Holy Communion

The Mass is the Centre of Catholic life.

It expresses, celebrates and strengthens our union with Christ and with one another.  It is the focal point of everything we believe, everything we do and everything we hope for.

In response to the Lord's invitation at the Last Supper, "Do this in memory of me", we gather every Lord's Day

  • To recall and be nourished by the Lord's Word and the Lord's Supper and

  • To proclaim to the world the "Good News" that "Christ has died, Christ is Risen, Christ will come again".

You really and truly belong when you receive Holy Communion.  Here at St Michael's we help parents prepare their children to receive Holy Communion.  It is part of our Becoming Church programme.

When children are about 8 or 9, we invite parents to a meeting and explain what we offer.  This meeting is facilitated by the Director of Religious Education, Sister Francis Kelly.  The parents, with the help of the supporting material which is supplied each week will take their children through the topic for that week.  On an agreed night, both parents and children come together in the Parish Centre.  The children break into small groups and under the guidance of a catechist (teacher) revise what has been done at home.  Sister Paula or Monsignor, sometimes both, spend time with the parents and go over the material for the following week.  It is a great time for parents to catch up and refresh what they learned many years before!

Some of the children go to St Michael's School, but they too, along with other children, are prepared through this programme.  Confirmation and First Communion are celebrated during the Easter Season.  It is always a great Parish occasion.

For details concerning the time and place of preparation meetings, please watch the Parish Bulletin, check our website or be in touch with        Monsignor Brian Arahill or Sister Paula Cronin.

 

LENT

We are in the Church Season called Lent characterised by the priest  (usually) wearing purple vestments at Mass.


"I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."

John 10:10


+click here for an explanation of what happens at Mass

 

 

God's Dream for me

Before
the world was made,
I was
in the mind of God.
God knew me.
God chose me.
God loved me.
God designed me
and desired me
just as I am.

God has a dream
for me now,
now for my life
and growth,
for my holiness
and wholeness.
No-one else
in the entire universe can fulfil
that dream of God,
except me.

To become myself,
my true self,
that is my life's work.
To grow is to change,
to be perfect
is to change often,
and
as long as I live
inner strength is possible.

To allow to shine forth
in all the world
that unique image of God that I am,
that hidden beauty
deep within my soul,
that truth which
I alone speak,
that love which
only my heart
is capable of giving.

To become myself
my true self....
my best self...
in Jesus...
open to God...
to live
to the world.
That is my vocation.
That is what I desire.
That for me is holiness.

(Source unknown)
 

 

 
     
St Michael's Parish  -  6 Beatrice Road  -  Remuera  -  Phone 520 1226  -  stmichaels.remuera@clear.net.nz