Teaching – Whole School
Notices
See
Hear
Think
Do
Celebration of the Word
Monday – Y6 Transition COTW
Y6 Transition day 1
Tuesday – Y9 and Y10 COTW
Y6 Transition day 1
Wednesday – Y12 COTW
Fr John Martin and Fr Evarist are visiting school from 11:00am
Fr John and Fr Evarist will be visiting The Becket School on Wednesday! It will be Fr Evarist’s first time visiting our school and we are so excited to welcome him. As some of you heard in our Holy Spirit Masses last week, Fr Evarist has come all the way from Tanzania and is navigating settling into a new community, away from his family and home town. We want to make sure that we give him a warm welcome and make him feel at home here.
Thursday – Y7 and Y8 COTW
– Lourdes prayer intention templates are available to pick up in the staff room for Friday’s ‘do’ prayer resource.
– 9B are fundraising for CAFOD on Thursday’s sports day with house coloured face paint! Bring in some money to look the part, show support to your House and contribute to the wonderful work of CAFOD!
50p for simple designs, £1 for glitter, £2 for more complex designs.
The word of the week is “Teaching”
We are in the 14th week of Ordinary Time and the Liturgical colour is green!
This week’s resources have been planned by a variety of students across Y7-12 during enrichment week.
Fr John and Fr Evarist will be visiting The Becket School on Wednesday! It will be Fr Evarist’s first time visiting our school and we are so excited to welcome him. As some of you heard in our Holy Spirit Masses last week, Fr Evarist has come all the way from Tanzania and is navigating settling into a new community, away from his family and home town. We want to make sure that we give him a warm welcome and make him feel at home here.
If you are would like to be involved in helping to prepare and plan a welcoming gathering for Fr Evarist, please come down to the chapel at lunchtime on Monday.
Furthermore, if you are from Tanzania yourself or have Tanzanian heritage and would like to help with our greeting, please pop down to the chapel at break or lunchtime to tell Ruth/Joe.
We remind ourselves that we meet in God’s presence as we make the Sign of the Cross. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Jesus was a teacher who helped his followers to understand what God has called us to do and how we should live our lives. Each of us is called to be like Jesus and to teach others so that we can help to build the Kingdom of God here on earth. When we teach and support others we are doing Christ’s work.
Let’s see this week’s word of the week video. In the video is a quiz about Jesus’ teachings, pause the video after every question and either write your answers on pieces of paper or discuss as a form which answer you think is correct. The answer will appear after each question, so make sure that you pause the video for long enough to get your answers in!
Let us know in the comments box below – how many questions did you get correct in your form group?! Did any of the answers surprise you?
Now, discuss in your form groups:
– What qualities make Jesus a good teacher?
– Why should we listen to and live by Jesus’ teachings? How does it change our lives for better being a follower of Jesus and His teachings?
Let us pray… Lord Jesus,
You are the greatest Teacher, who guides us with wisdom and love. Help us to open our hearts to Your teachings, to learn Your ways, and to live out Your truths. Grant us the grace to follow Your example, to grow in faith, and to share Your message of love and hope with others. 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
New notices:
– Lourdes prayer intention templates are available to pick up in the staff room for Friday’s ‘do’ prayer resource.
– 9B are fundraising for CAFOD on Thursday’s sports day with house coloured face paint! Bring in some money to look the part, show support to your House and contribute to the wonderful work of CAFOD!
50p for simple designs, £1 for glitter, £2 for more complex designs.
Good morning, we welcome God into this space as we make the Sign of the Cross. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Today, we are going to further reflect on this week’s scripture that we will hear in our Celebrations of the Word – the Sermon on the Mount. Let’s listen and take a closer look at the most well-known collection of Jesus’ teachings…
In the scripture video, we are reminded that Jesus would always first go to the poor, sick, lonely, or defeated. God’s kingdom begins with them.
Think in your pairs or form groups – who are those people of today? And how can we reach them like Jesus did?
Let us pray…
For the poor in spirit, may they feel God’s love and protection, through our acts of kindness.
Lord, in your mercy,
R) hear our prayer.
For those in the world who are afraid or lack courage, may the Holy spirit fill and strengthen them and may they be surrounded by people who give encouragement and help them to find their voice.
Lord, in your mercy,
R) hear our prayer.
For those on the margins of society, may they be welcomed and invited into the warmth of the community, through the welcoming arms of all who can say what is true and do what is right.
Lord, in your mercy,
R) hear our prayer.
For ourselves….we spend a few moments offering to God our own silent or spoken prayers now…
Lord, in your mercy,
R) hear our prayer.
We join together as a community to say the Lord’s prayer…
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 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.
New notices:
– Lourdes prayer intention templates are available to pick up in the staff room for Friday’s ‘do’ prayer resource.
– 9B are fundraising for CAFOD on Thursday’s sports day with house coloured face paint! Bring in some money to look the part, show support to your House and contribute to the wonderful work of CAFOD!
50p for simple designs, £1 for glitter, £2 for more complex designs.
Good morning, we welcome God into this space as we make the Sign of the Cross. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
On Thursday, the Church celebrates the feast day of Saint Benedict of Abbot. Does anyone know who Benedict is and why he is significant to our school community?
