Religious Education
Sacrament of Confirmation
Parent/Child Workshop
Our Parent/Child workshop will be held on Thursday, 31st July in the Marian Room at 7pm. Some parents have indicated that they would like to attend, but are unable to do so that night, therefore, we are offering another date for this workshop to be held on Wednesday, 30th July at St. Ita's Church at 7pm.
If this night suits you better, please RSVP Liz at warragul.sacraments@cdsale.org.au letting her know of your intention to attend on this night. This Wednesday night workshop will only run if there is enough response for it. Thursday night’s workshop will go ahead as planned.
Confirmation Mass
Our Confirmation Mass with Bishop Greg will take place on Friday, 15th August at 7:00pm at St. Ita’s Church.
Our Confirmation Mass with Bishop Greg will take place on Friday 15th August at 7pm at St. Ita’s Church. For more information contact Liz warragul.sacraments@cdsale.org.au
Baptism Program for School Aged Children
Have you ever thought about Baptism for your school aged child?
An invitation is extended to parents who desire Catholic Baptism for children of school age to attend our Older Baptism Program. The program consists of two parent/child workshops, held on Tuesday, 26th August and Tuesday, 2nd September in the Marian Room in Warragul (enter car park from Bowen Street).
Each session will begin with an afternoon tea at 3:45pm.
When families have attended these two sessions, parents will need to attend a parent session to book a time for Baptism.
For more information, please contact Liz via email: warragul.sacraments@cdsale.org.au or phone: 5623 1642.
Children's Liturgy
A message from Deacon Mark
Father!
How absent-mindedly we recite this prayer that Jesus taught us: at every Mass, six times in a Rosary and other times in our daily lives!
Where does it come from? Well, from Jesus of course. But there are strong elements from Old Testament prayer and the Jewish prayer tradition with which Jesus was familiar. Our Catechism teaches that this prayer is “truly the summary of the whole gospel” yet, sadly, in our human frailty, we rarely stop to savour it as we should. This week’s gospel features the less well-known Luke version (Luke 11:1-13), essentially the same as Matthew’s but with some interesting variations.
Jesus encourages us to address the “Father” who is extolled as “holy”. No mention of “heaven” but entering into dialogue with the Creator of all, we are blessed to have a special and personal connection. The core of Jesus’ mission is to bring us the Good News of the Father’s Kingdom, which is coming in fullness but is observably already here. Luke’s prayer doesn’t mention the Father’s will (that’s a given in his kingdom) and Jesus encourages us ask for our needs for each and every day, for forgiveness of our sins and to be spared time of trial.
Rattling it off in rote form as we often do is exactly the wrong way to pray. The disciple asks for guidance (Luke 11:1) and Jesus models how to pray rather than the detail of what to pray. He might have said, “these are the main things: remember you are speaking with the Creator of all, who is your loving Father and who wants what is truly best for you and for everyone.” It is in thoughtfully articulating our issues we pray best. The Father knows it anyway but, rather than going around in circles, we might trustingly nestle to this loving Father, telling him how we adore him and what is happening in our lives at the moment.
Deacon Mark Kelly