Solidarity – Y7 – Y11 Form Time Prayer
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This week’s prayer resources were planned by 9E – Thank you!
This week we are praying for:
The ongoing conflict in Israel, Gaza and Lebanon
Those who are sick and lonely in our community at the moment.
Please keep them in your prayers this week and don’t forget to add any suggestions for prayer intentions to the comments box below.
Celebration of the Word and Chaplaincy Rota:
This week, some of the Chaplaincy team will be visiting each form room to do an audit. E.g. the eco team will be checking that every room has a light switch sign and recycling sign and the prayer and Liturgy team will be checking each form prayer board. They will be there to help if you have any resources missing.
Monday – Year 8 in the chapel for COTW
Monday Becket Reads – If you are in the Eco mission team, Prayer and Liturgy Team and News and Comms team, please come to the chapel at the start of Monday’s Becket Reads.
Tuesday – Year 11 in the chapel for COTW, followed by Teresa House Mass.
On Tuesday, we are celebrating the feast day and house Mass for St Therese of Lisieux. 11T will remain seated in the chapel after their COTW and the rest of Y11 will leave via the chapel fire exits. If you are in Y7- 10 in Teresa House, you need to come straight to the hall at 9:05 for roll call and to be registered and then you will enter the chapel for Mass. Teresa Form Tutors – Please check the emails from Ruth about the Mass and make sure that you have shared your Mass parts with Ruth. The house Mass is voluntary for students in 6th form – please let your teacher know if you are attending the celebration.
Wednesday – Year 7 in the chapel for COTW
Wednesday form time – if you did a Chaplaincy audit on Monday (with a clipboard) please go to C8 to see Mrs Conlon at the start of Wednesday form time to finish this task please.
Thursday – Year 12 and 13 in the chapel for COTW
Friday – Year 9 and 10 in the chapel for COTW
Year 7 will have their welcome Mass on the afternoon of Monday 7th October. Ruth will send form tutors Mass parts for Tuesday morning that can be prepared in form time this week.
Friday – CAFOD’s Family Fast Day!
On Friday we are swapping our fairtrade tuckshop for soup and a bread roll for £1! We will be selling soup and a bread roll by the food tech doors on A floor to raise money and awareness for CAFOD. CAFOD is the official aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales and part of Caritas International, who reach out to people living in poverty with practical help, whatever their religion or culture. We challenge you to live and eat simply on Friday so that others can simply eat!
Season of Creation Creative Competition – deadline this week!
Please get your entries handed into Ruth or Mrs Conlon on Monday. We hope to reveal the winner on Friday on St Francis of Assisi’s Feast Day!
Black History Month Creative Piece Competition!
Geography World of Wow Competition!
Raffle – Raising money for MIND!
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As we begin this time of prayer, we invite you to join us in making the Sign of the Cross. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Hi everyone, we are 9E and we have planned this week’s resources!
The word of the week is “Solidarity”. Solidarity is a principle of Catholic Social Teaching. This means that it is rooted in scripture and writings of the church by leaders and saints.
In the Catholic faith, we are called to be in solidarity with the poor and the marginalised. Even if we have not met a person, our faith creates an obligation to support them because we are all interconnected.
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Galatians
It is through faith that all of you are God’s children in union with Christ Jesus. You were baptised into union with Christ, and now you are clothed, so to speak, with the life of Christ himself. So there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, between slaves and free people, between men and women; you are all one in union with Christ Jesus.
The Word of the Lord
R./Thanks be to God
To help us remember we are all one and have all come from the same beginnings as babies and children, 9E would like to challenge you to identify these famous baby photos. See if you can match the names to the photo and write your answers in the comments box below!
9E think that this shows we are all the same deep down, all human, all born, and all one community.
We pray together: Lord, you created every one of us and we all begin as children of God. Please help us to stand in solidarity with one another as we grow and remember that we are all part of the human race, one whole community. Amen
We remember that God is with us throughout our day as we make the Sign of the Cross…In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
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As we begin this time of prayer, we invite you to join us in making the Sign of the Cross. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Solidarity is the feeling of unity and support, celebrating our differences but also acknowledging our similarities!
