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Secondary:
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The cross
The sun
A circle that represents the infinity of God
The halo incorporating a cross that surrounds the
head of Jesus in Eastern iconography
The host used at Mass
The monstrance used in Eucharistic adoration
A link with the artistic tradition of our Indigenous people
The earthen, ochre colours of Australia
A diversity of peoples and cultures, gathered into one community
A star-burst
Light
We are ethnically diverse as can be seen by attending Mass in any one of our
parishes.
As the fastest growing Diocese in the country we have many families in newly
developing suburbs.
Parramatta Diocese has the highest concentration of Indigenous people in an
urban area.
Through Catholic Care we are mindful of the needs and aspirations of people
with disabilities in our community.
Your support and attendance at these events is a visible sign of living out the
command of Christ to love one another.
As we are asked to put out into the deep and to start afresh from Christ we invite
the Holy Spirit to enlighten our communities to open their hearts to Gods Grace in
the world.
(Diocesan Committee for Year of Grace, 2012)
Grace might be said to be our experience of God especially of his free and
undeserved gifts gifts like our very existence, our being redeemed by Christ,
our participating in His word and Sacraments in the Church. Every God-given
opportunity is a grace from life itself to our family and friendships, from work
and leisure to our participation in all that is true and good and beautiful.
Bishop Anthony Fisher in his Pastoral Letter, Faith in our Future. 2012.
Faith is our personal response to those divine gifts or graces. It is our saying
yes to them, internalizing them responding to them. Bishop Anthony Fisher in
his Pastoral Letter, Faith in our Future. 2012.
Grace is favour, the free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond to
his call to become children of God. (CCC :1996)
Faith is a gift from God. It can only be born in the intimacy of a mans heart as
a fruit of grace which moves and assists him and as a completely free
response to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. (General Directory for Catechesis
55)
Faith is a gift of God, a supernatural virtue infused by him. Before this faith can
be exercised, man must have the grace of God to move and assist him (CCC:
153)
Dates:
The Australian Catholic Church will be celebrating the Year of Grace from Pentecost
2012 to Pentecost 2013 (27 May 2012 to 19 May 2013). The Church throughout the
world will be celebrating a Year of Faith from later in the year (11 October 2012 to
24 November 2013).
Parramatta Diocese will combine the celebration of both of these to make The Year
of Faith and Grace. The launch will coincide with the feast of Pentecost.
Individual schools and parishes will mark the focus of this year according to their own
parish calendars.
2013
March 17th March 24th
November 1st -
Candle Transparency
Copy this logo onto an overhead transparency in colour, if possible. Place around plain white candle and
secure at the back with cello tape. Trim the excess transparency.
Share a prayer
Dear God,
You give us the free gift of Grace.
The ... family has received the gift of Grace in many ways,
This evening we give thanks for the gift of
Help us to find ways to respond in faith and use this gift to benefit others.
We ask this in your name.
Amen
(An example may be that by the Grace of God, our family has good food to eat.
How do we use this gift of God to help those who may need to be helped?)
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Share a Prayer
Dear God,
We know you have given us your gift of Grace,
Help us to respond in our actions
And to live our faith to those we meet each day.
We ask this through Christ Our Lord.
Amen.
Images of Jesus
Use Google images to find images of Jesus from different cultures. Display or
print some of these images.
As a family, discuss why the images may be important depictions of Jesus for
that particular culture.
Discuss how the images are similar or different from our own image of Jesus.
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The following table highlights, within the units of Sharing Our Story, where teachers
can make a connection with the year of Grace. The ideal would be for the connection
to be continuous throughout the year.
Stage 1
Stage
Early
Stage 1
Sharing
Our Story
Unit Name
Theme
1KC1
Gods gifts to us
1KC2
1KC3
Gods gift of
Love, my family.
