The Journey AheadYear Six Graduation Mass

11 December 2014Celebrant: Fr. Tiziano Torresan

The Catholic Parish of Warringah

Class of 2014Danna De Sagun

Finbar Finnegan

Katrina Harford

Claudia Maruca

Bailey Mason

Matthew McPherson

Epifanio Pakileata

Isabella Palomino

Darren Sarmiento

Angela Susilo

Justin Torralba

Grace Vaokakala

Leonardo Zanetic

GATHERING HYMN – Welcome to God’s House (Halloran & Millward, Willow)

Liturgical Movement Presented By: Year 4 and Year 5

Come into God’s House todayGod is here in this house today

We will dance, we will singWe will welcome you in

Welcome to God’s house today

This house is a house of peaceRest a while in this house of peace

We will dance, we will singWe will welcome you in

Welcome to God’s house of peace

This house is a house of loveBe a friend in this house of love

We will dance, we will singWe will welcome you in,

Welcome to God’s house of loveWelcome to God’s house,

Welcome, welcome, welcomeTo God’s house

Welcome, welcome, welcomeTo God’s house

Come into God’s house today

God is here in this house todayWe will dance, we will sing

We will welcome you in,Welcome to God’s house today

Welcome to God’s house

The Introductory RiteSIGN OF THE CROSSFather: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.All: Amen

GREETINGFather: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and the love of God,and the communion of the Holy Spiritbe with you all.

All: And with your spirit.

Procession of SymbolsEpifanio Pakileata: We have been part of this school community for seven years. We came with our many undiscovered God given gifts and talents. Our teachers and parents have helped us to discover and to celebrate what we have received from the Holy Spirit. The following symbols represent some of our many gifts and talents which we have learned to use well for our own wellbeing and for the wellbeing of others.

The class photo represents the gift of friendship Finbar Finnegan A family photo reminds us of our homes, which are our first place of learning Justin

Torralba

The books symbolise the learning which has occurred in each person. Bailey Mason A basketball represents the gift of sport and the importance of being a team player.

Leonardo Zanetic The bible, cross and a picture of patron saint of the school are symbols of the gift of faith

which is so generously shared in this Catholic School. Danna De Sagun, Angela Susilo and Darren Sarmiento

Flowers signify the beauty of the world in which we live. As a school community we learnt to appreciate and respect this great beauty. Grace Vaokakala

Shoes remind us that we are taking a new step on our journey of life. Katrina Harford

PENITENTIAL ACTFather: Lord, you call us to follow you.

Lord, have mercyAll: Lord, have mercy

Father: Lord, you give us your protection when we pray to you.Christ, have mercy

All: Christ, have mercy

Father: Lord, you guide our future so that we may share your glory.Lord, have mercy

All: Lord, have mercy

Father: And may almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life

All: Amen

COLLECTFather: Let us pray,

Creator God, we give thanks to you for the many gifts we receive through the Holy Spirit, and we pray now that you will strengthen us to use these gifts as we go out into the world in your service. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING (Gill Austin)A reading from the book of Jeremiah (31:3; 29:11-14)I have loved you with an everlasting love and so I shall maintain my faithful love for you. Yes, I know what plans I have in mind for you, declares the Lord, plans for peace, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. When you call to me and come and pray to me, I shall listen to you. When you search for me, you will find me: when you search whole heartedly for me, I shall let you find me.

The Word of the Lord.All: Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM – The Lord Is Kind And Merciful (T. Booth, OCP)

Performed by Danna De Sagun

The Lord is kind and merciful. The Lord is slow to anger and rich in compassion. The Lord is kind and merciful.

1. Hear, O Lord, the sound of my call; be gracious and answer me. For you, O Lord, my heart is longing. With all my heart your face I seek.

Bless the Lord, O my soul;bless his holy name.Bless the Lord, O my soul,forgetting not his benefits,forgetting not his benefits.

As the heavens are above the earth, great is God’s kindness. As the east is far from the west, he has put our sin from us, he has put our sin from us.

SECOND READING (Rachel Lloyd)

A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians (12: 4 – 7, 13)

Brothers and sisters:There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but they all come from the same Spirit.There are different ways to serve the same Lord, and we can each do different things.Yet the same God works in all of us and helps us in everything we do.The Spirit has given each of us a special way of serving others.The body of Christ has many different parts, just as any other body does.But God's Spirit baptised each of us and made us part of the body of Christ.

The Word of the Lord.All: Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION – Hallelujah (Cohen, Columbia)

Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelu

Spoken: Come and listen,and I will tell what great things God has done for me.

