Prayer and Liturgy At St. Robert Southwell
At St Robert Southwell every opportunity for prayer and liturgy in our school offers a meaningful encounter with the living God. Prayer and Liturgy at St Robert Southwell encourages pupils to take part in a conscious, active, and meaningful way, leading to a deeper and more fruitful encounter with Christ (Christ at the Centre, 2012).
Acts of prayer and liturgy at our school take place in a variety of forms. These are enriched and supported by our learning environments, which reflect and celebrate the school’s Catholic identity, faith and mission.
Our full Prayer and Liturgy Policy is attached below along with ‘To Love you More Dearly’ the Prayer and Liturgy directory for Catholic Schools.
Praying the Rosary together in Our Lady’s Prayer Garden on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. We even invited some family members too!
Using our Rosary bags to pray the Rosary at home during October.
Prayer and Liturgy in the Classroom
At St Robert Southwell, class based prayer and liturgy is a special part of the school week and is part of our weekly prayer and liturgy timetable. We encourage both teacher led and pupil led prayer and liturgy sessions dependent on the age and stage of the children.
An example of prayer and liturgy in Year 2 (Celebration of the Word).
During our time of gathering, we made the Sign of the Cross and came together quietly as a class community. A green cloth was placed at the front to mark Ordinary Time, and the candles were lit to help create a calm and prayerful atmosphere as we began our collective prayer and liturgy.Â
Reading scripture from the Gospel of Luke 18: 1 – 8. The Wednesday Word helped us choose the reading.
We discussed what we could learn from the passage. We discussed the word prayer and how important it is to pray. We can pray any time anywhere. We said the Our Father together.
Our message today was ‘Go forth and pray for the World’.