From Religious Education Curriculum

The Season of Creation

Last week, Shane Giles, Eileen Reckord and myself attended the Key Leaders’ Day in Canberra, along with priests, principals and RECs from across the Archdiocese.  The focus of the day was Faith in Learning: examining the centrality of Encounter, Discipleship and Mission within Catholic education and how the Spirit of God “disrupts our lives” and inspires us to move from head knowledge to heart vocation. 

In the afternoon we heard from a panel of teachers, principals and CE staff who attended World Youth Day recently in Portugal or visited the Holy Land earlier in the year.  They were inspired by the shared experience to reflect on how they can be more intentional and invitational in the way that they help others encounter Christ through dialogue and walking together.  It was fantastic to catch up with Fr Michael Lim, former parish priest of Bega whose own conversion from Buddhism to Catholicism and sharing of Christian meditation has influenced so many.

“But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!” (Amos 5:24) 

Let Justice and Peace flow, the theme for this year’s Season of Creation, which runs from 1st September to St Francis’ Feast Day 4th October, is a great summation of the purpose of Catholic Education.  

“We are called to join the river of justice and peace, to take up climate and ecological justice, and to speak out with and for communities most impacted by climate injustice and the loss of biodiversity. The urgency grows and we must make visible peace with Earth and on Earth, at the same time that justice calls us to repentance and a change of attitude and actions. As we join the river of justice and peace with others then hope is created instead of despair.”     https://seasonofcreation.org/