RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
First Reconciliation
Thank you to our families who attended the First 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 ).
TIMETABLE FOR THE SACRAMENT OF FIRST RECONCILIATION PROGRAM 2025
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RETURN OF ENROLMENT FORM, FEE AND HOST NOMINATION FORMS: |
As soon as possible, forms to be completed online via 'North Woden Transfiguration' QKR! |
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PARENT SACRAMENTAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY (Optional): |
Via MS Teams 6.00pm Tuesday 25 February 2025 |
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PRESENTATION MASSES: Each family to attend one of the following: |
Holy Trinity Church, Curtin 6.00pm Saturday 1 March 2025 OR Holy Trinity Church, Curtin 9.30am or 5.30pm Sunday 2 March 2025 |
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RETREAT AND PRACTICE FOR CHILDREN: |
Holy Trinity School Hall 9.15am–2.30pm Thursday 27 March 2025 18 Theodore Street, Curtin |
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SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATION: |
Holy Trinity Church, Curtin 6pm Tuesday, 8 April 2025 |
Opening School Mass and Year 6 Leadership Ceremony
We warmly invite you to our Opening School Mass and Year 6 Leadership Badge Ceremony for 2025. Mass will take place on Thursday, 13th February at 12pm in the Sts Peter and Paul School Hall.
ALL families are welcome.
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Luke 6: 17, 20-26- Blessings and Woes
There is something about the place in which today’s Gospel reading is set. Jesus had just prayed all night long in the hills before appointing the twelve who were to be his apostles. He then brought them down to level ground where a crowd of his disciples and a larger crowd of people full of self-interest awaited him. By creating a scene where all those gathered were rubbing shoulders with one another Luke was pointing out that this was Jesus really saying to the assembly: ‘Pay close attention, for we are all in this together.’
By listing blessings and woes in four pairs, Jesus was very likely reminding his audience that they had probably found themselves in tension of experiencing the blessings and woes one on top of the other, hoping for the blessing of comfort in the midst hardship and struggle of all kinds followed almost immediately by the realisation that they were doing it tough. Haven’t we ourselves, from time to time, as a mixture of saint and sinner?
If we step back for a moment from the text we might be able to see that the greatest beatitude for us is Jesus himself. He continues to be God’s blessing to the weak (all of us) in a world that reserves its admiration for the wealthy, the powerful and the famous. That’s a world he invites us to change.
From God’s Word, Daily Reflections, 2025
Yours in Christ,
Andrea McQuirk
Religious Education Coordinator