‘Open Wide the

Door of

Faith’11th October 2012 - 24th November 2013

Pope Benedict XVI has announced a

Year of Faith to begin on

11 October 2012 - the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council

and ending on 24 November 2013 - the

Feast of Christ the King.

What is the ‘Year of Faith’ about?

It is an invitation to

deepen our understanding,

to live and

to pray …

…. It is an opportunity to celebrate and renew our faith … individually ….

…with our families ….

…in our parishes …

…and in our schools…

… across our Country and across the world ….

The Year of Faith

Logo ….

What does it

symbolise?

A Sun – symbolising

the Eucharist

Sails – Showing the 3 symbols

of the trigram of

Christ (IHS)

A Boat - symbolising The Church

Waves – symbolisingthe church

afloat across many waters

At our baptism,

the baptismal candle

was lit as a

sign of our

faith ….

It is a challenge to keep our light of faith burning in our lives today…

We can keep the light of faith burning

by growing in our faith.

We grow in our faith every day ….when we pray, when we learn about God,

… when we show love to one another…

… and when we care for those who are not as lucky as we are.

• Pray

•Deepen our own knowledge

• Witness

• Serve

Four ways we can partake in the Year of Faith….

PRAY:

Make an extra effort to include prayer as part of your life every day ….

LEARN:

Strive to learn new things about your faith ….

WITNESS:

Try to be more like Jesus in yourDealings with others- show you care and be considerate

SERVE: We can take care of those who are not as

lucky as we are, just like Jesus did.

This year raise

awareness, fundraise and

help others.

During this Year of Faith:

We hope that we will come to be people of faith and live like Jesus wants us to

‘Open Wide the

Door of Faith’

11th October 2012 - 24th November 2013