Year of Mary
The theme of World Youth Day 2017 was taken from Our Lady’s song of praise, the Magnificat, ‘The Mighty One has done great things for me’. The Pope has chosen to focus on Mary for the next year. Francis has asked young people to journey with Mary, describing her as ‘a role model to be imitated’. The children will be given the opportunity to visit a prayer space reflecting each virtue every month. The children’s thoughts, prayers and reflections will be added to a display in the hall.
Each month we have chosen a different virtue shown by Mary as our prayer focus:
January ~ Loving
February ~ Charitable
March ~ Faith filled
April ~ Obedient
May ~ Showing humility
June ~ Generous
July ~ Grateful
September ~ Wise
October ~ Attentive
November ~ Compassionate
December ~ Hopeful
Year of Mary
We have come to end of our Year of Mary celebration. Each month has been linked to a virtue shown by Mary and celebrated her many names. The children have been using prayer, liturgy, prayer stations and artworks to reflect on the life of Mary and what virtues she...
December – Hopeful
In this the final month of the Year of Mary, the children were asked to think about the long journey Mary and Joseph took to Bethlehem. As we are nearly at the end of this year the children were asked to reflect upon all the things that have happened to them this...
November – Compassionate
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October – Attentive
In October the children were asked to say the Rosary. The children were provided with Rosary beads and instructions on how to say the Rosary. The children could reflect on Mary's life celebrating the happy times and consoling for the sad...
September – Wise
In September we were asked to pray for peace. The children were able to write their messages of peace onto a dove and say a quiet...
July – Grateful
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June – Generous
In June we were asked to prayer for those people being persecuted. The children reflected on those people being forced from their homes in search of a better life for their families. The children wrote their prayers, thoughts and reflections on hearts and placed them...
March – Faith Filled
This month, during Lent, the children were asked to think about how Mary was feeling when she saw her son be crucified. We were asked to think about our Christian belief that Jesus died to that we could be forgiven for the things we have done wrong. The children...
May – Showing Humility
During May, which is the Month of Mary, the children were asked to make a Mary Alter at home and in class. Each class changed their prayer focus table to a Mary Alter. Using images of Mary, statues, blue cloths, rosary beads, a candle and fresh flowers the children...
April – Obedient
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February – Charitable
This month we were asked to think about the virtue of being Charitable. As a school we have collected for the CAFOD charity by giving up things for Lent and bringing in the money to donate to CAFOD. We were also asked to prayer for the sick. The children were given...
January – Loving
This month of January the children were asked to payer for their families. Thinking about the virtue - Loving, they were invited to write a prayer for them of draw a picture of them on a house prayer card. They used a picture of the Holy Family to help them think...