1KC4
God is our
Creator
1KC5
We join with
members of
Gods family in
the Church
1KC6
Advent: Waiting
1KC7
Jesus birth
Living as Jesus
showed us
1KE
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Stage 1
Stage
Sharing
Our Story
Unit Name
Theme
Stage 1
11C1
11C2
Lent: Growing
Together
11C3
Easter Triduum:
The Last Supper
11C4
Easter Season:
Together
11C5
Baptism
11C7
Senses: A Gift
from God
11C8
Advent: Getting
Ready for Jesus
11C9
Christmas:
Celebrating
Jesus Birthday
11C10
Advent/
Christmas
Combined unit
11E1
Mission: Sharing
with others as
Jesus showed us
12C1
Jesus Helps Me
to Love
12C2
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Stage 1
Stage
Sharing
Our Story
Unit Name
Theme
12C3
Easter Triduum:
Never Alone
12C4
Easter Season:
Jesus is with Us
12C5
The Pentecost
Story
12C6
Reconciliation:
Belonging to a
Forgiving
Community
12C7
Eucharist:
Celebrating Gods
Love
12C8
Advent: Waiting
for Jesus
12C9
Christmas:
Waiting is Over
12C10
Advent Christmas
Combined Unit
12E1
Mission: Loving
God and Others
Like Jesus
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The following table highlights, within the units of Sharing Our Story, where teachers
can make a connection with the year of Grace. The ideal would be for the connection
to be continuous throughout the year.
Stage 2
Stage
Sharing
Our Story
Unit Name
Stage 2
23C1
23C2
Lent: Reaching
Out
23C3
Easter Triduum
Theme
Journeying with
Jesus
23C4
The Journey to
Emmaus
23C5
Sacraments of
Initiation
23C6
Mary: A Woman
of Faith
23C7
23C8
Advent: Making
Promises
23C9
Christmas: The
Promise Comes
True
23E
Mission:
Reaching out with
Jesus
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Stage 2
Stage
Sharing
Our Story
Unit Name
Theme
23E1
24C1
Talking and
Listening to God
24C2
Lent: An Invitation
to Believe
24C3
Lent Year B:
Practices and
Promises
24C4
Lent Year C: A
Time for
Reconciliation
24C5
Easter Triduum
Passover:
Exodus
24C6
Easter Season
New Life
24C7
Eucharist: The
Structure of the
Mass
24C8
The Bible: A
Special Book
Reconciliation:
Gods
Forgiveness and
Healing
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Stage 2
Stage
Sharing
Our Story
Unit Name
Theme
24C10
Advent Year A
Prophets of Hope
24C11
Advent Year B
Be a Joyful
Messenger
24C12
Advent Year C:
Prepare
24C13
Christmas: A
Time to Gather
24E
Mission: Serving
others with Jesus
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The following table highlights, within the units of Sharing Our Story, where teachers
can make a connection with the year of Grace. The ideal would be for the connection
to be continuous throughout the year.
Stage 3
Stage
Stage 3
Sharing
Our Story
Unit Name
Theme
35C1
The Parables of
Jesus
35C2
35C3
Easter Season:
Follow Me
35C4
35C5
Faith Communities
in My Local Area
35E2
Mission:
Witnessing and
Proclaiming Jesus
Throughout the
World
35C6
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Stage 3
Stage
Sharing
Our Story
Unit Name
Theme
36C1
36C2
Crossroads: Easter
Triduum & Holy
Week
36C3
The Easter
Season:
36C4
36C5
Eucharist
Nourishes us for
the Journey
36C6
Stewards of
Creation
36C7
Sacraments of
Service
36C8
Advent Year A:
Wake Up and Be
Ready
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Stage 3
Stage
Sharing
Our Story
Unit Name
Theme
36E1
36E2
36C10
Advent Year C:
The Jesse Tree
36C11
Advent/Christmas
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The following table highlights, within the units of Sharing Our Story, where teachers
can make a connection with the year of Grace. The ideal would be for the connection
to be continuous throughout the year.
