Celebrating the sacraments together

This year, students at St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School and Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie) had the opportunity to participate in a joint community celebration of the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion.

The two schools have a long tradition of collaboration across the sporting, cultural, social and philanthropic arenas, and the inaugural sacramental service was an extension of this relationship and the schools’ shared Anglican faith.

The service was held in St John’s Cathedral with around 50 students in Years 4 to 6 from both schools gathering with their families, alongside Bishop Cameron Venables and representatives of both St Margaret’s and Churchie’s educational leadership teams. Siblings from St Aidan’s and Somerville House were also welcomed to participate.

St Margaret’s Chaplain, The Reverend Jazz Dow and Churchie Senior Chaplain, The Reverend Jessica Grant jointly led the service, assisted by Churchie’s Prep Chaplain, Stephanie Cotroneo.

Reverend Jazz said the joint sacramental service helped to expand students’ awareness of faith as community.

“The sacraments of Baptism and Admission to Holy Communion are about initiation and participation in a global spiritual community,” she said.

“By uniting our schools to celebrate these sacraments, it highlighted and affirmed for students that these steps are not just something that happens in the school environment but are actually part of something much bigger.”

Reverend Jazz