ANNUAL MAGAZINE - Dominican Convent School

I learnt a lot. I have grown to love
God deeply.
RebeCCA Mwale, Gr 10A
We enjoyed RE this year; learning about
Jesus has actually been fun. It feels good
to be a Christian.
Njabulo, NtanDO & Kefiloe, Gr 10
This year has been a tough ride for me and
I got my peace from the RE lessons. Mr
Posholi helped me when I was struggling.
He prayed for me. And I feel I am more
positive about life.
KunDAI TirivePI, Gr 10S
Religion & faith
The one thing I really enjoyed in RE
this year was when we were given an
opportunity to read Bible stories to the
Pre-Primary schoolchildren during the
Bible Week.
LeseDI Mofolo, Gr 10M
RE lessons have taught me more about
Jesus and God. It has opened my eyes to
many spiritual possibilities.
EtIAnDRA MIRAnDA, Gr 10A
Religion classes have taught me not only
about God’s wonderful ways but about
self-​respect, too. These classes have made
me grow in spirit. I am proud to be a
strong believer in my youth days.
Zanele Dube, Gr 10T
“O Lord open our lips and our tongue shall announce
thy praise.”
We as religious educators strive to faithfully proclaim the
gospel in our daily lives, most importantly to hand the truth
about the Catholic faith on to those given to us to educate in
the ways of the Lord.
Our school is named Dominican after the founder of the
Dominican order of preachers. We strive to live the way
St Dominic lived, working tirelessly for the Gospel. Catholic
education is most challenging at times, as motivating any
child to be enthusiastic about religious education is no
easy task.
Nevertheless, we persevere because we are tasked by God
and the Church to form these young men and women into
men and women of character and integrity, who foster and
live the way of St Dominic.
Personal
Crosses
I am truly thankful that we are given a
chance to learn more about our religion
at school. RE has taught me a lot, even for
those who are not privileged enough to go
to Church. At least they have something
to fall back on regarding their faith.
Tsaone Tsipane, Gr 10T
We as the religious educators of this Catholic school are
privileged to take on this great task of forming your children
in the ways of our Lord. We do this by offering our expertise,
our time, our love and care in sharing this precious gift of
faith. We dedicate ourselves to ensuring that our learners
complete the various sacraments of Christian initiation into
the Catholic Church. Upon request and express desire, we
instruct our learners in a proper manner, to worthily receive
the sacraments.
These principles guide the day-to-day operations of
Dominican Convent School, inspired by our motto, Veritas
(Truth). Education is not simply preparing a child for a career,
nor the transfer of data. Children are eternal souls, and
education is preparing them for their life with God. With these
sacred souls in our care, we look to the constant intercession
of our dear patrons: Saint Dominic, St Thomas Aquinas and
St Catherine of Sienna.
ASH WEDNESDAY: A cross of ashes is placed on a learner's forehead, symbolising our humanity, fallibility, and need to grow closer to God.
Ash Wednesday
By L. POSholi | Re Department
For over 3 000 years, ashes have been a symbol of penitence and
mourning. On Ash Wednesday the Catholic priest marks each
community member with a cross on their foreheads. The cross
is made up of two lines or bars: one horizontal, one vertical.
The vertical line represents our relationship with God, while
the horizontal bar represents our link with the world around us.
When we try to keep both relationships going
well, a creative tension is produced that is the
cross. During Lent, we are called to deepen
our relationships with God and others.
From the first day of Lent, a spiritual journey
of 40 days and nights begins. During this time
leading up to Easter we “feast” on actions
that bring love and justice, and “fast” from
things we enjoy or from behaviour that takes
life from ourselves or others. This journey to
our better selves, and to a deeper relationship
with God, is more easily achieved in solidarity
with others. For this reason DCS has chosen a
Lenten theme: “Let's band together.”
Each week those making the Lenten journey
are encouraged to wear a band of ribbon to symbolise a special
area of focus: for Christ, for unity, for the environment, for
cancer, and to fight sin. The main ribbon colours for this
campaign are black for the ashes and purple for the penitential
season. We encourage you and your child to enter fully into this
spiritual journey, to discuss the victories and challenges, and to
emerge at Easter in closer relationship with each other and
with God.
“In the spiritual
journey to selfknowledge,
there’s
an element of
letting go, of trust,
of self-confiding
and openness.”
FR. ALBERT NOLAN, OP
Penitential Mass
Religion & faith
PRIMARY SChool
The Grade 7s made Personal Crosses and presented them to
the School as part of their Lenten Reflection. The Crosses were
adorned with symbols that mean something important in their
lives, anchoring their lives on Jesus.
As humans, we sin. To be in the proper condition for celebrating
Mass, we need to confess our sins and pray for forgiveness. During
this celebration we wrote our sins on pieces of paper, and placed
the paper in a fire while praying for God’s forgiveness.
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