Stage 4
Stage
Sharing Our
Story
Unit Name
Theme
Connection
Stage 4
Images of God
Gods gift to us
Literary forms
in the Bible
Gods gift of
tradition
People of the
Covenant
Gods gift if
himself to us
The Church
Spreads the
Good News
Initiation and
Belonging
Reconciliation
Gods gift of
forgiveness
Easter
Experiences
Gods gift of
Jesus Christ
Ways People
Pray
Gods gift of
relationship
Religion in the
World
Gods gift of
diversity
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The following table highlights, within the units of Sharing Our Story, where teachers
can make a connection with the year of Grace. The ideal would be for the connection
to be continuous throughout the year.
Stage 5
Stage
Stage 5
Unit Name
Theme
Connection
Reverence
for life
Images of
Jesus
The New
Testament
A call to unity
Eucharist
Christianity in
the Middle
Ages
Gods gift of
religious life
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The following table highlights, within the units of Sharing Our Story, where teachers
can make a connection with the year of Grace. The ideal would be for the connection
to be continuous throughout the year.
Stage 6
Stage
Stage 6
Sharing Our
Story
Unit Name
Theme
Connection
Search for
meaning
Jesus of
history Christ
of faith
Living Texts
Christian
vocation,
leisure and
work
A Christian
vision of the
world
Spiritual
pathways
Religion in
Australia
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Introduction
The following from Archbishop Wilsons letter announcing the Year of Grace may be
adapted for local settings:
We call the Catholic people in Australia to a Year of Grace . Like the disciples at
the first Pentecost, we commit ourselves to start afresh from Christ.
For several years the Bishops have been reflecting deeply on the life of the Church in
Australia. We have asked how we can better serve the needs of you, Gods faithful
people, in bringing the peace and good news of Jesus Christ to our nation.
We recognise, firstly, Gods abundant blessings to us. You will know many of these in
your own lives. We have seen them, too, in large public celebrations such as World
Youth Day in Sydney and the Canonisation of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop.
We also acknowledge with sadness that we are a Church in need of healing. There
are many wounds most especially the wounds of abuse which have left not only
those abused but the whole Church in need of healing. There is also the struggle to
defend the dignity of the first Australians and those who come as migrants and
refugees to our shores. We need to extend the hand of friendship to those of other
nations and faiths and to be good stewards of the created world. Most deeply, we
desire for the light of Christ to burn more brightly in the heart of each Australian.
As Bishops, we asked ourselves where we can turn with so many issues confronting
us. Our response in faith is to start afresh from Christ. We make this call, firstly and
most urgently, to ourselves as Bishops. We are resolved, in the words of Pope John
Paul II, to contemplate the face of Christ.
As we address this challenge to ourselves, we invite you to walk this journey with us
in hope.
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General Intercessions
Leader:
All grace flows from God. Let us now turn to God with our needs and the needs of the
world, confident that our prayers will be answered.
We pray that in all we do we may start afresh with Christ, contemplating the face of
Jesus.
Lord, hear us.
We pray for our nation that all Australians may become more deeply aware of the
grace of God in their lives.
Lord, hear us.
We pray for a recommitment to prayer, that we may be of one mind and heart in
Jesus Christ.
Lord, hear us.
We pray for repentance for the areas in which we have failed, individually and
together, seeking healing and renewal through the grace of Christs forgiveness.
Lord, hear us.
We pray for holiness, cultivating the many gifts of the Spirit and seeking to grow as
disciples of Jesus so as to witness to his resurrection.
Lord, hear us.
Leader:
Dear God, we entrust our efforts in the Year of Grace to the guidance of the Holy
Spirit. Through this renewed commitment, may the Church in Australia be
transformed by the power of Christs resurrection in our lives. We make this prayer
through Christ our Lord.
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Year of Grace
Liturgy of the Word
General Notes
Contemplate the Face of Christ is a key phrase from Pope John Paul IIs Novo
Millennio Ineunte (NMI) and is a central concern of the Year of Grace. It would be
good to have a prominent icon or image of the face of Jesus, or possibly several of
them in different styles.
