Catholic Schools Week takes place from 24th January -31st January.
The children will complete a number of activities to celebrate and Mr McElroy will upload a daily video with a thought for each day. Fr . Donnelly will also celebrate a special mass on Friday 22nd January for schools in the Parish and all children can tune in to the Webcam to watch the Mass.
As we live through an unprecedented time of challenge and uncertainty, our faith and our resilience can be tested.
We can ask questions like ‘Will things ever be the same again?’, ‘When can we get back to normality?’, ‘Where is God in all of this?’
In response to this, we reflect upon how Catholic schools are communities of faith and resilience. In Catholic schools, we are called to support each other and to have faith in the promise of the Good News. Catholic schools are inspired by the belief that God has created each one of us with a capacity to give love and receive love.This love is bound in faith and is more resilient than any virus.
While each Catholic school is such a community, every Catholic school fosters the holistic development of its students, promotes their wellbeing and offers them cultivation of a deeper, loving relationship with God. Jesus teaches us to love one another as he has loved us. This week, we celebrate the gifts and talents we have in following Jesus’ teaching. This year we celebrate how we are called to be communities of faith and resilience, through our thoughts, words and actions. In doing so, we live out the meaning of the beautiful hymn Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Where charity and love are, God is there.
The daily themes are as follows:
MONDAY
Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith
TUESDAY
Catholic Schools: Communities of Learning
WEDNESDAY
Catholic Schools: Communities of Love
THURSDAY
Catholic Schools: Communities of Resilience
THURSDAY
Catholic Schools: Communities of Hope
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