Category: Faith Life

8th December 2016

‘Baboushka’ takes centre stage Prep I and Prep II joined forces on Tuesday 6th December for their Christmas Nativity, ‘Baboushka’, heralding the start of our Advent festivities.  The Chapel was filled with parents and friends ready to enjoy this first of our Nativity plays. ‘Baboushka’ is a wonderful play about a Russian woman, the Baboushka…

6th December 2016

The Benedictine Institute ‘Understanding Catholicism’ is a fascinating course run at the Benedictine Institute, Overton House, 74 Castlebar Road, Ealing W5. The course is for adults of any faith or none and has been developed for both non-Catholic and Catholic parents of children and teachers at Catholic schools – and for anyone else interested in…

1st December 2016

Journeying As we journey through Advent to Christmas Day, let us remember all those who journey in the world today, that God may bring them safe to their destination.  

29th November 2016

Travelling with CAFOD We have now entered the season of Advent, the time to prepare for the coming of Christ. CAFOD, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, has produced a digital Advent calendar to help ‘you to reflect on issues of global justice with your family or as part of your parish or community as…

25th November 2016

We lift our hearts in joyous song to honour Him this way, and while we sing remembering to sing is to doubly pray On Thursday 24th November, we celebrated the feast of St Cecilia, Patron Saint of Musicians, with our annual St Cecilia Concert.  The Junior and Senior school ensembles, orchestras and choirs performed in a…

25th November 2016

Priory 6 and freedom of faith Aid to the Church in Need’s ‘Red Wednesday’ was on 23rd November, a campaign for those who have suffered because of their religion.  At St Augustine’s Priory many Senior students and staff supported this by wearing red throughout the day.  This was an amazing way to raise awareness of…

18th November 2016

Operation Christmas Child Every year near Christmas the Juniors set about collecting shoe boxes. This does not show an avid love for boxes, or for shoes, but in order to send Christmas gifts to children in need abroad, it is necessary to first have an empty shoe box to fill! Operation Christmas Child, run by…

10th November 2016

Juniors step forward Our weekly Masses at St Augustine’s Priory are a source of great joy. We are fortunate to have our own Chapel and are so pleased and thankful that priests, for example, Fr Thomas from Ealing Abbey, or Fr Fintan from Our Lady of Lourdes, are happy to visit here to celebrate Mass…

10th November 2016

Design a cover for our Order of Service The St Augustine’s Priory Carol Service is one of the highlights of our year. Held at Ealing Abbey, this year the service is on Tuesday 13th December at 7.30pm at Ealing Abbey.  Attended by forms Lower I – Upper VI, the Abbey is always packed as family…

9th November 2016

To challenge and inspire is part of the remit for our speaker programme for Priory 6 and this certainly was the case with a recent visitor to St Augustine’s Priory. Mrs Cotton, Deputy Head, Seniors comments on this speaker: “We were fortunate on 18th October to have Professor Gerry Thomas of Imperial College London come to speak to…