The Year of Grace logo may be displayed prominently on a poster or banner, on a
screen, and/or an Order of Service that may be handed out. This may be
accompanied, on screen or in the hand-out, by the comments about the possible
meanings of the logo.
In a church setting, the Paschal Candle will be prominent in the sanctuary and lit. (As
the Ordo notes, after Pentecost Sunday the Paschal candle is now given a place of
honour in the baptistery). Note: The Diocese will have a Year of Grace candle,
brought to it from the Bishops Conference earlier in the month.
If facilities permit, it may be good to screen material from the website (either before
or during the Service) the logo, the interviews with the Bishops, images of the
Ritual at North Sydney, with the Year of Grace candles forming the logo, etc.
The centrality of prayer is a feature of the Year of Grace. An extended period of time
for silent prayer is recommended at key points in the liturgy.
Materials may also be distributed, for use in parishes, schools and homes (e.g.
prayer cards, leaflets). It is recommended these are distributed at the conclusion with
the exception of the prayer card, if it is to be used during the liturgy.
Following the liturgy, an opportunity for exposition may be offered.
Opening Hymn
See attached suggestions
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Greeting
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit
be with you all.
All: And with your spirit.
Introduction
The following from Archbishop Wilsons letter announcing the Year of Grace may be
adapted for local settings:
We call the Catholic people in Australia to a Year of Grace . Like the disciples at
the first Pentecost, we commit ourselves to start afresh from Christ.
For several years the Bishops have been reflecting deeply on the life of the Church in
Australia. We have asked how we can better serve the needs of you, Gods faithful
people, in bringing the peace and good news of Jesus Christ to our nation.
We recognise, firstly, Gods abundant blessings to us. You will know many of these in
your own lives. We have seen them, too, in large public celebrations such as World
Youth Day in Sydney and the Canonisation of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop.
We also acknowledge with sadness that we are a Church in need of healing. There
are many wounds most especially the wounds of abuse which have left not only
those abused but the whole Church in need of healing. There is also the struggle to
defend the dignity of the first Australians and those who come as migrants and
refugees to our shores. We need to extend the hand of friendship to those of other
nations and faiths and to be good stewards of the created world. Most deeply, we
desire for the light of Christ to burn more brightly in the heart of each Australian.
As Bishops, we asked ourselves where we can turn with so many issues confronting
us. Our response in faith is to start afresh from Christ. We make this call, firstly and
most urgently, to ourselves as Bishops. We are resolved, in the words of Pope John
Paul II, to contemplate the face of Christ.
As we address this challenge to ourselves, we invite you to walk this journey with us
in hope.
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Opening Prayer
O God, you sanctify your whole Church in every people and nation;
pour out, we pray, the gifts of the Holy Spirit
across the face of the earth
and, with the divine grace that was at work
when the Gospel was first proclaimed,
fill now once more the hearts of believers.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
First Reading
Acts 4:32-4:35
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 117:1-2. 16-17. 22-23. R. v.24
Psalm settings attached
(R.) This is the day the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad.
or
(R) Alleluia.
1.
2.
3.
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Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Open our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of Your Son. Alleluia.
Gospel
John 1:14-15, 16-18
Notes for Reflecting on the Word
Acts 4:32-4:35
You may wish to focus on the link between the apostles witness to the resurrection
of Jesus and the great grace of God that is upon the whole community.
In a graced community, the apostles (the leaders, but not only the leaders)
witness with great dynamism to the resurrection of Jesus.
The members of a graced community are of one heart and one mind.
In a graced community, no one is in need.
Grace is Gods gift revealed to believers in Jesus the Christ/Messiah.
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General Intercessions
Leader:
All grace flows from God. Let us now turn to God with our needs and the needs of the
world, confident that our prayers will be answered.
We pray that in all we do we may start afresh with Christ, contemplating the face of
Jesus.
