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Immaculate Conception Feast Day Images: 8th December 2011

 

Mount St Mary's College Chaplaincy

At the heart of Chapel life is the worship which is offered by the community every day, including assemblies, shrine prayers, daily mass and other liturgies of the word, for example boarders’ night prayers.  The Chaplaincy team are also involved in co-ordinating the College’s service to the community, which includes charity fund-raising through our committee ‘Moving  Mountains’,  the Arrupe Programme for VI formers, the Tuesday club working with adults with learning difficulties and the Annual Lourdes Pilgrimage.  The Chaplaincy team also help to run retreats every year for different year groups. 

 

The Chaplaincy team comprises Fr Simon Ellis (Director of Chaplaincy) and Mrs Maria Neal (Assistant Director of Chaplaincy) and we are ably assisted sacramentally and pastorally by our resident priests, Fr Michael Beattie and Fr Peter Knott.  Other staff volunteer their help and expertise.

 

The development of a deep spiritual life among all members of the school community, is at the heart of everything we strive for at Mount St Mary's, this indeed being the reason why Jesuits entered the field of education in the first place. The strongly religious ethos of the school is what motivates that pursuit of excellence in all fields - spiritual, intellectual, moral, artistic, and physical - which makes the Mount attractive to those of other faiths and those of no faith at all. The spiritual life of the school is vibrant and exciting.  Through our links with other Catholic Schools in the Diocese and other Jesuit schools throughout the world we are part of a much wider family. 

 

We work alongside the RE department in supporting learning about God and experiencing the Catholic faith, which includes preparation for baptism, first communion and confirmation.

 

Voluntary Mass and Confession is offered daily throughout the term in the Sodality Chapel at 10.15am by Father Michael Beattie SJ and Fr Simon Ellis.  All staff and pupils are welcome. Please check Chaplaincy Notice board for details.

 

January prayer intention:  That the victims of natural disasters may receive the spiritual comfort they need to rebuild their lives.