Congratulations and many blessings

to Lyndsay Hanghofer(SJV),  Liam Theobald-Coates(OLOL), and Ian Stallard(SJV)

for receiving the Holy Sacrament of Confirmation on Sunday, April 15th, 2012.

Celebrant: Bishop David Monroe

A very special note of "thanks" to their teacher, Mrs.Sarah Jago.

Prayer for Young People

O God, we pray and beseech you
to guide and protect young people
from the dangers that are ever present in our world today.
Be with them, as they experience both sickness and health,
sorrow and joy, loneliness and friendship, success and failure.
Gracious God,
give to them the courage and strength
to make the right decisions as they journey through life.
Through the power of the Holy Spirit,
may they come to know and experience your loving care.

- We make this prayer through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

The Source: Adapted from a prayer from St. Mary's Catholic Parish, Papakura, NZ

April, 2012

Dear Parents,

                    We start the month in the holiest week of the liturgical year – it starts with Palm/Passion Sunday and ends with the Easter Triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. Tomorrow night, the Friendship Room is ready for you and your children to “Walk Through Holy Week”. The displays are open from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Spend as much or as little time as you like, to visit the four centers. They are meant to start conversations, review, refresh, and inspire!    The rest of the month offers a solid slate of class time and celebrations:

April 11^th Regular Classes  + Gr. 7 Mtg.

          April 15^th SUNDAY – CONFIRMATION at 10:30 Mass

April 18^th Regular Classes

April 25^th Regular Classes  + Gr. 2 Mtg.

           April 29^th SUNDAY – FIRST COMMUNION at 10:30 Mass

Our year ends in May this year with one more class on May 2^nd and the Barbecue on May 9^th.

Many Happy Easter Blessings,   

Janice

Revised Schedule — 2012            

APRIL

4^th  Easter Triduum -“Walk Through Holy Week”- in Friendship Rm.

8^th – EASTER SUNDAY

11^th Regular Class & Gr.7 Mtg.                                                      

15^th SUNDAY  – CONFIRMATION — Gr.7

18^th  Regular Class

25^th  Regular Class & Gr.2 Mtg. & Practice

29^th –SUNDAY – FIRST COMMUNION – Gr.2

MAY

2^nd  Regular Class + Practice for Pageant

9^th   Pageant and Barbecue — classes over

Easter's Real Meaning

So often I don't stop to think about Easter's real meaning.
I need to jump out of bed, run to the garden, hear for myself
the angel saying "He has risen, he is not here!"
Surprise me, Lord! Fill me with the joy of that early morning,
so that I understand what it means for me that you are

 Alive!     Alive!     Alive!