Welcome Back!

A very warm welcome back to all of our students this week, it is so wonderful to be together again, we have missed you all very much.

Sunday Gospel: The Ascension of the Lord, Year A. Matthew 28:16-20

This week we hear the story of the Ascension from Matthew’s Gospel, which is quite different to other recounts of this story. It is a short Gospel passage known as ‘The Great Commission’. This is because Jesus is commissioning his disciples to go out to the world and spread the good news. Jesus’ disciples are charged to ‘Go, therefore, make disciples of all the nations.’ This is the basis of the missionary work in the Church that has gone on since that day.

Christ who ascended into heaven in his body, carries on what he began through the Church. The Gospel ends with the promise of Jesus, ‘I am with you always’. We have not been left alone; we have the Holy Spirit. We have not been left alone; we have each other. Together we make up the new body of Christ. What a powerful message as we gather together as a school community once again!

Religious Education Website - Transfiguration Parish

Although we are no longer Remote Learning, the “Parish of Transfiguration” website is still being updated weekly and features the Sunday Gospel of the coming week, as well as reflection questions, and other resources and ideas for families who want to grow in faith together. This week, we look at the practice of Lectio Divina, and how this can be done with kids. We hope the site will be engaging and enriching for the families in our communities of Holy Trinity and Saints Peter and Paul.

Fr John has uploaded a video for our families, and the Parish Youth Ministers, Maddie and Grace have added content to the site also, so I encourage you to take a look.

Below is a link to the site for this week.

http://parishoftransfiguration.weebly.com/week-4.html

Our Youth Ministers have also created a Facebook page. Please check it out and 'like' it to support young people in our Parish ( @NorthWodenParishTrasfiguaration ).

Welcome back once again, God bless,

Stephanie Burns

Religious Education Coordinator