We congratulate our new Chaplains who will play such a key role in developing and maintaining the Catholic life of our community this year.
Our Chaplains play a very special role in enhancing and promoting our school and Gospel values to fellow students, staff and our wider community. They will take joy in carrying out their different responsibilities; meeting weekly in order to review the action plan they will write and then consider different ways in which they can continue to strengthen our mission and deepen the prayer life of our community.
The Chaplaincy Team Aims to:
- help the school to grow as a community of faith
- encourage the pupils to live their faith in daily living
- support liturgy, prayer and the spiritual life of the school
- involve pupils in fundraising for charities
- continue developing strong links with our friends from the parish
- support the school in its Mission Statement and values
The weekly meetings give Chaplains an opportunity to share ideas and make decisions about how we continue to promote and embed the Catholic ethos of our school.
Chaplains will now plan and lead a weekly Chaplains’ Liturgy in their classes supported by Mrs Barrett and older Chaplains. They will contribute to the organisation of Gospel worship and Collective Worship and help the House Captains to plan and lead events throughout the year that support fundraising for our House Charities. They will also monitor and maintain class reflection areas and class displays and plan prayer events for key points of the Liturgical year e.g. our daily class liturgies during the seasons of Advent and Lent.
Our SJF Chaplaincy Team is coordinated by Mrs Barrett.
