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The Assumption of Mary

On 15 August, we celebrated the Assumption of Mary. The day marked our belief that when Mary died both her body and soul were taken to Heaven.  

As a young woman, Mary made decisions to honour God by participating with God and doing her part in demonstrating love, the goodness of humanity and the importance humanity plays in God’s mission. In her humanity, Mary led others to recognise God’s holiness and she shows us that our humanity is sacramental. In the words of Fr Michael Himes, in reverencing humanity we cherish what unites us with God. ‘Whatever makes us more richly human makes us more like God.” 

Perhaps Mary was taken body and soul, as Jesus was, to again remind us that being human is very good, so good that God chose humanity for God’s self to visibly enter our world. We dedicated this solemnity day with a whole school Mass which was celebrated by Fr Felix.

Pope Francis tells us:
“Today we are celebrating the “great things”. Mary is assumed into heaven: small and humble, she is the first to receive the highest glory. She, a human creature, one of us, attains eternity in soul and body.”

BISHOP GREGORY’S VISIT 

OUR CELEBRATION OF CONFIRMATION 

I would like to share our appreciation of the beautiful manner in which Bishop Gregory celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation with our little people last Friday evening.

Bishop Gregory through his warmth and gentleness creates a very endearing connection for our children and their spiritual understanding and growth.

Confirmation Celebrated

The Bishop was again impressed with our young people and their obvious preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation reflects positively on their parents and teachers. In Our Lady of Lourdes Church the children once again demonstrated just how ready they were to take this next step into the life of a fully-formed Catholic. We were all very proud of St Joseph’s families and staff, and congratulate our Confirmation candidates on the reception of this Sacrament. A special thank you to our Stage 2 teachers, who always offer wonderful support to make our celebrations at St Joseph's a memorable experience.