Category: Spiritual Life
The Beginning of Year Diocese Mass
On Tuesday our new Faith Leaders attended a wonderful ‘Beginning of the Year’ Mass at St George’s Cathedral in Southwark. The Mass was led by The Most Rev. John Wilson Archbishop of Southwark – his first with the diocese since his installation. As 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of Verbum Domini (The Word of the…
Pope Francis’ Monthly Intentions
For protecting the oceans: Oceans contain the bulk of our planet’s water supply, and also most of the immense variety of living creatures, many of them are threatened for various reasons. Creation is a project of love given by God to humanity. Our solidarity with the “common home” is born from our faith. Let us…
Leavers’ Mass
Led by Father Michael, the annual Leavers’ Mass was a beautiful celebration of our year 6 girls’ time at Holy Cross Prep. It has been a joy to watch our year 6s grow over the years – from the tiny reception pupils who first walked through our doors seven years ago, to the independent young…
Going Forth Mass
Today we celebrated our annual Going Forth Mass, an important rite of passage for our First Holy Communion girls, who wore special white dresses to mark the occasion. Our First Communicants led the school community in prayer and reflection, before receiving their blessing from Father Michael in front of their families and classmates. A beautiful…
Year 5 Picnic and Praise
This year, ‘Picnic and Praise’ took place at St John Bosco College, Battersea. Beginning with relay races inside the school gym, the girls worked up an appetite in time for lunch al fresco on the lawn. After lunch, the group settled inside the beautiful Sacred Heart Catholic Church for hymn practice ahead of the Mass,…
Holy Trinity
This week the church celebrated Trinity Sunday. ‘Trinity’ means ‘three-in-one’. God is three persons in one: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We remember that we are called to act like the Trinity – to love one another, no matter what. Some people think it’s hard to love people who are different to us. But we…
Wintershall
This week year 6 visited Wintershall to experience an open-air, moving and engaging re-enactment of ‘The Life of Christ’. Reflections from Alexandra in Y6: “It was extremely well shown and was funny and sad at times, especially when Jesus died on the cross. I really understood what they were saying and the amazing drama kept me…
Liturgy
During this week’s liturgy, we celebrated the Feast of Pentecost and remembered how God sent the Holy Spirit to the disciples – we give thanks that we too can receive the Holy Spirit in our lives. The Holy Spirit brought peace and unity by giving the disciples the ability to speak different languages, meaning they…
Year 5 Pentecost Service
This week Y5P led us in a beautiful and uplifting service to celebrate the birthday of the Church at Pentecost, when Jesus sent his Holy Spirit to the disciples. We celebrate this great day when the friends of Jesus found that they could do the things that He had done; the day that they understood…
Year 3 Service
On Wednesday our year 3s held a service celebrating Mary, the mother of Jesus. May is a special month that we dedicate to celebrating Mary and all the wonderful things that she has done, her dedication to God and the love she shows us all. We also celebrated our own mothers and fathers, who encourage,…