First Reconciliation 

Due to priest availability the time for the Sacrament of First Reconciliation on the 8th of April has been moved from 6pm to 6:30pm. 

Please continue to keep our First Reconciliation Candidates in your prayers in the lead up to the Sacrament on the 8th of April. All of Year 3 will participate in a Retreat Day at Holy Trinity on Friday the 28th of March to ensure they are prepared for this occasion. 

TIMETABLE FOR THE SACRAMENT OF FIRST RECONCILIATION PROGRAM 2025

Lent 

Lent is a special time in our school community—a season of reflection, renewal, and growth. It is an opportunity to pause, think about our actions, and consider how we can become better people.

During this time, we are invited to focus on three important things: prayer, fasting, and giving to others. Prayer helps us connect with God and reflect on what truly matters. Fasting is not just about giving something up but about making space in our lives for kindness and gratitude. Giving reminds us to care for those in need, whether through a kind word, a helping hand, or supporting those less fortunate, in our school community we focus on giving during Lent through our work with Project Compassion. Please see below to learn more about our Project Compassion initiative for 2025. 

As we journey through Lent together, let’s take small steps to be more compassionate, patient, and generous. May this season inspire us to grow in faith, hope, and love as a school community.

"Be kind and compassionate to one another" (Ephesians 4:32).

Project Compassion 

This Lent, our school  is proud to support Project Compassion 2025, Caritas Australia's annual initiative to help vulnerable communities create brighter futures. Through generosity, prayer, and action, we can make a real difference in the lives of those in need.

Students will learn about inspiring stories of resilience and hope while participating in fundraising activities to support this vital cause. Each class will have a Project Compassion Box in their classroom for students to bring in their donations to help support communities in need. We kindly ask that you help us work together to support this great cause. Every donation, big or small, helps transform lives.

Let’s work together to bring compassion to life this Lent! 

Help us help people like Lam.

Second Sunday in Lent, Year C  Luke 9: 28-36 The Transfiguration 

The dominant theme in the Scripture readings of today is that looking beyond the surface and the immediate. Abram receives an invitation from God to look upwards and try to count the stars to comprehend something of God’s infinity. In the transfiguration of Jesus, we learn that the Divine is not about looking beyond but looking more deeply at what is in the here and now. Like Abram’s stars, the transformation of Jesus is captured in light. Teilhard de Chardin uses the word ‘diaphanous’ to portray what he describes as the thin veil between what we immediately see and what is beyond the concrete and the visible but still present in it. Peter expresses the natural human tendency of holding onto something, when he speaks of ‘building three tents’. However, Jesus helps him to realise the impossibility of his impulse. Such transforming encounters are stored in the heart, not in man-made tents. Here they are deepened and kept alive through the cycle of remembering, sharing, prayer and reflection. 

From God’s Word, Daily Reflections, 2025

Yours in Christ, 

Andrea McQuirk 

Religious Education Coordinator