Pentecost

On Sunday we celebrated Pentecost.

What is Pentecost? Pentecost is the Christian holiday which is celebrated on the 50th day after the weekly Sabbath during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles. Pentecost is the birth of the Catholic Church.

RECONCILIATION and FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

Reconciliation and Holy Communion Sacraments will be made together this year.

Reconciliation will be during the preparation retreat day on Friday 24^th August.

First Holy Communion will be celebrated on Saturday the 25^th of August.

School Mass

This week on Saturday 26^th May we will be having a whole school Mass commencing at 6 pm.

(arrive around 5:45 pm)

Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Mass and Liturgy Times:

This term, Mass will be on Fridays at 12 pm and Liturgies will be Friday at 12:30 pm.

Liturgies may be held at the school, pending the weather on the day.

Dates to mark on your calendar:

25/05- Mass led by Years 1 and 2 (12 pm).

26/05- WHOLE SCHOOL Mass Saturday 6 pm.
01/06- Liturgy led by Years 5 and 6 (12:30 pm).

08/06- Mass led by Staff (12 pm).
15/06- Liturgy led by Years 3 and 4 (12:30 pm).

22/06- Mass led by Staff and Leaders (12 pm).
29/06- Liturgy led by Kinder (12:30 pm).
06/07- End of term Mass led by SRC (12 pm).

Thoughts/ Questions / Reflection for the week: Visio Divina 

Visio Divina invites the viewer into "divine seeing." Visio Divina shares origins with the ancient practice of Lectio Divina. (Lectio Divina calls for a slow, careful interaction with scripture through meditation and prayer, allowing a word or phrase to rise in one's consciousness, a holy word to be savoured and examined.) Similarly, Visio Divina invites one to encounter the divine through images. A prayerful consideration of and interaction with a photograph in the magazine, icon, piece of art, or other visual representation allows the viewer to experience the divine in a unique and powerful way.

Visio Divina can be practised individually or with a group in a small group or worship setting by using a piece of art as a focal point for prayer. Scripture can also be paired with the image in order for the viewer to reflect on the scripture through the art.

Using this image, Pentecost – Holy Spirit descent on disciples, to encounter the divine.

1) Prepare: Close your eyes, breathe, clear your mind, and ask God to enter into this time of prayer with you. Ask God to speak to you through this image.

2) Lectio (read): Open your eyes and scan the image. Note what draws your interest, but continue to scan the whole image. Close and rest your eyes a minute.

3) Mediatio (meditate): Open your eyes and let your eyes be led. Focus on just the part of the image that caught your eyes and name it. Close your eyes, seeing that piece of the image in your mind.

4) Oratio (pray): Open your eyes and look again at the piece of the image that caught your eye. Allow it to bring forth a word, image, or emotion. Close and rest your eyes.

5) Contemplatio (contemplation): Open your eyes and gaze at the whole image. What is God speaking to you today through this image? How will you respond to Him? Spend time processing that with God. Pray or journal about it.