Religious Education News
Religious Education Curriculum
In our last newletter I shared the RE Units Scope and Sequence for Term 1 across K-6 and also unpacked the new RE Encounter Kinder and Yr1 units for Term 1. I have this week included a brochure to support Kinder and Yr 1 parents to understanding the Encounter model. Please see attached below.
Holy Week Liturgy
Holy Name will through prayer and ritual recall the events of Holy Week on Thursday 6th April at 11:30pm. All parents and carers are welcome to join us for this liturgy that Yr 4 will be leading.
Investing our Yr 5 Mini Vinnies
Following the Holy Week Liturgy, Fr Peter will invest all Yr 5 students who have pledged themselves to serve as members of our Mini Vinnies team. Fr Peter will firstly hear the students give their pledge, bless the badges with holy water and invest them. We hope many of our Yr 5 parents can join us to see their children invested into this important social justice position.
Option for the Poor and Vulnerable
The option for the poor is an essential part of society’s effort to achieve the common good. A healthy community can be achieved only if its members give special attention to those with special needs, to those who are poor and on the margins of society. Caring for the poor is everyone’s responsibility. Preferential care should be shown to poor and vulnerable people, whose needs and rights are given special attention in God’s eyes.
- How do we look upon those less fortunate than ourselves?
- Do we judge those living in poverty?
- Do we give to those in need?
- Do we offer a helping hand when someone needs assistance?
As we draw closer to the end of Lent, Mini Vinnies have focused their service to raising money for Project Compassion. Please read the Pastoral Care Report to explain how through their action of service they are making a difference for the poor and vulnerable in Australia and the wider world.
Easter Triduum
Students are getting close to beginning their Easter school holidays, they are sharing what their family will be doing over the fortnight. As Catholics, the last week of term signifies we are preparing for the Easter Triduum. The easter Triduum (also known as the Holy Triduum), is the final three days of Lent and Holy Week. The summit of the Liturgical Year is the Easter Triduum - from the evening of Holy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday. Christians celebrate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
Liturgical services that take place during the Triduum are:
# Mass of the Lord's Supper- Holy Thursday
# Good Friday of the Lord's Passion
# Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord - Easter Sunday.
These celebrations will be held at the following times in the Holy Name of Jesus Church, Forster for which you are all warmly welcome to join and celebrate with the Forster Tuncurry Parish.
Holy Thursday- Mass of the Lord's Supper 6th April 6:30pm
Good Friday- Passion of the Lord 7th April 3pm
Holy Saturday Vigil 8th April 7pm
Easter Sunday Mass of the Resurrection 9th April 8am and 10am