Religious Education

Our overarching theme for the term is Be Still and Know that I Am God and Listen to My Story. The Bible is a key source of many stories, all about how God wants to be at the centre of our lives. Where in your story do you find God?

Remote learning is certainly providing us with some interesting ways of exploring the Religious Education Curriculum. Many classes are investigating their core concepts through activities on a grid, using the arts to respond to their learning. Students in 3/4 are looking at the concept ‘forgiveness’, its importance in our daily lives and how it links to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The core Scripture we are looking at is the parable of the prodigal son. This video (https://youtu.be/X_QCQ5i7NKs )is a good enactment of how that story may have been told by Jesus. Notice the setting of the video, what can you learn about what life was like in the time of Jesus from this?

Students will also investigate different artworks to do with the parable of the prodigal son. What can you see in this artwork that you know from the story? What artworks do you know that illustrate the concept of forgiveness? Can you create your own artistic piece on this concept?

Religious Life

First Reconciliation

Children preparing to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time and their parents will be joining a Zoom meeting https://cgcatholic.zoom.us/j/66013617186 this Thursday evening at 6:00pm. This session is mostly information and formation for parents, but the children will be making their commitment that would usually be made at the weekend masses. A reminder that registrations are currently open through the parish website. http://cg.org.au/belconnennorth/Home.aspx

Global Schools Partners

Our friend Simon from Global Schools Partners is taking part in a challenge called 20X20 Challenge. He is riding 20km each day for 20 days to raise money for the schools in Kenya. See more about this at: https://www.globalschoolpartners.org.au/events .

Catholic Mission

What is World Mission Month?

Here in Australia, October marks World Mission Month, a celebration of the global work of the Church and the dedication of missionaries, both religious and lay, as they reach out and support children and communities in need around the world.

On World Mission Sunday, which falls on 24 October 2021, parish communities around the world will gather to pray for and raise funds to support the work of thousands of crucial church-run programs. The following Wednesday, 27 October, is Children’s Mission Day, which you and your school can celebrate fully through Socktober. At St Michael’s we will be exploring different ways we can learn about the work being done around the world to support those in poverty.

World Mission Month is our biggest celebration at Catholic Mission, and it is a special time when we are reminded of the often-unseen work of missionaries in the farthest corners of the globe.