RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
Sunday Gospel: Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year A John 10:1-10
This Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter, is often described as Good Shepherd Sunday. The Gospel on this Sunday comes from John, chapter 10 – Jesus speaking on the image of himself as the Good Shepherd. This year the reading is the beginning of the chapter, verses 1-10.
For a reader to understand this story, they must be familiar with the context of the time. Shepherds would often put their lives in danger to tend to their flocks. Of a night time, several flocks of sheep would stay in a communal sheepfold, usually made of stone walls. There was only one entrance to the sheepfold and one of the shepherds would sleep across the entranceway, effectively becoming the gate for the sheepfold. This would allow the shepherd to keep the sheep in the sheepfold, but also to guard against thieves. Thieves could climb over the wall into the sheepfold but the sheep were trained to respond to their shepherd’s voice alone so thieves could only steal what sheep they could carry off. When Jesus described himself as the gate of the sheepfold, his audience would have immediately understood what He was saying. We must remember to listen for the voice Jesus in our lives; that is the voice of the one who lay down His life for us. Our Good Shepherd.
On the school website, we now have a link to a new website called “Parish of Transfiguration”. This site will serve to connect the Transfiguration Parish School Communities of Holy Trinity and Saints Peter and Paul.
On this site you will find a variety of links relating to the Religious Life of our Parish Schools. Each week, we will share with you prayers and resources that we hope will be engaging and enriching for the families in our community.
Fr John, our Parish Priest, as well as our Youth Ministers Grace and Maddie, will also be placing content on this site as a way to maintain connection with students and families during Remote Learning. Below is a link to the site.
http://parishoftransfiguration.weebly.com/
Parish Contacts – email addresses for Weekly Bulletin
Fr John would like to encourage any parents in the community to reach out to his office via email (included below) if they would like to be included in the list of parishioners that receive an email of the Sunday bulletin every week. This is a great way to stay in touch with the parish community, especially in a time of disconnection.
Stay safe, and take care of each other,
Stephanie Burns
Religious Education Coordinator
