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'Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.'
Psalm 119:105
We are having a wonderful week celebrating our patron, St Clare! Tomorrow we will be travelling to Holy Family Church at Gowrie to celebrate a whole school Mass. The Mass will provide the students and staff the opportunity to celebrate Mass as one community and will help to create strong links between all participants.
Don’t forget our St Clare of Assisi art competition for Friday. This was a home task for students to create a St Clare of Assisi Art Work to bring to school by Friday for display and judging in the Library.
Be the Light
Beginning next weekend our Year 5 students will participate in First Eucharist, please keep them in your prays.
Assumption of Our Lady
The Church celebrates the Feast Day of the Assumption of Our Lady on Sunday 15th August, when according to our faith, the Holy Mother, "having completed her course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory".
Although defined as an article of faith by Pope Pius XII just over half a century ago, the Assumption of Our Lady into heaven has been accepted from back to the earliest of Christian times.
The Assumption signals the end of Mary's earthly life and marks her return to heaven to be reunited with Jesus. While the bodies of both Jesus and Mary are now in heaven, there is a difference between the Assumption and the Resurrection. Where Jesus arose from the tomb and ascended into heaven by his own power, Mary's body was taken up to heaven by the power of her Son.
For this reason, we use different words to describe each event. One is the Ascension of Christ and the other, the Assumption of Mary.
PRAYER TO MARY
Holy Mary, on this day,
we honour your life as the chosen
Mother of Jesus.
We remember your dedication to God
and the joy and heartache you had in
your life as you followed God’s plan
for you.
We pray for the love you had for God,
the hope you had in Jesus, and the
joy you found in your heart.
Pray for us as we grow in
love, hope and joy.
AMEN
Calling all youth musicians/singers! You are invited to join our Youth Music Ministry, which leads the singing on the 3rd Sunday of each month at Sunday 6pm Mass. Practice is in the church on our rostered mass day from 4:45pm. You don’t need any experience just a desire to learn, meet some new people and participate in the mass through this wonderful ministry. Our next Mass (and practice) will be Sunday 15 August. If you would like to come along or would just like some more information please email Lily lilysarahmusic@gmail.com