RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS
PJ DAY 2024
SAVE THE DATE: FRIDAY 21ST JUNE
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Our Lady, Help of Christians Feast Day
The Feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians is celebrated on 24th May.
It is a special day of thanksgiving and honour of Our Lady, the patroness of Australia. Students of St Pius X will mark this special feast day by participating in a liturgy and in class activities.
Prayer
Almighty God, deepen in our hearts
our love of Mary Help of Christians.
Through her prayers and under her protection,
may the light of Christ shine over our land.
May Australia be granted harmony, justice and peace.
Grant wisdom to our leaders and integrity to our citizens.
Bless especially the men and women
of the Australian Defence Force and their families.
We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Mary Help of Christians, pray for us.
Years 6, 5 and 1 Grade Mass
Students from Years 6, 5 and 1 will be celebrating Mass with Fr Duane at the Immaculate Conception Church on Thursday 30th May at 9.30 am. Parents and carers are warmly invited to attend.
Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Celebrated on May 31, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary commemorates the Virgin Mary’s visit to her cousin, Elizabeth. The meeting of these two women was a joyful and unique event.
At their meeting, John the Baptist leaped in the womb of Elizabeth, and she blessed Mary and the Christ Child. Mary, in turn, responds with the famous Magnificat praising the Lord. This visit is detailed in Luke 1:39- 55. Students will commemorate this significant Marian feast with a prayer experience.
Prayer:
Most glorious Virgin Mary,
you were filled with the Holy Spirit at the time of the Annunciation and carried the Eternal Son of the Father within you.
As you journeyed to visit Elizabeth, you did so with a holy urgency and drive, enabling you to fulfill the will of Your Son.
Please pray for us, that we may be filled with that same urgency to become holy and to spread that holiness to others.
Mother Mary, pray for us.