Lord, hear us.
We pray for our nation that all Australians may become more deeply aware of the
grace of God in their lives.
Lord, hear us.
We pray for a recommitment to prayer, that we may be of one mind and heart in
Jesus Christ.
Lord, hear us.
We pray for repentance for the areas in which we have failed, individually and
together, seeking healing and renewal through the grace of Christs forgiveness.
Lord, hear us.
We pray for holiness, cultivating the many gifts of the Spirit and seeking to grow as
disciples of Jesus so as to witness to his resurrection.
Lord, hear us.
Leader:
Dear God, we entrust our efforts in the Year of Grace to the guidance of the Holy
Spirit. Through this renewed commitment, may the Church in Australia be
transformed by the power of Christs resurrection in our lives. We make this prayer
through Christ our Lord.
Lighting of the Year of Grace Candle
There may now be a ritual lighting of the Year of Grace candle. In a church setting, it
may be lit from the Paschal Candle.
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Call to Prayer
As we light the Year of Grace candle, may its light be a sign of Christs promise to
bring us salvation.
The candle is now lit
Let us pray in silence, asking for the grace to start afresh from Christ.
[extended period of silent prayer]
Year of Grace Prayer
Gracious God,
You have blessed this ancient land
with many gifts, especially its people.
We thank you for the Year of Grace,
a time to start afresh from Christ.
You invite us to contemplate the face of Jesus your Son,
that we may experience a new wave of grace,
and that the light of Christ may burn more brightly in our lives.
Attune our hearts and minds
to the presence of your Holy Spirit,
that our Church may be transformed,
our relationships be healed,
and our nation grow in compassion and justice.
With the intercession of St Mary MacKillop,
who showed us new ways of living the Gospel,
we make our prayer
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Mary, Help of Christians, pray for us.
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Other resources
On the following page are two passages from NMI, either or both of which may be
used in the Ritual either by being read out (though not in the same way as a
Reading from the Word of God), or being printed in a leaflet or projected onto a
screen.
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A FACE TO CONTEMPLATE
16. "We wish to see Jesus" (Jn 12:21). This request, addressed to the Apostle Philip by
some Greeks who had made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the Passover, echoes spiritually
in our ears too during this Jubilee Year. Like those pilgrims of two thousand years ago, the
men and women of our own day often perhaps unconsciously ask believers not only
to "speak" of Christ, but in a certain sense to "show" him to them. And is it not the Church's
task to reflect the light of Christ in every historical period, to make his face shine also
before the generations of the new millennium?
Our witness, however, would be hopelessly inadequate if we ourselves had not first
contemplated his face. The Great Jubilee has certainly helped us to do this more deeply. At
the end of the Jubilee, as we go back to our ordinary routine, storing in our hearts the
treasures of this very special time, our gaze is more than ever firmly set on the face of the
Lord.
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Similarly, this passage, duly acknowledged and attributed, from Bill Huebsch
A New Look at Grace may be read aloud, or reproduced in a leaflet or on a screen.
We go along in our lives,
living everyday
in a willy-nilly sort of way
We dont think much about
our common tasks
ideas, conversations
or events.
They just sort of happen .
but
every now and then,
sometimes every day,
or even several times per day,
those plain old words just dont do it.
Then you hear us say,
I just cant tell you how much
or
Words just cant describe how I feel
or
Theres no way I could tell you
And we mean precisely what we are saying:
weve run out of language,
run out of the words we need
to describe certain experiences
in our lives.
these experiences are no longer ordinary,
common day experiences for us.
We begin to identify these experiences as important
Only when we are touched and moved
by the everyday events and people of our lives,
can we be touched and moved by God.
Bill Huebsch A New Look at Grace
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Acknowledgements
This resource was compiled using resources
and with the collaboration of personnel from:
National Committee for the Year of Grace
(an initiative for the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference)
Diocesan Committee for the Year of Grace
Catholic Education Office, Parramatta
2012
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