– Written by Janita Proud
Does My Child Need to Participate in the Sacraments? Many parents, even Catholic ones, ask themselves this question when they send their children off to Catholic Schools. Often they have trouble deciding, because they don’t really even know what a sacrament is, or what sacramental programs entail.
The first Oceania World Youth Day was celebrated in Sydney in 2008.
Almost 500 000 people and more than 200 countries took part in the WYD week’s celebrations, but over the weekend more than 1 million people attended the festival events. In addition, there were more than 600 bishops and cardinals and 6 600 reporters from around the world. Pope Benedict also attended.
Back in the early 2000’s, the bishops of Australia could see that the Catholic Church in Australia needed to consider moving towards a national Church event, or celebration, to give the Catholic Church in Australia a course to move into the future. Over ten years on, the bishops decided to move towards a ‘Plenary Council’.
We know that all teachers are time poor and need quick, reliable, engaging resources to use in the classroom. We also know that most teachers have tried and tested many different resources available and that takes time!
On 1 June, 2018, the Vatican issued a new document warning against the dangers of competitive children’s sports.
The Church celebrates the Feast of St Peter and St Paul on Friday 29 June.
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