NEWS FROM THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COORDINATOR'S DESK
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
Friday 5 June 2020 is World Environment Day, which is a United Nations led event that is celebrated each year.
Since it began in 1972, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated across the globe.
World Environment Day is a day for everyone around the world to take ownership of their environment and to actively engage in the protection of our earth.
It is a day that strives to raise awareness and encourage action for the environment, offering an opportunity to reflect on accomplishments and renew our resolve in overcoming the environmental challenges facing the world today.
This year’s theme is all about nature and celebrating Biodiversity.
Biodiversity is vital to the survival of all life on earth, providing us with food, water and resources as well as services such as climate control and pollination.
The foods we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the climate that makes our planet habitable all come from nature.
The theme of biodiversity is a concern that is both urgent and timely. Recent events, from bushfires in Brazil, the United States, and Australia, to locust infestations across East Africa – and now, a global disease pandemic – demonstrate the interdependence of humans and the webs of life, in which they exist.
And so we pray..
Generous God, who gave us this beautiful world for our enjoyment, help us to value and appreciate it.
With your help, may we become people of action, ready and willing to do all we can to understand the importance of biodiversity and how it keeps our planet alive.
May we strive to make the environment we live in a healthy and life-giving place for all.
May we take seriously this task and take action to repair and revive our ailing planet.
Help us to understand the importance of biodiversity for the life of our Earth and work together to restore the balance we so urgently need.
We ask this prayer through Jesus, your Son.
PODCAST SERIES - RIPPLES
In response to COVID-19, a significant initiative has been developed for staff and parents to support their ongoing personal spiritual formation. It is a new podcast series entitled ‘Ripples: Inspired Voices, Treasured Stillness’.
Ripples seeks to offer a space where people can draw on the wisdom of a series of guest speakers and can experience some treasured stillness through meditation. On Tuesday of each week a new Episode and Meditation will be offered. Practices like these create a ripple effect. They have the potential to impact the way we respond to family, friends, colleagues, to others in our world, to creation and to our loving God.
The Ripples Podcast is now available on the Continuity of Faith and Learning website, on Podbean and Apple Podcast.
SAVE THE DATE
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Sunday 7 June 2020 |
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY The simple and profound truth is that God is Love. God is three persons in a relationship of perfect unity. In our individualistic society, the Trinity calls us to ask not, ‘Who am I?’ but rather, ‘Whose am I? To whom do I belong?’ Through our relationships of love, we discover God. |
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Sunday 14 June 2020 |
THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST - CORPUS CHRISTI Corpus Christi is latin for ‘the body of Christ’ which focuses on the Eucharist as the symbol of unity. St Augustine said that we should say a double “Amen” to the ‘body and blood of Christ’. “Amen - Yes I believe that this is the living presence of Jesus” and “Amen -Yes I choose to belong to the body of Christ” |
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Sunday 14 -20 June |
REFUGEE WEEK The celebration is to create better understanding between different communities and to encourage successful integration enabling refugees to live in safety and to continue making a valuable contribution to Australia. |
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Friday 19 June 2020 |
SACRED HEART OF JESUS The Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus recall Christ's love for us. |
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