This year at Sts Peter and Paul, we are all called to ‘Flourish’ 

Sacrament on Reconciliation

Thank you to our Year 3 parents who attended the Reconciliation Parent Information Night last night. It was a great information session and we look forward to the Home Groups starting soon.  Any further enquiries can be directed to the Parish Office ( 6281 3999 /  wodennorth@cg.org.au )

Upcoming dates to remember: 

• PARENT SACRAMENTAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY (Optional): Via Zoom 6.00pm Tuesday 20th February
• PRESENTATION MASSES: Each family to attend one of the following:

Holy Trinity Church, Curtin 6.00pm Saturday 2nd March 2024   OR

Holy Trinity Church, Curtin 9.30am Sunday 3rd March 2024

• RETREAT AND PRACTICE FOR CHILDREN:

Holy Trinity School Hall 9.15am–2.15pm Friday 22nd March, 18 Theodore Street, Curtin

• SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATION:

Holy Trinity Church, Curtin 6pm Tuesday, 7th May

Opening School Mass is on tomorrow, Thursday 8th February at 12pm in the school Hall

On Thursday, we will celebrate Mass as a school community for the first time in 2024. We look forward to this important occasion to officially commission our wonderful Year 6 leaders.

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

Mark 1:40-45- The leprosy left him and he was cured.

We know that we will all have to face some kind of suffering, and so we try to prepare ourselves for it. Yet when it comes, as prepared as we try to be, it can overtake us with such fury that we fall back defenceless. We look to others for support and assistance, and if we are fortunate, we find it. However, even in the most supportive of communities, suffering tends to alienate us from those who are healthy and secure. Suffering reminds us of our own finitude and the contingent nature of all of life. It threatens our sense of order.

Jesus is not deterred by human suffering. He welcomes all who approach him; his healing touch reincorporates those who have been ostracised; his loving embrace reassociates those who have been alienated. In the reign of God, there are no outsiders. All belong to Jesus, and, therefore, all belong to each other. When the one afflicted is embraced by the community, the community is an authentic manifestation of the inclusive reign of God.

In suffering we witness human vulnerability and our desperate need of each other and of God. There, at the edge of life and on the fringes of the community, we may experience the tenderness and compassion of God. The loving touch of Christ that can heal our souls, if not our bodies. It is there that we may most authentically participate in the cross of Christ. Joined to him we are anything but unproductive or worthless.

Adapted from Dianne Bergant

Blessings for the week ahead,

Amanda Basedow

Religious Education Coordinator (Acting)