Faith Matters
- Sacrament of First Eucharist:
Congratulations to the 26 students who made their First Holy Communion on Saturday night. It was a beautiful celebration and many thanks to the Sacramental Coordinator, Dan O’Brien and the Sacramental Team comprising of staff and parishioners who supported the children and their families. Congratulations to:Zara Bodycott, Scarlett Chambers, Emily Dickson, Katherine Diwa, Declan Emery, Alexander English, Patrick Golden, Joshua Harris, Henry Hazlet, Mia Hines, Blake Holder, Brock Holder, Leila Ismay, Amarli Kelleher, Ellie Lake, Evan Lonnen, Lachlan Monaghan, Isaiah Monteleone, Mia Nalder, Sean O’Brien, Lucy Paterson, Sophie Roberts, George Smith, Eliza Tozer, Nellie Ward, Jake Winsor
2. Class Masses:
Over the last few weeks there have been several class masses in both secondary and primary - S3W, Year 8-1, Year 7-1 and S1M. Thank you to the parents and carers who have come along to support their children during these celebrations of Eucharist. The class masses provide a wonderful opportunity for students to be highly involved in the planning and implementation of their mass. Fr Joshy leads the primary masses and Fr Trenton from Temora, leads the secondary masses. We are very grateful for the time they give to our students in support of their faith journey.
- Holy Week and Stations of the Cross:
Throughout the week each class has been involved in walking the Indigenous Stations of the Cross and participating in a prayer service. These stations were made last year as a school wide project that involved our Indigenous students, Mrs Aileen Maher (Aboriginal Education Worker) and community members, including Mr Peter Beath and Mrs Sally Puckridge (art teacher and Indigenous Stations of the Cross creator.)
Mrs Maher composed a beautiful interpretation of Richard Campbell’s artworks which follow the 14 Stations of Jesus’ walk to Calvary with Indigenous history and Richard’s personal journey through life. The students are to be commended on the reverent way in which they engaged with the Stations of the Cross, and I thank Mrs Maher for her ongoing support in raising awareness in our community of our Catholic and Indigenous historical traditions.
- Passion Play:
Congratulations to Year 9 and Mr O’Brien on a moving and reverent portrayal of the story of Christ’s passion. They enacted the Gospel story today for our school community as well as staff and students from Trinity Murrumburrah and Hennessey College Young. They will enact the play again tomorrow in the 3pm Good Friday service at Sacred Heart Church and all families are most welcome to come. Many weeks of preparation and practice have gone into the play and we thank them for their contribution to our schools’ ongoing tradition – now over 30 years long!! Well done Year 9 and Mr O’Brien.
