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 |
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MONDAY/TUESDAY/ WEDNESDAY FORM TIME |
Proclaimers meetings (Yr. 7 and 8, 9 and 10, 11 and sixth form, respectively) |
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TUESDAY BREAK TIME |
Yrs. 7 and 8 prayer group Yrs. 9 and 10 prayer group |
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THURSDAY BREAK TIME |
Yr. 11 prayer group Sixth form “Alpha”/prayer group |
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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. |
