St. Joseph's Primary School

Yet again we have thoroughly enjoyed having the young people from St. Joseph's. We all joined in on a number of activities from mediation to arts and crafts. Everyone got involved on the retreat day and it was wonderful to see the classes coming together at the end of the day with the prayer service that involved the work of everyone.

Focus:
We made this because it is joyful and fun for everyone. Its shows how we get up to heaven. The kites represent the wind of the Holy Spirit blowing all the kites up to heaven.

Music: 
You've got a friend in me - it is a song that symbolises your friendship with God and Jesus.
Shine - It says for you to let your inner self shine.

Scripture:

We read out Mt 5, You are the light of the world, it helped us remember an important message today about using our own light.
We also lit a candle to represent that fact.

Prayers:

Dear God

Pray for the sick and homeless who don't have shelter 
even in the worst weather 

Amen

Dear God

Please pray for my grandad whos not feeling well 
and for anyone else who is not feling well

Amen

Dear God 

Pray for all the animals and for rare animals in pain

Amen

Dear God

We pray for the families who are in need and going through a rough time.

Amen

Dear God 

Please pray for those who have no food or clean water

Amen

Dear God

Pray for all the families that have lost their jobs

Amen

Dear God

We pray for all the families that have financial problems

Amen

Dear God 

We pray for the P7 children making their Confirmation this year

Amen

Poster:
We wrote We Are Special on our poster because each person who sticks their hand to the poster is unique and special to God.

Focus:
We chose Jesus for this because today we learnt about him, for example, we learnt that he will always be there for us and that he will always forgive us when we do something wrong.

Music:
You've got a friend in me - because it's about a friend who is always there for you, like our class friends.
We chose True Colours because it's about letting what you are shine through.

Scripture:
You are the light of the world - Matthew 5. This story means that you must show love to others and show your talents to praise God in happiness.

Prayers:

Poster:
We chose this title, Let your light shine, because it means you don't have to be someone you're not. God made you who you are.

I recently went to the De La Salle retreat house and it was really fun and enjoyable. the staff were happy and greeted you with a smile and they were always welcome to suggestions and they also let you lie back and relax if you were tired

I reasently visited de la salle Retreat house. I absoloutly loved it and I would recomend it to every one I know. My favourate part of the day was when me and my friends,holly and orla designed the focus

dear the ladies at de la salle retreat thank you i had a lovely day with you i certianly thank michelle for the lesson you taught me thank you i had a wonderful day !!! :) 

Very interesting.Me and my pal Ethan loved it.We were in different groups but it was AWESOME!!!!!

I really enjoyed the retreat and i will recommend it to friends and my favourite part was the prayer service where I get to do drama.

I really enjoyed the retreat because we learened lots about jesus. i liked the prayer service because you got to listen to all the prayers and you got to see the drama

i really enjoyed coming to the retreat with my class and my favourite part was the meditation, it was so relaxing and i had time to think about anything i liked!!!
thank you so much i had a great day !!!

St Kieran's Primary School

The two days we had with the young people of St Kieran's Primary School were very enjoyable. We had the opportunity to talk about the Sacrament of Confirmation, to meditate and to organise a prayer service. The young people were very enthusiastic and a joy to work with.

Focus:
We made this person happy because this is how we felt on on retreat today. Our hands represent each person on retreat today and they are holding the kites that remind us of the Holy Spirit.

Music:
The Climb. We chose this song because it represents the steps that we are going to make in our lives and making our confirmation is our next big step.
Wisdom. We picked this song as it is one of the gifts we receive in confirmation, and it is a very important gift.

Scripture:
We read the reading 'You are the light of the world' (Mt:5) and as we read it out in our prayers service we thought of what it means. We are the light of the world and we need to help others.

Prayers:

Dear Lord

Please help the people in Africa who are dying

Amen

Dear Lord

Please help all the sick people in the world

and please help the homeless and give them homes.

Please take care of them

Lord hear us

Dear Lord

I would like to pray for the homeless and the needy.

I also would like to pray for the people who are lonely and are very sick.

And anyone who has died recently

Lord hear us.

Poster:
We wrote on our poster, let your light shine as we were talking about this today. The 3 colours at the bottom, white, grey and red, represent the Holy Spirit as dove, wind and fire.

Focus:
We made this because the dove represents God and the Holy Spirit. Also it makes God feel happy. 

Music:
Hannanh Montana, The climb. We chose this song because it has a massage that reminds us to move on.
Where is the love, Black eyed peas. We chose this song because it tells people to think twice. 

Scripture:

You are the light of the world. This means that we have light inside our body's and that we show that light by doing good things eg: helping people, caring for others, sharing.
We are holing the candle because it represents the light inside us all.

Prayers:

Dear God

Please pray for all the families that are having trouble or don't get along. 

Pray for all the families who have had deaths recently. 

Make sure they know that you will be with them.

 I hope they will learn that it's ok because

 whatever happened, you will be there for them. 

You are the best cure for anything because they know 

that when they die they will be coming to you and will be

 never forgotten by their family and friends.

Lord hear us

Dear God

Please bless the people who are sick 

and elderly and please bless their families

Lord hear us

Dear God

Please pray for all the people who are in poverty and are sick

Lord hear us

Poster: 
We chose this title, Change the World, because we want everybody to go to mass and believe in Jesus.

St. Aidan's Primary School

We had a great day with the boy's from St. Aidan's Primary School. Together we had the opportunity to talk about receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation and what it means to be Christian. We also enjoyed our meditation and prayer service.

Focus:
We picked this word, Jesus, because we can remember when Jesus died for us and it is a special occasion to have a prayer service. The kites are colourful and represent Jesus is always there for us and he always will be there.

Music:
Ellie Goulding, Your song. We picked this song because it's relaxing and calm.
Adele, Make you feel my love. This song is joyful and makes you happy.

Prayers:

Dear God

Please help those who are unhappy.

Give them hope and joy in the future.

Lord hear us

Dear God

Help the poor and the homeless

because they have nowhere to go.

Give them food and a home.

Lord hear us

Dear God

Please help the poor

and the ungrateful in life

Lord hear us

Dear God

Please help the homeless people

because they don't get any food, please help them.

Lord hear us

Dear God

Please help all the people in the world

who are addicited to cigarettes, drugs, cigars and beer.

Please help them get off it.

Lord hear us

Dear God

Please help all with cancer and addiction to drugs.

Lord hear us


Dear God
Please help the sick and brain damaged.
Lord hear us


Dear God
please help children with a disability 
and elderly to get better
 and have great strength and get on with their lives.
Lord hear us

Poster

We picked Follow Jesus because we like to follow Jesus' rules because we love him.