were distributed last week. If for some reason, your child did not receive their book, please contact me via email, so I can send one home. I hope that your group sessions go well.

Social Justice - Vinnies Winter Appeal -  Crazy Hair Donation Day on Friday 19 May.

Thank you to the many families who have already donated to the ‘Share you Kindness’ Vinnies Winter Appeal. 

On Friday 19 May, students are invited to have crazy hair and donate one or more of the the following items: toiletries bag, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, soap, face washer, hairbrush, moisturiser, and feminine hygiene products. Donations can be dropped off at the school foyer in the labelled tubs or dropped off in the classroom. 

During Weeks 5 and 6 we invite families to ‘Share your Warmth’ by donating gloves, blankets, jackets, socks and scarves (pre-loved and/or new). ‘Share your Warmth’ weeks will culminate in Wear a Beanie and Donate Day.

Sunday Gospel: Matthew 28:16 - 20, The Ascension of the Lord - Year A

I shall ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate 

The short gospel passage for today is taken from the final words of the gospel of Matthew. It is known as ‘The Great Commission’ as Jesus is portrayed commissioning his disciples to go out to the world and spread the good news. They are charged to ‘Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations.’ This is the basis of much of the missionary work of the Church that has gone on ever since then.

The message of the Ascension is a powerful one. It reminds us that Jesus, the human incarnation of God on earth, was limited to a specific time and place in history. Despite the physical limitations of his life on earth, Jesus ensured that his message and ministry would continue through those he had taught. Knowing that the disciples would need time to grieve and come to terms with all that had occurred in a relatively short space of time, Jesus promised that the Spirit would come upon them in the days to come. That visiting of the Spirit upon the disciples at Pentecost was the motivation to set about doing what Jesus had charged them to do. Without the Ascension, there is no Pentecost (adapted from Greg Sunter).

Blessings for the week ahead,

Veronica Hall

Religious Education Coordinator