In your prayer journal we would like you to write down your favourite food, your favourite subject, how many brothers/sisters you have and the month your birthday is in.
Go around the room and find someone who matches your answer.
Write their name in your prayer journal next to the answer you share and say a little prayer in your head for this person.
If you have time and when you’ve spent a few minutes learning more about each other, write a prayer celebrating the solidarity demonstrated in your form and school community.
Lord, we thank you for giving us a loving community and helping us build these friendships stronger every day. Help us to stand in solidarity with those who feel lonely in our form or school. Amen
We invite you to make the Sign of the Cross as we finish this time of prayer together…
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
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As we begin this time of prayer, we invite you to join us in making the Sign of the Cross. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
When we stand in solidarity we recognise that we all have something in common as humans, we are all children of God. We are reminded of this when we wear our Becket school uniform. In the scripture we heard at the beginning of the week, it said that we are all ‘clothed in Christ’. We are one and we stand in solidarity with each and every human being because of this.
Each form will have a T-shirt template. On this, we would like you to write a pledge for how you can help the poor and marginalised to know that they are loved and a child of God.
For example…
Ask someone who’s alone if they want to chat with you at break.
Eat lunch with someone who seems alone. Support fairtrade Friday tuckshop in the atrium.
Buy soup and a bread roll during this Friday lunchtime for CAFOD’s family fast day.
Donate excess food tins or clothing items you don’t need to charity or a food bank.
Make sure to display your pledges in your form room to show the school what you stand for as a form.
Then make sure, as you wear the Becket uniform today, that you stand in solidarity with those who need your help.
Lord, help us to act when we see need and injustice. Amen
We remember that God is with us throughout our day as we make the Sign of the Cross…In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
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Happy Friday and happy St. Francis of Assisi Day! To celebrate this special day, your form has received a little gift from the Eco Mission Team, waiting on your form tutor’s desk… Meet the newest member of your form: your very own peace plant! 🌱 Your mission now is to care for it, nurture it, and watch it grow, just as we are called to care for all creation and share peace. Let’s work together to live simply and sustainably!
Along with your plant you will have received a piece of card with some rules and suggestions for caring for your form plant, a space for you to name your plant and a space for all members of your form to sign as you pledge to care for your plant as a team. Please stick this card up next to your plant or on your form prayer board.
Before we begin our time of prayer this morning, we would also like to update you with the results of our Season of Creation Creative Piece Competition which ends today!…A huge thank you to everyone who entered (and who have won their house points!) – we can’t wait to show case all of your work soon. Congratulations to our first, second and third place pieces!…
As we begin this time of prayer, we invite you to join us in making the Sign of the Cross. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
As we draw towards the end of the season of creation, we are going to remember the words from Laudato Si, “hear the cry of the earth, the cry of the poor”. Climate change and pollution particularly effects those who are must vulnerable. The poorest people bear the greatest burden of climate change, despite it being largely caused by the actions of the wealthy. We must remember to stand in solidarity with those affected by climate change.
We are creating the final prayer reflection that will be added to our Season of creation prayer display board. You can see the progress of the board below…if you have any flowers, clouds, or water drops still in your classroom, please drop them off to Ruth or Mrs Conlon!
Each form group will have a leaf that will help to contribute to the final part of our display.
Write on the leaf something that you can do to stand in solidarity with those who are affected by climate change.
For example:
Take care of and be grateful for the resources I use.
Respect and care for nature
Try and reduce the amount of pollution I cause etc..
Today (Friday) is CAFOD family fast day. Live out our shared mission and come and join the Justice and Peace mission team for soup and a bread roll for £1 with all proceeds going to CAFOD.
And finally…
To celebrate the closing of the season of creation and to celebrate the feast day of our hub patron saints, St Francis of Assisi, the eco and sustainability mission team will be bringing each form a plant and pot as a gift, for you to love and care for as we strive to be great stewards of the earth!
Let us pray…
Lord, help us to care for our common home and stand in solidarity as stewards of God’s creation. Amen.
We remember that God is with us throughout our day as we make the Sign of the Cross…In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen
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Top right is Obama
Bottom left is The Rock
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