Holy Week at St Monica’s

Holy Week liturgies have begun with Year 3 and Kinder leading Palm Sunday. This was followed by a beautiful Last Supper Liturgy lead by Year 5 on Tuesday afternoon. Year 1 lead us through the Garden as Jesus and his disciples prayed together after their dinner. And this is where Jesus’ journey changes from his triumphant entry into Jerusalem to his persecution and eventual crucifixion on Good Friday. Year 6 will be leading the school as we walk with Jesus as he carries His cross. As a school, we will celebrate Jesus’ resurrection on the first day back in Term 2. Year 4 will lead us in our great and most joyous of celebrations.

How will your family celebrate Jesus’ resurrection? My family will be staying home this year. On Good Friday we will go to The Stations of the Cross at 10am and we always have a seafood lunch and dinner. Then on Easter Sunday, we will wake up and see if the Easter Bunny has been, then get ready to go to mass to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. We always have a special roast lamb or pork for lunch to celebrate with our family! We may even eat too much chocolate ?

Here are the Holy Week mass times for Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, which we belong. Fr. Loi would love to see you all there!

Today’s tweet from Pope Francis gives us strength to continue to do good in our last week of Lent. Keep going, we need strength to walk with Jesus next week during Holy Week.