First Eucharist

This term Year 4 are going to be preparing for the Sacrament of First Eucharist. Preparing for First Eucharist involves revisiting the experience of a child’s Baptism and building upon this experience. It also involves further prayerful reflection on the way we experience the mysterious presence of Christ in our life – in the Christian community, in the scriptures, and above all in the consecrated bread and wine of the Eucharist.

Receiving Holy Communion emphasises that we live our Christian life in the midst of the Church, that is, as part of the community of the disciples of Jesus. Being a Christian is not a solitary thing; it is about belonging.

Year 4 are participating in weekly mass with Fr Loi and our Parish each Wednesday throughout this term. This will help them to experience the loving community that is our wider St Monica’s Parish Community.

Please keep Year 4 and their families and teachers in your prayers as they begin their preparation this term.

Christian Meditation at St Monica’s

The Religious Life of the P-12 School comprises of four interrelated elements: Religious Identity and Culture, Evangelisation and Faith Formation, Prayer and Worship and Social Action and Justice. Christian Meditation directly supports the development of the Prayer and Worship within our school.

Christian Meditation can also be found in the Brisbane Religious Education Curriculum under the strand Christian Life. Teachers at St Monica’s have carefully analysed the Brisbane RE Curriculum to find authentic links to Christian Mediation for their Conceptual Inquiry Learning this term. For example:

Year 2

Achievement Standard: They participate, with respect, in a variety of meditative prayer practices including centred breathing and attending to posture.

Content Description: Meditative prayer uses silence and stillness to assist believers to listen and talk to God. There is a range of practices (including centred breathing and attending to posture) that helps believers prepare the body and the mind for meditative prayer and engage in the ‘work of meditation’.