Religious Life of St Joseph's

Happy Sabbath Week

Week 7 of every term is Sabbath Week. Sabbath week is a deliberate week of rest and comes from the Biblical seventh day as a rest day. During this week, as a staff, we place a pause on regular meetings and make the most of this time for rest and renewal with our families. What will you do as a family this Sabbath Week?

Our St Joseph Charism

As we strive to deepen our St Joseph’s charism our focus this week is connected to Sabbath Week. The focus was broken open during Friday prayer led by Year 6 last week and students receive additional house points when they are seen displaying the weekly focus. Our Week 7 focus is:

Father’s Day Prayer Celebration

This Friday we are so excited to be able to invite you to join us for our ‘Virtual’ Father’s Day Prayer Celebration via Zoom. Our Prayer Celebration will be led by children in all classes across the school with individual classes joining from their own classrooms. You can participate by joining remotely at this link:

https://cgcatholic.zoom.us/s/98220555259

Sacraments

First Holy Communion

Please keep these children in your prayers as they prepare to make the Sacrament of First Holy Communion with their families on Sunday 13th September.

Families have been asked to nominate a Mass preference at the Mass sign up link Mass sign up

Confirmation

Formation for The Sacrament of Confirmation will be a home-based program. Formation materials will be sent home in Week 9. Families can choose when to do the sessions and are welcome to join with other families to share the experience. A Retreat Day in the Parish Centre is planned for Friday 30 October. The Sacrament date is Sunday 1 November with separate masses as required with numbers.