Category: Faith Life
Upper II Moving Up Mass
As we draw closer to the end of term, we celebrate all the girls who are moving up in the school. This is a particularly important transition for Upper II, who will join the Senior school in September this year. As the girls are well prepared to begin life in the Senior school, the transition…
St Augustine’s Priory Multi-Faith Eid Breakfast
‘It is the duty of everyone to defend religious freedom and promote it for all people’, Pope Francis. It is an important part of the mission of Catholic schools to engage in dialogue and work together with people of other faiths in our school and local community. After recent events we, as a faith community,…
‘Be Spirited Day’
Nursery – Form III explore prayer We are fortunate in that with our Chapel we always have somewhere to spend time in the presence of God, to pray and to enjoy the quiet and peace that being in the Chapel affords us all. As all the children from the Nursery to Form III discovered on…
The Sacrament of Confirmation
A joyous celebration ‘Alleluia, alleluia! Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Alleluia!’ This was the Gospel Acclamation from our Senior School Mass on Wednesday 14th June. This is a particularly apt passage as we celebrated on that day the recent Confirmation of several…
Our response to events
Grenfell Tower We are all aware of the horrific events in the early hours of Wednesday 14th June when Grenfell Tower, the tower block of flats in North Kensington, was destroyed by fire. Our thoughts and prayers are, of course, with all those who have been affected by this terrible, terrible tragedy. Our response is…
The Nursery and Preps celebrate
Marking the Ascension and Pentecost Following shortly after Easter are two of the major feasts in the yearly calendar of the Church. Firstly, the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord commemorates the Ascension of Jesus into heaven. As the Book of Acts relates: ‘Now having met together, they asked him, ‘Lord, has the time come for…
Lower I celebrate their First Holy Communion
Every year girls in Lower I receive their First Holy Communion in their parishes. To mark this most important event in their lives at St Augustine’s Priory we also hold a celebratory Mass each year to mark the occasion. This year was no exception and on Wednesday 7th June, Lower I celebrated their First Holy…
The General Election 2017
A letter to Catholics in England and Wales from their Bishops The General Election on 8th June will soon be upon us. Last Sunday a letter from the Bishops of England and Wales was distributed in all parishes concerning the issues to be considered when voting. Some of our pupils in Upper VI will be…
Lower V and Religious Studies
Studying Redemption Mrs McDermott, Head of Religious Studies, reports on the recent Lower V studies, which has focussed on redemption. ‘We are so lucky to have the Chapel, not only as a place of worship for our community, but it also becomes a wonderful extra classroom for the Religious Studies Department. As part of the…
Upper VI Leavers’ Day
“Thank you for your creativity, your immense hilarity, your spirituality and your wit” – Mrs Raffray Upper VI began their last day of school yesterday, Thursday 25th May 2017, with a Farewell Assembly. They began by reciting a poem they had written about their time at the school. Each line celebrated something that they had…