RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
First Eucharist
The Sacrament of First Eucharist will be celebrated at Holy Trinity, Curtin, on Saturday 20 September and Sunday 21 September 2025.
This weekend, the 23rd and 24th of August, all students completing the Sacrament are asked to attend a presentation Mass at either 6pm Saturday, 9:30am or 5:30pm Sunday.
I look forward to supporting your child through their faith journey.
Timetable for First Eucharist
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WEEKEND PRESENTATION MASSES |
Each family to attend either 6.00pm Saturday 23 August OR 9.30am Sunday 24 August 2025 OR 5.30pm Sunday 24 August |
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RECONCILIATION |
As part of the program of preparation please take your child to the Sacrament of Reconciliation before First Eucharist, 5-5.30pm any Saturday, Holy Trinity Church. |
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RETREAT DAY (incl. practise for the children): |
9.15am-2.15pm Friday 12 September 2025 Holy Trinity Primary School |
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CELEBRATION OF FIRST EUCHARIST: |
Please nominate a weekend Parish Mass to celebrate your child’s First Eucharist using the ‘google documents’ link available early September from the school and Parish Office Saturday 20th September 6pm Sunday 21st September 9:30am Sunday 21st September 5:30pm |
Catholic Inquiry program – An Invitation …
Sometimes people wonder about what Catholics believe and how they live their faith. Sometimes they feel shy about asking these questions. At Holy Trinity Church we are starting an inquiry group for people who are not Catholic but who are searching for answers. This inquiry group will start on Tuesday 19th August 7.30pm in the Parish Centre and will go for 4 weeks. This opportunity may be for you, or someone you know, and may pave the way to the Rite of Christian Initiation Adults (RCIA) program. For further information, please contact Peter at the Parish Office 0459 394 813
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time - The Narrow Door Luke 13:22-30
One of the most important and deep-seated questions humans ask is, ‘Will I be saved?’ This is expressed in other ways, like ‘Is heaven real? How will I enter it?’ In fact, almost all religions speak of offering salvation.
Who will be saved? Through parabolic teaching, Jesus, in today’s Gospel, warns those who think that entry into the kingdom is through ‘ascription’, that is, the assignment of status through kinship ties. The Jews may be the chosen people, children of Abraham, but their salvation is far from assured. Jesus’ parable of the Narrow Door emphasises that entry into the kingdom is based not on ascription but on performance. The authentic response to Jesus’ teaching entails both hearing and doing. The true disciple is one who hears the word of God and puts it into practo=ice, bearing the fruit of repentance and good deeds.
To the question of whether only a few will be saved, Jesus pictures a multitude ‘from east and west, from north and south’ reclining at the banquet in God’s kingdom. Luke refers to the ingathering of the Jews from the diaspora in the eschatological times (Isaiah 43:5, Zecheriah 8:7) and adds the ingathering of the Gentiles to stress the theme of universalism. The coming of the Gentiles is not a rejection of the Jews. But Jesus disabuses the Jews, especially their religious leaders of the idea that they can rely on their status as children of the kingdom. Salvation is God’s gift freely given to the Israelites, and now to the Gentiles. The Jews should welcome the kingdom with gratitude and humility, and not as something due them because of their ties with Abraham.
From God’s Word, Daily Reflections, 2025
Yours in Christ,
Andrea McQuirk
Religious Education Coordinator