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 Friday the students will attend a Retreat Day at Holy Trinity for further preparation. Please make sure you have completed the COMPASS permissions form prior to the day.
Timetable for First Eucharist
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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 |
Grandparents Day
On Thursday the 25th of September, Week 10, we are celebrating Grandparents/Grandfriends Day. All are welcome to attend class visits at 12:15pm, followed by a BYO picnic at recess.
Please note: Students will need to bring their own packed lunch for first break at 11:10am. Families are also welcome to pack a BYO afternoon tea for recess. No food will be provided on the day, so please ensure students come prepared with everything they need.
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Feast Day - John 3:13-17
What a juxtaposition we find in the title of today’s feast. How can we exalt in the cross on which Jesus died such a tortuous death? Well, when seen from the perspective of the resurrection, the picture starts to become clear. The cross was the means by which God, in the person of Jesus, would in his endless love and compassion, bring a wayward world back home to him. Today’s Gospel gives us perhaps the most well-known Bible verse of all, in John 3:16, ‘Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life.’ God didn’t send his son to condemn us, but to save us. Out of his great love for humanity, God redeemed us, and in the resurrection, showed us the way back to communion with God and to eternal life in God’s presence. We exalt the cross because it restores to us all that was lost, and it stands forever as a reminder of God’s endless outpouring of love for us.
From God’s Word, Daily Reflections, 2025
Yours in Christ,
Andrea McQuirk
Religious Education Coordinator