Chaplaincy Team
The first St Cross Chaplaincy Team was set up in 2012. Since then, each team has been highly effective in helping our school grow as a community of faith. Each team has successfully implemented new ideas and children taking on this role find that they not only deepen their faith but develop their skills in communication, group working and time management.
Each member of the team is formally commissioned as a School Chaplain at a school Mass, with their parents and other parishioners present. Fr Julian asks for God’s blessing on their work of service to the school. On a Wednesday afternoon, the Chaplaincy Team lead each class in prayer.
Here are some of their achievements:
Leading Whole School Assemblies
Leading children in praying the Rosary during May and October in the Peace Garden (Weather permitting)
Establishing a prayer box and praying for written intentions
Establishing a Remembrance Prayer Book for the month of November
Attending Westminster Cathedral for the Advent Service/Good Shepherd Mass
Sharing with other Chaplaincy Teams in Hertfordshire Catholic Schools
Making cards for children in Year 3 for their First Holy Communion/Year 6 for their SATs
Various charity fund-raising events
Advent and Lent lunchtime club
Academy Chaplaincy Liturgies
Chaplaincy Commissioning 2024
Wednesday Prayers
Every Wednesday afternoon, we split up into teams and visit each classroom to teach them a prayer from the Prayer Progression document. We teach them a prayer for a full term before teaching them a new one.
These are the prayers we have been teaching so far this year:
Year group | Autumn Term | Spring Term |
Reception | Lord's Prayer | Hail Mary |
Year 1 | Hail Mary | Glory Be |
Year 2 | Glory Be | Grace before meals |
Year 3 | Act of Contrition | Come Holy Spirit |
Year 4 | Angel of God | Prayer of St Richard |
Year 5 | Concluding the Rosary | Morning offering |
Year 6 | The Magnificat | Glorious Mysteries - The Resurrection |