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Prayer Life

The chapel is open throughout the day for personal prayer and staff and students alike have opportunities for collective worship each week. The chapel sees use as a space for traditional prayer such as the rosary, scriptural studies and adoration, to more energetic forms of prayer such as praise and worship.

DAILY Various prayers which can be said at the beginning or end of each day are given in the homework diaries, class prayer file and on the weekly Collective Worship sheet. Staff are encouraged to use the themes each week from the Liturgical Calendar.
STAFF  PRAYER Staff briefing begins with prayer
STAFF MORNING PRAYER Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday  8.20am in the Chapel

MONDAY/TUESDAY/

WEDNESDAY

FORM TIME

Proclaimers meetings (Yr. 7 and 8, 9 and 10, 11 and sixth form, respectively)

TUESDAY BREAK TIME

Yrs. 7 and 8 prayer group

Yrs. 9 and 10 prayer group

THURSDAY BREAK TIME

Yr. 11 prayer group

Sixth form “Alpha”/prayer group

THURSDAY AFTER SCHOOL

“Maranatha” – Worship Choir

WEEKLY  Assemblies.  With the class prayers on other days, these form the basic Collective Worship of the school as required in Law.
HOLY DAYS Mass celebrated at school
SPECIAL MASSES Year 7 on their first day in September and during October
  Year 11 and Year 13 Masses in May
  Staff Mass to begin the academic year.
OTHER OCCASIONS There are liturgies in school for all students at Christmas, Easter and on Ash Wednesday.