Volume 35 Issue 07 - 1 June 2023

Feast of Corpus Christi

The feast of Corpus Christi, also called Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, is a  festival of the Roman Catholic Church in honour of the real presence of the body [corpus] of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.

The feast is celebrated in Australia on Sunday 11 June. In Sydney on Sunday 11 June thousands of Catholics are expected to participate in the annual Walk With Christ procession through Sydney’s central business district. 

The Walk with Christ annual Eucharistic Procession through the streets of Sydney exists to make a joyful public proclamation and act of worship towards the person of Jesus Christ [as King], and to invoke His blessing upon the city.

In a Eucharistic procession a priest or a bishop carries a monstrance [an ornamental container used to hold the Eucharist], which at its centre holds the living presence of Jesus Christ. During a procession, Jesus Christ comes among us in humility and in love. We use incense to signify adoration to God as well as our prayers rising heavenwards. A procession allows us to give public witness to this central belief of Catholic faith: the intimate presence of God in the world, His merciful love for all and His invitation to us to journey with Him into eternal life.

If you would like more information please visit the website below...

https://www.sydneycatholic.org/about-us/archdiocesan-events/walk-with-christ/

Upcoming Mission Events

31 May - 2 June: Year 11 Retreat

22 June: Diocesan Liturgical Ministries Training Day

23 June: ALIGHT after school retreat for Years 10-12

30 June: Benedict Day [all are invited to celebrate Mass with our community at 9am]

Joel Duval - Mission Coordinator