Linking School and Parish Hope in the Future Linking School and Parish

Pope Francis The joy of men and women who love God attracts others to him.

What does this joy look like?

Pope Francis Jesus keeps knocking on our doors, the doors of our lives. He doesn’t do this by magic, with special effects, with flashing lights and fireworks. Jesus keeps knocking on our door in the faces of our brothers and sisters, in the faces of our neighbours, in the faces of those at our side.

Do not allow the spark of youth to be extinguished in the darkness of a closed room in which the only window to the outside world is a computer and smartphone. Open wide the doors of your life!

Find new ways to spread the Word of God to every corner of the world Pope Francis

7 Steps from School to Parish Designed to enable schools to have a close contact with their parish even though they may be a distance away. STEP 2 Designed to take a more active role in the life of the parish community. Brief explanation of how we can get involved in our parish community. STEP 3 Designed to help young people get to know and understand the structure of the parish.

Designed to join the 'Hope in the Future' parish team. STEP 4 Designed to look at ways in which the pupils might lead aspects of the liturgical life of the parish. STEP 5 Designed to focus on the pupils leading and facilitating new initiatives in the prayer life of the parish. STEP 6 Designed to look at fostering the growth of young people in the parish by inviting them to be part of the Parish Council. STEP 7 Designed to join the 'Hope in the Future' parish team.

Time for radical change Renewal Growth Lent Time for radical change Renewal Growth

Prepare exhibition 40 symbolism Themes Symbols Costumes Traditions Actions

Stations ….A place of waiting and encounter

Together….

Tending the broken body of Jesus

Today

Solidarity

Easter Dawn Easter Vigil

Stations of Easter

Pentecost Birthday of the Church

We will only change the world by being Church

We need memory We need courage We need creativity

Pope Francis WYD 2016 Jesus, however, is the Lord of risk, of the eternal 'more‘…Following Jesus demands a good dose of courage, a readiness to trade in the sofa for a pair of walking shoes and to set out on new and uncharted paths.  

Make use of this strength and this energy to improve the world, beginning with the realities closest to you.

“I am not afraid”

Shibby – St Scholastica’s

7 Themes CST Dignity of the Human person Call to Family, Community and Participation. Rights and Responsibilities. Preferential Option for and with People who are Poor. Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers. Solidarity. Stewardship of Creation

Hope has two beautiful daughters Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are.

I ask you, instead, to be revolutionaries, to swim against the tide Pope Francis

St Catherine of Siena “Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”