Chaplaincy Team

Our Chaplaincy Team

At Holy Family, living by the word of God is at the core of everything we do. Through our RE lessons, Gospel assemblies and our Prayer Liturgies the word of the Lord is taught and discussed daily.

We have a wonderful group of children who are our Chaplaincy team in school. Their role is to meet and unpick the word of God and then spread the good news throughout school. They plan and deliver whole school Prayer Liturgies and Prayer Liturgies in class.

^"15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature."

Mark 16:15

Blessing of the Advent Wreaths Service

A beautiful blessing of the Advent Wreaths service led by Father Joseph and our school chaplaincy team.

All wreaths were made with the children and their families during a workshop and will now be used throughout Advent in each of our classes and local church. 

Remembrance Service 2024 

Members of our school chaplaincy team delivered a special Remembrance service yesterday. They shared reflective poems and prayers before leading the school in observing a 2 minute silence which finished with the children listening to the 'The Last Post'.

Celebration of the Word

Members of our chaplaincy team lead a whole school celebration of the word this week which focused on the following scripture:

"Love Him with all your heart, with all your understanding and strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself."

Mark 12:33

Together we reflect on how loving God first is the most important thing we can do. The chaplaincy team also shared a special repeating 'Act of Love' prayer with the whole school. 

Virtue of Hope

"Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

Isaiah 40:31 

Members of our school chaplaincy team shared the new virtue of 'Hope' in all classes. They discussed different ways in which all children could show signs of living this new virtue. 

Harvest 2024 

Our chaplaincy team lead our school mass to celebrate harvest at Our Lady of Assumption Church. They shared scripture and reflective bidding prayers with the rest of the school.

Following the harvest liturgy, some members of the chaplaincy team took the wonderful harvest donations to our local food bank where they were extremely grateful and thankful for the kind offerings which would make a difference to families in our local community. 

October - The Month of the Rosary

The chaplaincy team provided all children with their own set of rosary beads and prayer card to use during the month of October, both at home and school. They visited each class to speak to them about how to pray the rosary following our whole school celebration of the word. 

Live Simply Award

Members of the Chaplaincy team were pleased to take part in the assessment towards our Live Simply award this September which the school has been working towards over the past year. Together with the Care for Creation team and School Council, all of their hard work was presented to the assessors during an interview with the students and we are pleased to announce that have successfully achieved the Live Simply award. This honour would not have been possible without the hard work and determination of the students, leading different initiatives throughout school.

Well done everyone!