Family Mass - Sunday 1st December

On Sunday 1st December, we will have our second family mass in church. Our first family mass was so well attended; thank you to everyone who came. This Mass will be extra special as it is the first Sunday of Advent - what a lovely way to start it together.

The children who will be directly involved in the Mass on Sunday are on the PDF below. If your child’s name isn’t listed, they will be involved, just sat with you taking part in the mass. Those children who are in the choir, will be sat in the choir loft with the parish choir. The readers and offertory children can sit with their parents and come up when it is there turn for involvement. Staff will be present too to support.

For the homily, as with every homily on the 1st Sunday of Advent, there will be a letter read out written by Bishop Paul. Having been visited by Bishop Paul this year, it will be special for the children to hear directly from him in a letter.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday 1st December. Following mass, there is the monthly coffee and craft club at the Parish Centre. Please do attend if you are able to.

Family Mass - Sunday 6th October

On Sunday, we will have our first family mass in church. Family mass takes place every Sunday at 9.30am, but we are now wanting to involve the children more in this - which is just lovely. I understand that not everyone will be able to come, you all have commitments, this is just another opportunity if you choose too.

The children who will be directly involved in the Mass on Sunday are above on the PDF. If your child’s name isn’t listed, they will be involved, just sat with you taking part in the mass. Those children who are in the choir, will be sat in the choir loft with the parish choir. The readers and offertory children can sit with their parents and come up when it is there turn for involvement. Staff will be present too to support. We can then choose different children for readings, choir and offertory at our next mass in December, and throughout the year.

Sometimes, those families with children sit towards the back of church, but Father Peter will be addressing his homily to all of the children in the congregation so please do come a little bit closer to be part of that. There are 14 children making up our choir, so you should really be able to hear them!

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday. Following mass, there is the monthly coffee and craft club at the Parish Centre. Please do attend if you are able to.

Holy Week shared... Hope for the future from Reception through to Year 6

We invite you to share our depictions of Holy Week… along with our Hopes for the future…

Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

When children as young as seven or eight years old can engage their family with such a beautiful moment such as this, the school community can only look on with pride.

Father I pray that you will cover my child with your love. Psalm 33:22

One of our Year 3 children producing her own liturgy for her family on Sunday, what a wonderful way to keep Jesus in our hearts while we cannot attend Mass.

Thinking through Prayer...

Every day children find their way to our prayer board and spend a few moments thinking and reflecting, sometimes to thank God and at other times to ask for His help. Today there were so many prayers to read, obviously the wind has inspired reflection!