It was wonderful to join with all the Religious Education Co-ordinators from across the Diocese today for our Network Meeting and Retreat Day. The sessions were to be held at Galong, but due to Covid restrictions we attended via ‘Team’.

Today is the Feast Day of Mary Magdalene. During the sessions we read accounts from John’s Gospel where Jesus appeared to Mary and completed a range of reflection activities that invited us to ‘Connect, Extend and Challenge’ our thoughts and understandings of Mary as a person and her role in Jesus’ life.

The schools also shared the successes and challenges they have encountered implementing the new RE Curriculum and discussed strategies to develop pedagogical content and skills to engage students in deeper understandings of religious knowledge.

School Mass

The school is rostered to present Mass on Sunday 15th August. I invite as many families as possible to join us for this Children’s Mass. It is always a beautiful celebration and the children participate so reverently and confidently.

If you would like your child to participate in the Mass please email me: elizabeth.murray @cg.catholic.edu.au and I will send home a reading for you to practise.

It would be lovely to have as many St Joseph families as possible join us for this Parish Mass.