From Religious Education Curriculum

.... Primary Retreats

Each year, primary students participate in a half-day Retreat which is often led by Year 9/10 students who have chosen the RE: Journey elective.  This week’s retreats for K-Year 4 focused on the Sacraments and how these symbolic rituals bind Christians together in community.  The Year 10 students shared their understanding of the Eucharist as a ritual of Thanksgiving, with everyone called to be a part of the Body of Christ.  Activities included sand sculptures, meditation, painting and dance.   

The Eucharist, although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.   

POPE FRANCIS 

As we head towards Christmas, students are asked to contribute to our St Vinnie’s Christmas Hamper Appeal.  Donations of Christmas treats and basic necessities should be made by Wednesday 7th December as they will be presented to members of the St Vincent De Paul Society at our Thanksgiving Mass on Friday 9th.  In supporting the most vulnerable in our community we are reminded of the lowly shepherds and the gift-bearing foreigners who are commemorated in Matthew and Luke’s Gospels.  May we strive to share generously and joyfully with others this Christmas; recognising that, despite our differences, we are all interconnected.