St Patrick's Primary School Gundagai
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26 Homer St
Gundagai NSW 2722
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Email: jacqueline.fairall@cg.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 6944 1085
Fax: 02 6944 2161

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Kinder Liturgy

Thank you Kinder for leading the Liturgy about creation on Friday.

 

Reconciliation and Holy Communion 2018

Reconciliation will be held on the Community/Retreat Day FRIDAY 24th August at 12pm.

First Holy Communion this year will be held at St Patrick’s Church on Saturday 25th August at 6pm.

The program will commence week 3, Term 3 at St Patrick’s Primary School.

 or the Reconciliation and Holy Communion candidates, the program requires a commitment to, attending:

  1. A parent information night on Monday the 6th August at 6:00pm

3 afternoon sessions for candidates (Tuesday the 7th August, 14th August and 21st August from 3:30pm – 4:30pm). These sessions will be held at St Patrick’s Primary school.

  1. 6:00pm Mass at the church to present the candidates to the parish community on Saturday 18th
  2. Reconciliation and Holy Communion preparation day (Friday 24th August), at St Patrick’s Primary school.

If you wish for your child to receive these sacraments, please contact St Patrick’s School on 69441085 or complete an online registration to provide parent and child names, contact phone number and email address. Please complete the registration process by Friday the 3rd of August.

Online Registration:  Available using hyperlink   REGISTRATION

OR go to:    https://goo.gl/forms/pvhU6lhdXkC3JFbY2

Thank you for your support and we look forward to working with you.

Mass and Liturgy Times:

This term, Mass will be on Fridays at 12pm and Liturgies will be Friday at 12:30pm.

Liturgies may be held at the school, pending the weather on the day.

Dates to mark on your calendar:

06/07- End of term Mass led by SRC (12pm).

Thoughts/ Questions / Reflection for the week: Visio Divina 

Visio Divina invites the viewer into "divine seeing." Visio Divina shares origins with the ancient practice of Lectio Divina. (Lectio Divina calls for a slow, careful interaction with scripture through meditation and prayer, allowing a word or phrase to rise in one's consciousness, a holy word to be savoured and examined.) Similarly, Visio Divina invites one to encounter the divine through images. A prayerful consideration of and interaction with a photograph in the magazine, icon, piece of art, or other visual representation allows the viewer to experience the divine in a unique and powerful way.

Visio Divina can be practised individually or with a group in a small group or worship setting by using a piece of art as a focal point for prayer. Scripture can also be paired with the image in order for the viewer to reflect on the scripture through the art.

Use this image of ‘Beautiful Nature’, to encounter the divine.

1) Prepare: Close your eyes, breathe, clear your mind, and ask God to enter into this time of prayer with you. Ask God to speak to you through this image.

2) Lectio (read): Open your eyes and scan the image. Note what draws your interest but continue to scan the whole image. Close and rest your eyes a minute.

3) Mediatio (meditate): Open your eyes and let your eyes be led. Focus on just the part of the image that caught your eyes and name it. Close your eyes, seeing that piece of the image in your mind.

4) Oratio (pray): Open your eyes and look again at the piece of the image that caught your eye. Allow it to bring forth a word, image, or emotion. Close and rest your eyes.

5) Contemplatio (contemplation): Open your eyes and gaze at the whole image. What is God speaking to you today through this image? How will you respond to Him? Spend time processing that with God. Pray or journal about it.

God Bless and have a safe and happy holiday,

Mrs Flanagan REC