Welcome to 2025. This year, we are exploring the question posed in John’s Gospel: “Where can I find this living water?” This theme invites us to reflect on Jesus as the source of life, love, and renewal, encouraging us to nurture our spiritual journey. Just as living water refreshes and sustains, our faith calls us to be a life-giving presence to others. Throughout the year, our school community will explore how God’s living water nourishes us, helping us grow in kindness, hope, and service to those around us, deepening our own relationships with God.

First Reconciliation 

Our Sacramental preparations for 2025 will begin with a Reconciliation Parent Information Night next Tuesday 11th February at 6pm via Teams. A link for this meeting will be sent out through Compass on Friday.  Please see the introductory letter attached for more details. 

TIMETABLE FOR THE SACRAMENT OF FIRST RECONCILIATION PROGRAM 2025

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C  Luke 5:1-11 - Jesus Calls His First Disciples

Jesus demonstrated his unfamiliarity with the culture of fishermen on three counts. While the crowd was large, a fishing boat was hardly an appropriate choice for a podium from which to teach. What’s more, in asking Peter to move into the deep and let down his nets, he proved that he knew nothing about the way in which fishermen plied their trade. They invariably used two boats in tandem with one net stretched between them. They then manoeuvred their boats to encircle the fish before dragging their catch into the nearest boat. Moreover, no experienced fisherman would dream of paying out his nets for a catch in broad daylight, fishing was a night-time occupation. Daytime was for preparations. Still, Peter complied with Jesus’ suggestion, humouring him rather than anticipating a catch of any worth. The huge, unexpected catch struck him immediately as miraculous, making him conclude that he was in the presence of holiness. The only response he could think of was to declare his unworthiness. Without agreeing with Peter or uttering even a single word of criticism, Jesus invited Peter and his companions to a different kind of fishing: enticing people to experience the in-breaking presence of God in the world. That’s a very deep-water venture if ever there was one! The disciples’ experience on the lake that day led them to trust Jesus. Can we trust Jesus enough to embark on a similar venture? 

• From God’s Word, Daily Reflections, 2025

Yours in Christ, 

Andrea McQuirk 

Religious Education Coordinator