Religion News: Thursday the 16^th of May 2024

Sacrament of First Holy Communion.

Congratulations to Lachlan and Ivy who will celebrate their First Holy Communion this Sunday.  Thank you to the children who have volunteered to be part of the choir to help celebrate their Sacrament.  It is always special to come together as a community with staff, parents, students and parish.

This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday.  The word Pentecost means fiftieth day in Greek.  Pentecost marks the end of the Easter Season and is called the birthday of the Church as it was from this event that the disciples went forth to spread the good news and establish the Church.

Some videos for reflection on Pentecost.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNNZO9i1Gjc&t=45s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtXwnx4o9_U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4EiXCUAmDo

 The Sacrament of Confirmation will be celebrated on Sunday the 28th of July at 11:00am Mass. 

Peace Mass

Next Friday, we will travel together to Sale to participate in the annual Peace Mass. Primary and Secondary School come together to pray for Peace in our world.  The Mass is celebrated by Bishop Greg Bennet and other priest from around the Diocese of Sale.  Each year all schools create a display for the Sale Catholic College Stadium where the Mass is celebrated.  This year we have been busy making cranes.

The paper crane became a symbol of hope and peace through the story of a little Japanese girl. 

Sadako Sasaki was exposed to radiation as an infant when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima during World War II. Although she survived the bomb, she was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 12. Some say she decided to fold 1,000 cranes, hoping that her wish to live would come true, but sadly, Sadako never reached her goal, and later passed that year. She was buried with a wreath of 1,000 paper cranes, and she became a symbol of hope and peace. At the Hiroshima Peace Park, where a statue of her holding a giant crane called the Children’s Peace Monument, Sadako is forever memorialized. 

Her story of hope spread throughout the world, and her paper cranes became known as a symbol of peace. These paper cranes bring hope to the world as every year, children from around the world will fold cranes and send them to Hiroshima where they are placed around a statue of Sadako.

Kind Regards

Sue Benc