2. Hallelujah, HallelujahHallelujah, Hallelujah

GOSPEL : Father: The Lord be with you.All: And with your spirit.Father: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (15: 9 – 17)All: Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus said to his disciples:“As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. “I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.“You are my friends if you do what I command you.I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.“You did not choose me but I chose you.And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.”The Gospel of the Lord.All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ

HOMILY (Father)

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFULFather: Friends, today marks a special time in the lives of these children before us. Let us now pray to our loving God, in whom we place our trust.

Grace Vaokakala: We pray for Pope Francis, Fr Lauro, Fr Tiziano, Fr Norberto and all priests in the Broken Bay Diocese: May they be blessed and guided by the Holy Spirit as they continue your work in the community. We pray to the Lord.All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Claudia Maruca: We pray for the teachers and staff of St Kevin’s who have passed on to us their love of learning. May they continue the good work that they do with all the children they teach.We pray to the Lord.All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Angela Susilo: We pray that the mystery of Jesus’ birth may bring freedom, peace, comfort and joy to those who are oppressed, hungry, sick, lonely and those who mourn. We pray to the Lord.All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Isabella Palomino: We pray for blessings on our parents who have guided us through our primary school years. May they feel your love within their hearts.We pray to the Lord.All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Katrina Harford: For all the children of St Kevin’s; may they continue to grow as disciples who value the gifts of friendship, care and compassion. We pray to the Lord.All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Matthew McPherson: We pray for the Year Six children who are going off to different high schools next year. May their journey be one of love, compassion and doing what God requires of them in this world. We pray to the Lord.All: Lord, hear our prayer.

Father: God our Father, listen to these prayers which we make in the spirit of thanksgiving and hope for the future. We ask this through Christ our LordAll: Amen.

THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

OFFERTORY PROCESSION (Leonardo Zanetic, Darren Sarmiento) Thu ma mina – ( Masekela, Utryck)

Thu ma mina, Thu ma minaThu ma mina, So man dla X 2

Send me Jesus, send me JesusSend me JesusSend me Lord

Lead me Jesus, lead me JesusLead me JesusLead me Lord

Fill me Jesus, fill me JesusFill me JesusFill me Lord

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGSFather: Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters),

that my sacrifice and yoursmay be acceptable to God,the almighty Father.

All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your handsfor the praise and glory of his name,for our goodand the good of all his holy Church.

PRAYERFather:Father

Accept these gifts which we presentand using the many gifts you have given to us,may we continue to follow you in a spirit of service.We ask this through Christ our Lord

All: Amen.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER (Marshall, Catholic Community of North Harbour)

Prayer over the GiftsPray, brethren (brothers and sisters),that my sacrifice and yoursmay be acceptable to God,the almighty Father.May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your handsfor the praise and glory of his name,for our goodand the good of all his holy Church.May this oblation, our tribute of homage,rise up to you, O Lord,and, through the intercession of the most Blessed Virgin Mary,whom you assumed into heaven,may our hearts, aflame with the fire of love,constantly long for you.Through Christ our Lord.Amen.

PrefaceThe Lord be with you.And with your spirit.Lift up your hearts.We lift them up to the Lord.Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right and just.It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,always and everywhere to give you thanks,Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,through Christ our Lord.For today the Virgin Mother of Godwas assumed into heavenas the beginning and imageof your Church’s coming to perfectionand a sign of sure hope and comfort to your pilgrim people;rightly you would not allow herto see the corruption of the tombsince from her own body she marvellously brought forthyour incarnate Son, the Author of all life.And so, in company with the choirs of Angels,we praise you, and with joy we proclaim:

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest.Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest.

You are indeed Holy, O Lord,the fount of all holiness.Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray,by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall,so that they may become for usthe Body and + Blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.At the time he was betrayedand entered willingly into his Passion,he took bread and, giving thanks, broke it,and gave it to his disciples, saying:

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT,FOR THIS IS MY BODY,WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.

In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took the chaliceand, once more giving thanks, he gave it to his disciples, saying:TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT,FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD,THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANTWHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY

FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.The mystery of faith.

We proclaim your Death, O Lord,and profess your ResurrectionUntil you come again. Until you come again.

Therefore, as we celebratethe memorial of his Death and Resurrection,we offer you, Lord,the Bread of life and the Chalice of salvation,giving thanks that you have held us worthyto be in your presence and minister to you.Humbly we praythat, partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ,we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.Remember, Lord, your Church,spread throughout the world,and bring her to the fullness of charity,together with N. our Pope and N. our Bishopand all the clergy.______________Remember also our brothers and sisterswho have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection,and all who have died in your mercy:welcome them into the light of your face.Have mercy on us all, we pray,that with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God,with blessed Joseph, her Spouse,with the blessed Apostles,and all the Saints who have pleased you throughout the ages,we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life,and may praise and glorify youthrough your Son, Jesus Christ.Through him, and with him, and in him,O God, almighty Father,in the unity of the Holy Spirit,all glory and honour is yours,for ever and ever.