Saint Benedict was born around the year 480 in a place called Nursia, in Italy. Benedict is known for starting a new way of living for people who wanted to dedicate their lives to God.
As a young man, Benedict wanted to live a holy and peaceful life. He left the busy city to live alone in a cave, where he could pray and be close to God.
People heard about Benedict and how he lived such a good life. They came to him for advice and help. Because of this, Benedict decided to help more people by starting monasteries.
A monastery is a place where monks live together. Monks are men who dedicate their lives to prayer, work, and helping others. Benedict started many of these communities.
Benedict wrote a very important book called the “Rule of Saint Benedict.” This book was like a guidebook for the monks, teaching them how to live good and holy lives.
The rule of Saint Benedict is laborare est orare…recognise him now?
Laborare est orare is Latin for “to work is to pray”. This is the school motto on our badge. The Rule said that monks should balance their day with times for prayer, work, and rest. This helped them stay healthy and happy.
Not only is Saint Benedict the founder of the motto on our school badge, but some of Saint Benedict’s relic are in our chapel altar! If you have never seen the relic before, perhaps you could pop down to the chapel one break or lunchtime to see it in person.
Relic – relic is a special piece of something that belonged to a holy person called a saint. It could be a tiny piece of their bone or something they wore or used. By having relics in the altar, it’s like the saints are with us when we pray and celebrate Mass. They remind us to try to be holy like they were.
Our school motto reminds us that work and prayer are not separate activities but are both essential aspects of a faithful life. We are encouraged to see our daily tasks, studies, and responsibilities as forms of prayer and devotion to God.
Think about the work and prayer you have participated in this academic year. In your prayer journals, think of an important lesson you have learnt from your work and prayer – this could be something that you have learnt from a guest speaker on a retreat day, or something you have learnt from a staff member in a lesson/during form time/or BR, or perhaps something you have learnt from a family member of friend.
Write or draw one or more important lessons you have learnt this year that you will take with you.
Let us finish by praying our school prayer together…
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.
New notices:
– Lourdes prayer intention templates are available to pick up in the staff room for Friday’s ‘do’ prayer resource.
– 9B are fundraising for CAFOD on Friday’s sports day with house coloured face paint! Bring in some money to look the part, show support to your House and contribute to the wonderful work of CAFOD!
50p for simple designs, £1 for glitter, £2 for more complex designs.
We remember that we meet in the presence of God by making the Sign of the Cross…In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Early on Monday morning, young people from across the Our Lady of Lourdes Trust will be gathering at East Midlands airport to prepare for departures for the Nottingham Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Lourdes is a very special place of pilgrimage. It is here that the Virgin Mary appeared to a young girl called Bernadette whilst she was collecting fire wood. Since Mary appeared to Bernadette and told her to dig into the ground, bathe in the healing water, build a chapel and come in procession, there have been 70 miracles and many reports of physical and spiritual healings in Lourdes. Now, millions of pilgrims journey to Lourdes each year and bring prayer intentions with them, seeking Mary’s intercession for themselves and their loved ones.
Catholics believe in the powerful intercession of the Virgin Mary. We believe that Mary is closest to Jesus in heaven and we trust that Mary will pray for us and present our prayers and petitions to God.
Yes, we can pray anywhere and everywhere and God will hear us but for many people there is something particularly special about placing our prayers in a space where heaven (God sent Mary) has touched earth (the Grotto where Mary appeared).
Today, we would like you to write some prayers/intentions that will be taken to Lourdes by our 6th form group. No one will be looking at these prayers intention slips, these prayer intentions are between you and God. The slips will be placed safely in an envelope and posted in the prayer petition box which is right next to the miraculous spring of healing water.
How you write your prayer intentions is up to you! You may wish to do a written prayer in full sentences, or you may wish to write a list of people or intentions you have. Perhaps think about where you or your loved ones need healing in your lives or pray for people you know who have died.
As you write your prayer intentions, if you have time, watch the video at the bottom of this web page about St Bernadette:
After you have written your prayer intentions, please choose 1 member of your form to bring the intentions down to the chapel and place the prayers on our Mary prayer focus.
Let us finish by praying our Trust prayer…
God Our Father,
Give us strength so that, guided by Our Lady’s example,
we can have the courage to say yes to you.
Help us to love like she loves, have faith like she has
and follow Jesus’ example in all that we do.
Inspire in all of us a sense of togetherness, so that we can use
the gifts you have given us for the good of all in our community
and bring support and healing to those less fortunate than ourselves.
We ask Our Lady to guide us, just as she guided St Bernadette,
as we seek to bring Jesus’ message of love
and forgiveness to others.
We ask this through Jesus Christ, your Son, Our Lord.
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
This week’s prayer intentions (to be used when you decide throughout the week)…
We pray for all year 6s who are embarking on their transitions to secondary school and their final few weeks at primary school.
Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of July: Pope Francis invites Christians to pray that the Church might show God’s closeness to people enduring illness. “Let us pray that the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick grant the Lord’s strength to those who receive it and to their loved ones, and that it may become for everyone an ever more visible sign of compassion and hope.”
