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

Welcome to Term 3 2024, and an extra special welcome to all the new families in our community this term. Our theme for 2024 is “Planted in the House of the Lord, they will flourish” Psalm 92:13. Throughout the year, we will be looking at the ways we can flourish, individually and as a school community, and help those around us to flourish. 

NAIDOC Week

In recognition of NAIDOC Week this week at school we include the Aboriginal Lord’s Prayer.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl7PgGP9iNI&ab_channel=KevinTemplestowe)

You are our Father, You live in heaven,

We talk to You. Father You are good.

You are our Father, You live in heaven,

We talk to You. Father You are good.

We believe your Word, Father,

We are Your children, give us bread today.

We believe Your Word, Father,

We are Your children, give us bread today.

We have done wrong, we are sorry,

Teach us, Father, all about Your Word.

We have done wrong, we are sorry,

Teach us, Father, all about Your Word.

Others have done wrong to us,

And we are sorry for them, Father, today.

Others have done wrong to us,

And we are sorry for them, Father, today.

Stop us from doing wrong, Father,

Save us all from the evil one.

Stop us from doing wrong, Father,

Save us all from the Evil One.

Sacramental News

SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATION: First Eucharist

The Sacrament of First Eucharist will be celebrated at Holy Trinity Church, Curtin, on Saturday 21st September, and Sunday 22nd September 2024.

Families of Year 4 students who have celebrated their First Reconciliation may enrol in the Parish's Family-Based Sacramental Program for First Eucharist.

 Enrolment by Friday 26th July must be completed online using the Qkr! App.

To enrol:

• Access or download the Qkr! app. 
• Tap on ‘North Woden Transfiguration Parish’
• Tap Sacrament of First Eucharist
• Complete the form and make your online payment.

KEY FIRST EUCHARIST DATES

Friday 26th July: Enrolment on Qkr! to be completed

Tuesday 30th July:    5:30pm - Information night for Family Group Hosts via Microsoft Teams

6:00pm - Introductory Information Night for all Parents of students making their First Eucharist 

August-September (various dates): Family Group meetings to be held before the First Eucharist Retreat Day

Saturday 24th August 6:00pm and Sunday 25th August 9:30am: Candidate Presentation Mass at Holy Trinity Church, Curtin

Friday 6th September 9:00am-2:15pm: First Eucharist Retreat Day at Holy Trinity for all children in Year 4

Saturday 21st September 6:00pm: Sacrament of First Eucharist at Holy Trinity Church

Sunday 22nd September 9:30am or 5:30pm: Sacrament of First Eucharist at Holy Trinity Church

If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Grinsell Jones at the Parish Office on 6281 3999.

Feast of the Transfiguration

Sts Peter and Paul with Holy Trinity Primary School Curtin will come together to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration on Tuesday 6th August. The Feast of the Transfiguration recalls and celebrates Jesus’ revelation of his divinity to three of his friends—Peter, James, and John—on a high point on Mount Tabor. According to the Gospel accounts, Jesus took the three disciples onto the mountain to pray. While they were praying, his appearance was changed by a brilliant white light that radiated from him and his clothing. Moses and Elijah, the greatest prophets of the Old Testament, appeared with Jesus, and a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”

Sts Peter and Paul will host the students and staff of Holy Trinity on this day. The day will involve buddy activities with a class from Holy Trinity, a shared lunch, and the celebration of Mass as a Parish. All families are warmly invited to join us in Mass, at 10:00am for Kindergarten-Year 2 students, or 12:00pm for Year 3-Year 6 students. 

Gospel - John 6:1-15 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Jesus feeds five thousand

Today we are reminded of God’s providence. We live in a world that feeds us and shelters us and supplies us with everything that we need to grow and to thrive, and all of this comes to us from the hand of God. It is usually when we are in desperate straits that we become painfully conscious of our dependence on God, but this dependence is always there. God does not merely intervene when we are helpless; God's providence operates in our lives at all times.

Living in a society that promotes individualism, we sometimes undervalue the communal dimension of life. God certainly cares passionately for each of us (not even a sparrow falls without God knowing it), but God's concern is for the whole people. We are first and foremost members of a people. We would never have seen the light of day, we would not endure or develop, without others. As unique as we may be, we are a unique expression of a communal reality. God created a race; God formed a people; Jesus died for the world. By the grace of God, we belong to the community.

As members of the people of God, we are called to a way of life that is noble, not selfish. We are to live with each other in humility and gentleness, with patience. We are to bear with one another in love. Through baptism we all live by the same Spirit of Jesus; we are all united through the bond of God's love. The bread that we receive from the hand of God is the bread of full life, life in all its dimensions, life in Christ.

Adapted from Dianne Bergant CSA

Blessings for the week ahead,

Sarah Walsh

Religious Education Coordinator (Acting)