Meeting dates for the year

Welcome to 2010.

These are the dates and the name of the mother hosting the meeting.

MARCH 9 - Leonie

APRIL 13 - Leanne

MAY 11 - Danielle

JUNE 8 - Donna

JULY 13 - Christine

AUG 10 - ?

SEPT 14 - Leonie

OCT 5 - Leanne

NOV 9 - Danielle

DEC 14 - Donna

Meetings usually start at 10.30 am and the host can plan an activity or talk or invite a guest speaker on a topic close to a Catholic Homeschooler's heart. Bring food and drink to share, for morning tea and lunch.

Farewell to Fr Benedict and to Br Louis

A Report On Our Last Meeting..

Fr Benedict enrolled the group in the brown scapular at the last Homeschooling day.

Mrs Murphy spoke to us, she told us that it is the year of the Priests and that we should pray for them.

We made our own prayer to say for priests.

We wrote it down and glued it under a picture of Our Lord to put on the fridge so we remember to say it as many times as we can during the day.

Georgia

Meeting for Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

The topic of our next meeting, July 14.

The children will be enrolled in the brown scapular .

The scapular is a sacramental ~
A sacramental is anything set apart or blessed by the Church toexcite good thoughts and to increase devotion, and through thesemovements of the heart to remit venial sin. St Joseph Baltimore Catechism

Body and Blood of Our Lord

Our Lady Help of Christians

Br Louis addressed our group on Tuesday. He spoke of Our Lady Help of Christians. He read to us parts of the Acts of the Apostles, about Mary's role in the early Church. Mrs Robertson then asked us to write a poem or song or list about Mary.

Our Lady Help of Christians

The feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians, was established after Pope Pius VII after he was freed from captivity by Napoleon.

Pope Pius VII instituted the feast in July, 1814 when he returned to Rome, after his arrest in 1808.

The feast is also associated with the Christian victory at the Battle of Lepanto, where a united Christian fleet defeated a fleet from the Ottoman Empire, which threatened to invade all of Europe. Pope Pius V had told people to pray to Our Lady and, in thanks to Mary, instituted the title Our Lady, Help of Christians.

The feast is celebrated on the 24th of May every year and we remember this feast in Australia, as Our Lady Help of Christians is a patron saint of Australia. ~ Anthony

Easter Crafts from the April Meeting

Today's Meeting

Planning for the new year.

Children playing.

Sharing food and conversation.

And a blessing for the start of the new school year. Thank you, Fr.!

Today's Advent/Christmas Party

The Immaculate Conception

Our next meeting is at Leonie's home, December 16. Meet at 12 noon. Bring lunch to share for an end of the year party, and we will also talk about the Feast of the Immaculate Conception - bring along those Mary Notebooks, too and we will aim to add an entry.

Anybody want to sare Advent links, recipes, ideas?

Immaculate Conception

O Father, you prepared the Virgin Mary to be the worthy motherof your Son. …Help us by her prayers, to live in your presencewithout sin. Amen.

November Gathering

This month Claire taught about a saint very close to her heart, St Andrew.

Here is some info -

St. Andrew , like his brother Simon Peter, was a fisherman. He became a disciple of the great St. John the Baptist, but when John pointed to Jesus and said, "Behold the Lamb of God!" Andrew understood that Jesus was greater. At once he left John to follow the Divine Master. Jesus knew that Andrew was walking behind him, and turning back, he asked, "what do you seek?" When Andrew answered that he would like to know where Jesus lived, Our Lord replied, "Come and see." Andrew had been only a little time with Jesus when he realized that this was truly the Messiah.
From then on, he chose to follow Jesus. Andrew was thus the first disciple of Christ. Next, Andrew brought his brother Simon (St. Peter) to Jesus and Jesus received him, too, as His disciple. At first the two brothers continued to carry on their fishing trade and family affairs, but later, the Lord called them to stay with Him all the time. He promised to make them fishers of men, and this time, they left their nets for good. It is believed that after Our Lord ascended into Heaven, St. Andrew went to Greece to preach the gospel. He is said to have been put to death on a cross, to which he was tied, not nailed. He lived two days in that state of suffering, still preaching to the people who gathered around their beloved Apostle. Two countries have chosen St. Andrew as their patron - Russia and Scotland.

Whilst learning about St Andrew the kids were asked to draw on the window (hope they don't get any ideas!) which they really enjoyed, no doubt.

They drew Symbols that represented his life. They then went to the table and using the symbols on the window they created their own mini stained glass window(s). This craft was an absolute hit as they all fully engrossed themselves in it till they finished. Thanks Claire for a great lesson and a wonderful craft.

We then had a relaxing lunch out the back in the beautiful spring weather, chatting away while the kids played. Looking forward to seeing you all at the Christmas party. Danielle.