St. Joseph's, take two

Last day of the week and the second batch of St. Joseph's year 14s... another great group of humanoids - enjoyable, interesting, fun and a great bunch of friends.

They drew a picture of two people for their focus, surrounded by their affirmation booklets - a nice piece of work by two of the lads.




(if you look closely, you can see Br. Fintan's legs on the top right hand corner!)

Another pupil chose the story of Nathan confronting David about his faithlessness as a reading about friendship... a unique and insightful choice - the truest friends are the ones who will stick with you, and even say difficult things to you, in difficult times. Here's what she wrote:

A man called David committed adultery. He showed no repentance for what he had done and went on with his life. But this was a sin against God. Nathan, who was a friend of David, came to him and told David in the form of a parable that he was wrong and should repent. David realised the severity of his actions and repented.

Another great day with the folks of St. Josephs.

Br. Fintan, Caren, Pádraig.

St. Joseph's

I'd been told that St. Joseph's were always a school that brought fun, friendship and great characters - Thursday proved that to be right. A great bunch from year 14... We found ourselves all glad at the end of the day to be in our jobs - what a privilege.

They spoke about friendship in their prayer service - and wrote it out for the Focus in the chapel. It's a shame they're in year 14 - it'd be good to have them back.

Pádraig, Margaret, Caren.

A prayer

One of the year 14 classes from Aquinas last week wrote this prayer for the service at the end of the day. We thought it was beautiful.

Father,
We thank you for bringing us all here today in your presence for this chance to come together and really connect and cement our friendships.
We ask you to watch over us all as we start to make choices for our future and continue our journeys.
And as we finish this day together, we look forward to the start of new friendships based on our new found trust and respect for each other.
Amen.

Aquinasman

The 14E class from Aquinas were with us last Friday, and they left us a special kind of humanoid as a representation of their prayer... they wrote their names on a poster, and then chose an image of a (kind of) person, and said that s/he represented the whole year group, with appreciation booklets as their hands, lights all around, and hope in the centre.

Nice one.

Welcome

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We hope you enjoyed your day with us - make a comment, let us know what you liked...

Margaret, Caren, Br. Fintan, Pádraig.