Liturgy

SACRAMENTS IN PARISHES

Pentecost
Congratulations! About half of our Year 6 students are receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation on this Feast of Pentecost weekend. The parishes of City Beach, Floreat, North Beach and Subiaco will be celebrating Confirmation this weekend. See below for names of students.

Sacramental Diary

CITY BEACH: HOLY SPIRIT
CONFIRMATION - THIS WEEKEND
 Zoe Broderick, Celeste Fryer, Chloe Margaria, Sophia Matthews, Chelsea Morphett, Matilda O'Callaghan, Dylan Paull, Tiala Slatter

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
June 11: Parent meeting with Fr Don Kettle - 7:00pm - Holy Spirit Parish Centre
June 19: Rehearsal 2:00-4:00pm - Holy Spirit Church. This is mandatory for all First Holy Communion Candidates.

CLAREMONT: ST THOMAS APOSTLE
June 21-22: Celebration of First Communion

FLOREAT/WEMBLEY: ST CECILIA'S/OUR LADY OF VICTORIES
 CONFIRMATION - THIS WEEKEND
 Madeleine Fry, Rachel Jackson, Kieran Kavanagh, James Lawless, Phoebe Male, Sophie Male, Sophie Manners, Jessica Matera, Shaila Miranda, Emilia Papini, Samuel Peachey, Patrick Robson, Ashleigh Smith

Artwork: Jenny Close©
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RECONCILIATION
June 21-22: Rite of Commitment at Mass
June 28-29: Rite of Commitment at Mass

EUCHARIST
June 22: Celebration of Sacrament
June 28: Celebration of Sacrament

NEDLANDS: HOLY ROSARY
June 21-22: Celebration of First Communion
June 28-29: Celebration of First Communion

NORTH BEACH: OUR LADY OF GRACE
CONFIRMATION - THIS WEEKEND
Rudy Serra
June 14-15: Confirmation Thanksgiving Masses

EUCHARIST
June 21-22: Enquiry Weekend
June 28-29: Enrolment after Masses

RECONCILIATION
June 28-29: Rite of Commitment at Mass

SUBIACO: ST JOSEPH'S
 CONFIRMATION - THIS WEEKEND
 Zachary Bontempo, Breesha Bosanac, Mia Fracaro, Christian Jarvis, James Langton, Hamish Ryan, Ciaran Whelan

Further details regarding Sacramental Program:

THIS SUNDAY'S GOSPEL: "As the Father sent me, so I send you: Receive the Holy Spirit." (John 20:19-23)

The following is extracted from homily for Pentecost by Jesuit, Fr Richard Leonard SJ. Fr Richard Leonard SJ is the author of Preaching to the Converted, Paulist Press, New York, 2006.

Have you noticed how, these days when we meet someone and ask how they are, they reply, 'busy' or 'frantic' or 'as busy as ever'. I wonder what would happen if we replied, 'Relaxed and laid back' or 'taking time to smell the roses'. I don't think we would be believed, or we might get a lecture from our friends on how lucky we are not to be busy!

As Christians we have to be careful about this busy-ness competition. Being active in our lives and engaged with the world around us is a gift, but if we are honest about our busyness, some of it is not virtuous. It's about denial, avoidance or trying to stay up with our peer group.

In John's account of the first Pentecost the primary gift Jesus' Spirit bestows on the disciples is peace. It's curious, isn't it, that just as we all compete with each other to be the busiest person we know, we also complain that what we really want is 'some peace and quiet'. We can't have it both ways. Compulsive frantic activity is the enemy of peace.

Sometimes we can think that peace and quiet is sitting in the lotus position in a darkened room. Christ's gift of peace is more robust than that. Peace is like all the best things in life: an attitude of mind and a habit born of consistently making good choices. Some people can do a large of amount of work and be quite serene about it. Peace, for them, is an affair of the mind and a way of life.

Seneca, a 2nd century philosopher, noticed, even in his day, how most of his friends and acquaintances were lacking peace. Seneca came to believe that the reason so many people were agitated was that they had an unreasonable expectation about how smoothly their day would go. If Seneca is right and we want more peace and quiet, we have to have realistic expectations of each day and factor in the things that might go wrong.

Seneca's secular wisdom holds that the more aware we are of the frailties in us, others and life, the fewer fights we would have. In turn this would lead to fewer occasions when we would need to ask or give forgiveness. In today's Pentecost Gospel forgiveness is the second gift Jesus bequeaths the disciples.

If we really want to cultivate peace and quiet in our lives we have to confront the things we are trying to avoid or deny. Often these things hinge on painful memories or events where we were destructive toward others or they were toward us. Unless we forgive ourselves or forgive them, our busyness will ensure that we have enough clamour and activity to stay away from ugly memories. Unfortunately it usually follows that when we are so busy not dealing with the sins of our past, peace and quiet stay well away from us as well.

Let's pray this Pentecost that we choose Jesus' first option and forgive as generously as we can those who have tried to crucify us. We might have to forgive ourselves as well. And then, like Jesus, with old wounds exposed, we can rejoice that the Spirit has breathed into us the greatest gift of all: the peace and quiet we most crave and need.

COMMUNITY MASS

It was special to celebrate with our First Fifteen at this morning's Community Mass - thank you to all those who assisted. Friday 16th June Mass will feature St Louis House. All St Louis families particularly welcome on that day - but don't wait to be invited. Students, alumni, parents, friends and teachers are always welcome at any time.

Where: Chapel

Time: 8:00-8:30

When: Fridays in term time.