Religious Education News
Confirmation
Congratulations to our students who received the sacrement of Confirmation, on Wednesday 21 June. Thank you, Brian Bishop Mascord, Father Damien and Deacon Mick for celebrating this special sacrament with our parish candidates. Thank you to the staff, parents, sponsors and their families for joining us for this special ceremony. Please continue to keep these young people and their families in your prayers.
NAIDOC Week: 2 - 9 July
Starting this weekend, and continuing on during the first week of the holidays, our country will celebrate NAIDOC Week. During NAIDOC Week, we remember the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of our country and celebrate their rich history, diverse cultures and inspiring contributions to the life of Australia today. We celebrate that Australia has the oldest continuous culture on the planet. The theme for this year’s NAIDOC Week is ‘For Our Elders’ and it is an opportunity to recognise the cultural knowledge holders, trailblazers, nurturers, advocates, teachers, survivors, leaders, hard workers and our loved ones.
The Indigenous People of Australia have a depth of spirituality that can enrich our non Indigenous spirits in so many ways. One of these spiritual gifts is Dadirri - Inner Deep Listening and Quiet Still Awareness, which Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann, an Aboriginal woman from Daly River, suggests is a gift that our nation needs at this particular time. In a time when there is a deficit of awareness of our thoughts and actions and stillness is a rarity, Dadirri draws us back to Jesus.
Starting this weekend, and continuing on during the first week of the holidays, our country will celebrate NAIDOC Week. During NAIDOC Week, we remember the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of our country and celebrate their rich history, diverse cultures and inspiring contributions to the life of Australia today. We celebrate that Australia has the oldest continuous culture on the planet. The theme for this year’s NAIDOC Week is ‘For Our Elders’ and it is an opportunity to recognise the cultural knowledge holders, trailblazers, nurturers, advocates, teachers, survivors, leaders, hard workers and our loved ones.
The Indigenous People of Australia have a depth of spirituality that can enrich our non Indigenous spirits in so many ways. One of these spiritual gifts is Dadirri - Inner Deep Listening and Quiet Still Awareness, which Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann, an Aboriginal woman from Daly River, suggests is a gift that our nation needs at this particular time. In a time when there is a deficit of awareness of our thoughts and actions and stillness is a rarity, Dadirri draws us back to Jesus.
Jesus shows us stillness in his regular prayer to his father in deserts, gardens, and on mountains. His awareness of creation and in particular of others. His mindfulness in the presence of others, in particular the marginalised, reminds us of our indigenous spirituality of ‘deep calling to deep’.
Ms Marita Maloney
Religious Education Coordinator