The students explore the meaning of the ‘Our Father’ as our
request for daily bread and reconciliation. They are invited to
enter into the suffering and death of Jesus as bread broken, to
recognize the call to serve others, and to listen to the invitation to
feast at the table of the Eucharist.
The students see that during the Liturgy of the Eucharist we praise,
honour and thank God for what God has done in creation, what
God has done in our midst, and explore how the Holy Spirit acts in
the Eucharist.
The students are invited to appreciate that God’s gifts of the
created world are intended for all God’s people, that at the
Celebration of the Eucharist we give thanks to God for these gifts,
as well as for the work of human hands. At the Sunday assembly
we take all to the Eucharistic table and celebrate this.
The students are invited to treasure the gift we have in God’s
Word, enter into God’s story given to us in the Creed, and explore
the community’s prayer in the ‘General Intercessions’ at Mass.
The students are invited to celebrate Advent as an invitation to
respond to God’s Word as Mary did, to rejoice in God’s presence
among us, and, in listening to John the Baptist, hear the invitation
to change our hearts.
The students are encouraged to develop a listening attitude to the
Word of God, to experience Jesus Christ as Word, and to celebrate
that Jesus is God’s Word revealed to us.
The students reflect on belonging to their own family, and to the
family of the Church. They focus on experiences of greeting,
especially during the Celebration of the Eucharist. They reflect on
their belonging to the Lord Jesus as experienced during the
‘Gathering’ part of the Eucharistic Celebration and remember that
they belong to God and the faith community through Baptism.
