Religious Education & Parish News
Project Compassion Reflection for Holy Week
HOLY WEEK (School week beginning 29March)
As we enter Holy Week, we continue to reflect on the lives of people vulnerable to extreme poverty and injustice and how we can respond through supporting Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion appeal.
Let us take time to remember the life and teachings of Saint Oscar Romero. His many lessons include: live a simple life, commit to bringing peace to the world, speak the truth and of course aspire not to have more, but to be more. Some words from what has become known as the Oscar Romero prayer; “We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest.”
Thank you for supporting Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion Campaign. Your generosity will work for the freedom of those living in poverty, challenge unjust structures, and empower people to work for a sustainable way of life.
Please return all Project Compassion boxes and envelopes to the school office by Friday 28 May or donate online via the Caritas website at lent.caritas.org.au
Holy Week Timetable
| Holy Thursday | 1 April - 7 pm | Mass of Lord’s Supper - St Francis of Assisi Church Warrawong |
| Good Friday | 2 April - 10 am | Stations of the Cross- St Mary of the Rosary, Berkeley (Outside on the lawn) |
| 2 April - 11.30 am | Soup Kitchen Lunch- St Mary of the Rosary, Berkeley | |
| 2 April - 3 pm | The Lord’s Passion - St Francis of Assisi Church, Warrawong | |
| Holy Saturday | 3 April - 7 pm | Easter Vigil- St Francis of Assisi Church, Warrawong |
| Easter Sunday | 4 April - 8.30 am | Sunday Mass- St Mary of the Rosary, Berkeley |
| 4 April - 10 am | Sunday Mass - St Francis of Assisi Church, Warrawong |
Term 2
Due to the easing of many COVID19 restrictions the school will once again be joining the parish for Friday Masses and Special Feast Days. The dates will be sent to parents via the school calendar. Please join us for any of these celebrations.
Sacraments
A reminder that all sacrament enrolment notes should have been returned. If you have forgotten about this please return them Week 1, Term 2.
ANZAC Day
A remembrance liturgy for ANZAC Day will be celebrated on Friday 23April in the school playground. Times and further details will be sent via Compass in Week 1, Term 2.