We would like to introduce our Chaplaincy Team for 2024/25.
The children meet regularly and have many key responsibilities which enrich the Catholic Life of our school community. They would like to share some of the very important roles that they undertake, in their own words:
‘It’s really fun to be part of the Team! We get to do fun jobs such as reading the Word of God from the Bible each day to tell people the Good News about Jesus. It’s a great privilege to read Scripture and prayers at school Masses, some of our team have the opportunity to serve on the altar. One of our main responsibilities is to plan, prepare and deliver Celebration of the Word – we start by discussing the theme, we look at what we are going to see, hear, think and do in our celebration; and complete the ways in which will ‘GATHER’, choose ‘The WORD’ and how we will ‘RESPOND’, before deciding on an act of ‘MISSION’. On the day of the celebration, we enjoy setting up the hall – preparing the focal table with the correct liturgical cloth and choosing a selection of religious objects. When visitors come to our school – parents and members of the parish – we enjoy warmly welcoming them. It is really lovely to share these spiritual experiences together. One of our most rewarding roles is to serve those in most need – we get to live and breath our faith by planning fundraisers for a number of charities – in recent years we have supported CAFOD, Samaritans’ Purse, The Forge (a local food bank) and Lindsey Lodge Hospice.’
Since becoming part of the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, we have enjoyed meeting with other schools in our Diocese for Mass (both in person and virtually) and engaging with them as part of the Trust Synod in 2023. We are looking forward to attending this years event in November.
The school is fortunate to have Miss. Mellows, our Lay Chaplain, who visits our school every Monday. She support the pupils and staff in a number of ways: guiding whole-class planning of the Celebration of the Word; leading a lunchtime Prayer Group; supporting pupils, staff and parents with Collective Worship evaluations; as well as working on a range of projects, including fundraising initiatives with our Chaplaincy Team and Mini-Vinnie Group.
Our chaplaincy provision is further supported by our Trust Lead Lay Chaplain, Hannah Leech, and our Director of Chaplaincy, Tom Baptist who have provided a range of resources and support, including: Our Trust Chaplaincy website: Be Inspirational.
The images below show some of the wonderful work that our Chaplaincy Team have been involved in.
