Dear Parents and Caregivers
This week commenced with The Ascension of the Lord. The Ascension takes place forty days after Easter and celebrates how Jesus ascended, body and soul, towards heaven and this leads into Sunday’s celebration of Pentecost. Pentecost concludes the season of Easter and is a celebration of the gift of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and the beginning of the Church.
Whole School Mass
A letter was distributed earlier this week regarding Monday’s whole school Mary Help of Christians and 200 Years of Catholic Education Mass celebration and buddy activities. On the morning, all students will need to be dropped off at William Street Campus from 8:30am. At the same time, Catholic school representatives from across South Australia will also be attending a National Mass at St Francis Xavier Cathedral. Grace Vassallo-Wakefield will be accompanied by student leaders Felix Szarvas and Mary Bryant as representatives of our community.
Thank you to all our registered volunteers who have offered their time once again to support our Preschool to Year 1 students for their walk up to Bridge Street at 12:00pm.
Bible Blessing
As part of the whole school Mass, we will also take the opportunity to present our forty Year 3 students with their St Joseph’s Memorial School Bible. Straight after Communion, Fr Paul Mullins will invite the Year 3 students to stand up with their Bibles so that he can extend to each of them a blessing on behalf of the parish and school community.
Sacrament of Confirmation
On Tuesday 25 May, 42 parish candidates will be confirmed by Archbishop Patrick O’Regan. This includes 13 students from our school. The ceremony begins at 7:00pm, however those who are able to attend, are asked to be in their seats by 6:50pm. Those who are being confirmed were asked to dress for going out somewhere nice and they are invited to wear a stole if they have one. The Confirmation candidates will need to sit on the end of the row, with their sponsor immediately next to them. There will be no photos taken during the Confirmation however there will be opportunities to take individual and group photos following the ceremony.
Parish Announcement
On Sunday, Fr Eka announced that Fr Paul Mullins will officially complete his time as Norwood Parish Priest and relocate to Melbourne in November. Fr Paul has been the Norwood Parish Priest for approximately 12 years and throughout that time he has played a significant role in the formation of many families including my own.
Matthew Harrison
Acting APRIM