Sacrament of Reconciliation
Our children on their Sacramental Journey received their Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time in church today. Afterwards we had a prayer session in our forest area where we reflected on the things we have done wrong and asked God to forgive us.
Ash Wednesday Topic Afternoon
“What a fantastic afternoon, thoroughly enjoyed all the activities.”
“Fantastic topic afternoon, unique things to do :)”
“Lovely afternoon, loved the prayer time at the end.”
“I enjoyed spending such a lovely reflective time with my granddaughter, thank you.”
Prayer Promises
Amen.
Natural Photo Frames
Then God said, “Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.” And it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. Genesis 1:11-12
We went out into our forest area to collect natural resources to make a photo frame. We then placed in it a class photo to remind ourselves that we are all friends and we are all working together.
Class Masses
We have had two class masses this year with Fr Chris. At each one we have had some of our parents and grandparents join us.
We enjoy celebrating our masses together. Fr Chris is taking time to explain different parts of our mass to us to help us as we make our Sacramental Journey.
“It was a pleasure to be able to share this mass with the children, it was a pleasure to be part of it. I’ll be joining the next one.”
“It was a lovely service and all the children were very respectful. Thank you for letting me be part of it.”
Class Worship
We gather twice a week to pray and reflect together. Below are some of the themes that we have thought about.
Remembrance and the Month of the Holy Souls
“I liked writing prayers for all those who have died.”
“I prayed for my Grandad.”
Community – Matthew 18:20
“I feel loved by friends and family, we are all loved by someone, love makes me happy.”
“It makes me feel special and safe to be part of a community.”
“I feel that everybody is special and God is always around us in our community.”
“Community reminds me that God is always with me.”
The Parable of the Talents – Matthew 25:14-30
2 Timothy 4:22
CAFOD
We had a CAFOD visitor come into class to teach us about how we care for our world.
Class Prayer
Act of Contrition
O my God, because you are so good,
I am very sorry that I have sinned against you,
and by the help of your grace, I will try not to sin again.
Amen.
Christ the King
To celebrate the feast of Christ the King we each made our own crown.
Jubilee Year of Hope
We launched our Year of Hope with a special morning of celebrations.
Topic Afternoons
We enjoy sharing our learning with our parents during our topic afternoons.
In our first topic afternoon we learnt about the work of St Teresa of Lisieux. With our parents and grandparents we thought about the ‘Little Ways’ we make a difference to people in our lives.