Cantor: Amen All: Amen, Cantor: Amen All: Amen, Cantor: Amen All: Amen, Cantor: Amen All: Amen,

THE COMMUNION RITE

LORD’S PRAYERFather: At the Saviour’s command

and formed by divine teaching,we dare to say:

All: Our Father, who art in heaven,hallowed be thy name;thy kingdom come,thy will be doneon earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread,and forgive us our trespasses,as we forgive those who trespass against us;and lead us not into temptation,but deliver us from evil.

Father: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil,graciously grant peace in our days,that, by the help of your mercy,we may be always free from sinand safe from all distress,as we await the blessed hopeand the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

All: For the kingdom,the power and the glory are yoursnow and forever.

SIGN OF PEACEFather: Lord Jesus Christ,

who said to your Apostles:Peace I leave you, my peace I give you;look not on our sins,but on the faith of your Church,and graciously grant her peace and unityin accordance with your will.Who live and reign for ever and ever.

All: Amen.Father: The peace of the Lord be with you always.All: And with your spirit.Father: Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

BREAKING OF THE BREADLamb of God (Sung)

COMMUNIONFather: Behold the Lamb of God,

behold him who takes away the sins of the world.Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

All: Lord, I am not worthythat you should enter under my roof,but only say the wordand my soul shall be healed.

Communion Hymn – Hungry (K. Scott OCP)

1. Hungry, I come to you, for I know you satisfy. I am empty, but I know your love does not run dry. So I wait for you, so I wait for you. I'm falling on my knees, offering all of me.Jesus, you're all this heart is living for.

2. Broken, I run to you, for your arms are open wide; I am weary, but I know your touch restores my life. So I wait for you, so I wait for you.

3. Hungry, I come to you, for I know you satisfy. I am empty, but I know your love does not run dry. So I wait for you, so I wait for you.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Father: Let us prayFather, may this Holy Communion give us strength so that we will not be afraid to continue our journey in your love and service. We ask this through Christ Our Lord

All: Amen

THE CONCLUDING RITESFather: The Lord be with you.All: And with your spirit.Father: May almighty God bless you,

the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit.All: Amen.

DISMISSAL

Father: Go in peace, to love and serve the Lord.All: Thanks be to God.

RECESSIONAL – Go Make a Difference (Angrisano & Tomaszek, OCP)

Go make a diff'rence.We can make a diff'rence.Go make a diff'rence in the world.Go make a diff'rence.We can make a diff'rence.Go make a diff'rence in the world.

We are the salt of the earth, called to let the people see the love of God in you and me. We are the light of the world, not to be hidden but be seen. Go make a diff'rence in the world.

Go make a diff'rence.We can make a diff'rence.Go make a diff'rence in the world.Go make a diff'rence.We can make a diff'rence.Go make a diff'rence in the world.

Go make a diff'rence in the world.Go make a diff'rence in the world.

GRADUATIONPRINCIPALS ADDRESS Mrs Lorraine Vincent

PRESENTATION OF STUDENT LETTERS Year 6

POWERPOINT REFLECTION Hall of Fame – The Script

BUDDY TRIBUTE SONG Kindergarten

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATION CERTIFICATES TO YEAR SIX CHILDRENMrs Lorraine Vincent and Fr Tiziano

PRESENTATION OF the United in Love AwardMrs Lorraine Vincent and Fr Tiziano

Moving On, Reaching Out By M. Mangan (Litmus)(Children walk out with their parents during the verses with their parents)

The time has come to say good-byeHow the years have slipped awayIt seems like only yesterdayThat we started on our journey in this placeSharing laughter, love and tearsIn good times and in badWe just can’t help but feel a little sad We’re moving on, reaching outWe’re gonna fly up to the starsThe time has come to make a bold new startWe’re moving on, reaching outSetting sail for new horizons.But wherever we go, we’ll always holdThese memories deep in our hearts.

We thank our God for such great giftsAll the treasures in our heartsWe’ve heard Good News of Jesus Christ To lead us on the way and light the pathWe’ve been guided to this momentTogether you and me.We thank all you who helped us on our journey

As the seasons roll byAnd we’re scaling new heightsYou know that we’ll treasure these timesAs we’re soaring new skiesWe’ll know deep insideThis is where we learned how to fly.

Good Luck!

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to

what lies inside of you.Ralph Waldo Emerson