This Five Facts about resource has been created to help launch Mission Together – the Pope’s charity for mission – in school. This resource links with the CST principles: Solidarity, Option for the Poor and Vulnerable, and Human Dignity. For more understanding of mission, click here to view our Five Facts about Mission resource.
The feast of The Presentation of the Lord takes place on 2 February – 40 days after Christmas Day. It recalls the day when Mary and Joseph presented Jesus at the Temple in Jerusalem. At the Temple, the infant Jesus is recognised by holy and elderly Simeon and Anna, as the Messiah for whom they […]
The feast of Saint Peter the Apostle falls on 22 February. Peter was one of Jesus’ twelve disciples and the first to recognise Jesus as the Christ (the Messiah). For this reason, Jesus declared that Peter would be the rock on which the Church would be built (the name Peter means ‘rock’). This assembly reveals […]
Feast day 11 February: The World Day for the Sick was introduced by St. Pope John Paul II to help us remember to pray for all those who are ill and for their caregivers. He chose this day because it coincides with the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes; which commemorates the appearances in 1858 […]
On 20 February we celebrate the Feast of Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto. In our assembly we remember how Our Lady appeared to siblings, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, and their cousin, Lúcia, in Fatima, Portugal, during the First World War. This wonderful event reminds us how change is wrought through faith and pray. Our Children […]
Lent is a movable feast, occurring between February and April. Lent lasts a period of forty days, echoing the period of time Jesus spent in the desert preparing for his public ministry. During Lent, Christians devote more time to prayer, charity, and sacrifice as they prepare for the greatest feast in the Church year, Easter […]
