Feast Day

Next Friday (Week 9), we will be celebrating the Feast Day of St Peter and St Paul! The children will be learning more about the lives of our patron saints and their important contributions to Christianity; St Peter as the first Pope, and St Paul through his powerful missionary journeys.

All families are warmly invited to join us for our Feast Day Mass at 12pm in the Sts Peter and Paul School Hall.

Confirmation  

This Friday, all Year 6 students will attend the Sacramental Retreat Day at Holy Trinity Primary School. Please make sure you have accepted the COMPASS event for your child to attend. 

TIMETABLE FOR THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION 2025 

Support the St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal

Today we celebrated Wednesday Winter Woolies—the children wore their coziest winter clothes and brought warm items to donate. 

Thank you for supporting St Vincent de Paul to keep the people of Canberra warm and safe this winter. 

Next Friday morning (Week 9) at 8:30am, we’ll be selling hot chocolate from the canteen to help raise funds for St Vincent de Paul, supporting our winter appeal. For a gold coin donation, your child can enjoy a warm cup of hot chocolate before school. Thank you for helping us support those in need this winter!

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Solemnity - Luke 9:11-17

It was probably only about twenty years after the Last Supper that Paul, writing to correct some errors in the Corinthian community, gives us the precious gem of our tradition, namely the earliest account of what Jesus said and did at that final meal with his disciples. It reminds us always of the heart and core of what we do when we celebrate the Eucharist, and the very foundation and reason for subsequent devotional practices such as those associated with today’s feast. We must never forget those words: ‘Do this as a memorial of me’ and their implications for our Christian life.

Likewise, the setting for the story of the feeding of the crowds in each of the Gospels is important. Jesus’ care for the physical needs of the people who follow him is a response to the deep feeling he has about their spiritual hunger. The narrative, so familiar to us, has obvious similarities with the words we hear in the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Jesus’ dialogue and instructions to his disciples are equally significant. Like them, we are called to feed the hungry, both with bodily nourishment and the Word of Life. In other words, as we celebrate this great gift today, may we ourselves be bread for others.  

From God’s Word, Daily Reflections, 2025

Yours in Christ, 

Andrea McQuirk 

Religious Education Coordinator