We send our love and prayers to Mrs Maria Ejimofor, her husband Alex and their children.
Maria’s son David, sadly lost his life in a tragic accident on Monday evening. Our school and parish community are praying for the repose of David’s soul. We also hold the Ejimofor family in our prayers at this very sad time.
St Joseph pray for them.
The Ejimofor Family wish for as many people as possible to sign and share their petition for better safety measures at Aberavon Beach. Please click on the link below.
Our whole school assembly this week focused on Pope Francis’ call to look after our common world.
Our assembly reinforces our need to be intentional and prophetic. Pupils reflected upon how we can be good global neighbours by making right choices. We have also thought about how we can help others to make better choices.
Understanding the Virtues: Intentional & Prophetic
An intentional person is someone who lives deliberately; someone who builds up their own worldview and then tries to live by it. To live intentionally is to march to the beat of a different drummer.The busy-ness of life can sometimes feel overwhelming. It is no different for young people: demands made by schoolwork and examinations, the many activities to which their parents ferry them, peer pressure and social media, and just growing up and finding their place in an increasingly complex and fractured world. Of course there is excitement and often fulfilment in all this. But the pressure to conform and go along with what everyone else thinks and says and does is immense. The effect is to lose control – a feeling that this whirl of activity is not allowing me to be me. Living intentionally is not about stepping away from the world but is rather about trying to achieve a balance where you know what is important for you and what you want to spend your time and energies doing. Living intentionally can only happen if one is attentive to one’s experience, noticing the influences which drive us along and discerning which are good and which not so good, guided by conscience. It means living ethically, with a set of values.Jesus Christ was a person who lived intentionally and is a model of a good human life. (CJE n.61) His words, actions and example reflect his values.Intentional living is about the choices I make and the ethical code I live by. But this can have a positive impact on others if I share it.Being prophetic is about being seen to do good and about speaking out for what is right. Good news is only good news if it is announced. Being prophetic isn’t about telling the future; it is about living out God’s future for me today.However much the values of the world, the assumptions and prejudices of those around us, seem to be unassailable, Christ calls us in a different direction to a life characterized by compassion, faith, hope and, above all, love. Trying to live in an intentional and prophetic way is what ultimately makes us human.
After his Resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples over a period of forty days. Ascension Day is when we celebrate Jesus’ return to his Father in Heaven.
PENTECOST SUNDAY
(28 May)
This is the day we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birthday of the Church.
THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
(4 June)
Today we celebrate our belief in the Trinity, the three persons of God: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF THE LORD
(11 June)
On this feast we give thanks to God for the gift of Jesus in the form of bread and wine.
THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS
(16 June)
On this day we remember how much Jesus loves us all.
SS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES
(29 June)
We celebrate the lives of these important saints who helped establish the Christian Church.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONSUMMER TERM 2023 COME AND SEE AT HOME
Dear Parent(s)/Carer(s),
As we return to school after Easter the Church is still celebrating this great event. The focus of this term’s work in Religious Education is the role the Holy Spirit plays in our lives. We will be studying the three themes of Pentecost (Serving), Reconciliation (Inter-relating) and Universal Church (World).
PENTECOST—SERVING Early Years GOOD NEWS – Passing on the Good News of Jesus Year 1 HOLIDAYS AND HOLYDAYS – Pentecost: feast of the Holy Spirit Year 2 SPREAD THE WORD – Pentecost: a time to spread the Good News
SUGGESTIONS FOR HOME ACTIVITIES Talk about good news in your family and how you shared it. Ask your child to tell you the story of Pentecost and the work of the Holy Spirit.
RECONCILIATION—INTER-RELATING Early Years FRIENDS – Friends of Jesus Year 1 BEING SORRY – God helps us choose well Year 2 RULES – Reasons for rules in the Christian family
SUGGESTIONS FOR HOME ACTIVITIES Talk together about times when you have forgiven and been forgiven. Discuss the importance of saying sorry. Look for opportunities for forgiveness and reconciliation in the day to day life of the family.
UNIVERSAL CHURCH—WORLD Early Years OUR WORLD – God’s wonderful world Year 1 NEIGHBOURS – Neighbours share God’s world Year 2 TREASURES – God’s treasure; the world
SUGGESTIONS FOR HOME ACTIVITIES Together, look through a family scrapbook or photograph album of a visit to a place that is special for your family. Look at a globe or an atlas. Find a special place and pray for the people of that country. Discuss how we can look after our world and support our neighbours, near and far.
We send our love and prayers to our parish priest Monsignor Joseph Cefai on the occasion of his Golden Jubilee. Thanks you for fifty years if dedication and love!
