Catholic Life and Reflection
What Students are Learning About
Class Mass
This week Year 6 celebrated Mass with Fr Chung. They celebrated the Feast of St Lawrence. He is the patron Saint for the poor. It is said that Lawrence gave the church’s treasures to the poor and the sick before his arrest.
Kindergarten Singing
Kindergarten have been practising songs for The Feast of the Assumption Mass next week. They invited me to their classrom to hear them sing. It was so beautiful. You can hear a little bit of their practice here in this video!
Catholic Life and Reflection
Part One
Recently, my mum was visiting a friend. Usually, while she waits in the car, she prays the Rosary, but she forgot her beads. A car pulled up next to her and there was a Rosary hanging from the rear-view mirror, mum wound down her window and commented that she had forgotten hers. The lady, a stranger, dug around and pulled out a beautiful set of Rosary beads she had made and gave them to mum. Mum felt very blessed by the chance meeting and special gift. They later bumped into each other at Mass, Rosary beads in hand.
Part Two
For the past few weeks Year 5 have been learning about the Rosary: how to pray with beads, the Mysteries associated with each decade and the long tradition we have, as Catholics, in praying the Rosary. They will also take time at Camp next week to pray the Rosary.
Part Three
On Monday morning I popped into Mass before a meeting with Fr Chung and the Rosary was being said by parishioners. I sat and listened as their voices filled the church with quiet, song like, repetition. I always have Rosary beads with me too, so I held mine and enjoyed the litany.
Finale
I think God is sending me a message, I must not be paying attention because God is being quite persistent! The message I am getting is that prayer connects us. In car parks, classrooms, and at Mass. Prayer connects us to God but also to each other.
How lucky are we to have prayer as a way to connect. Find some time this week to say a prayer and let me know if the location ends up taking you by surprise.
God bless,
Stephanie Stewart
