Occasional Prayers for the School Year

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-78812-570-3
Verlag: MESSENGER PUBN

Buch, Englisch, 80 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 210 mm

The book is intended for busy teachers, chaplains or anyone who often reaches for a prayer or service, but finds themselves grabbing material from many different sources. The author has worked a Jesuit school for over 20 years, where school gatherings are common and are  always prefaced with prayer. She has regularly searched for and written different prayers to suit moments in the school year, to suit a moment in time. Sometimes she had time to prepare and other times, she found herself running along corridors to pull something from her files or turning to the internet while the bell was ringing! She often wished she had a book under her arm that she could trust would always have something to suit. So she put her prayers together as a "go to" for people who lead prayer, who provide calm and stillness for others but may have felt frantic in ‘finding the right piece.’

She has also included a couple of poems from young people as an example of how they continue to inspire her.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Delaney, Grainne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Gebet & liturgisches Material
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsunterricht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.9

SEPTEMBER

Opening of the School Year.11

Working Together.12

Blessings on All.13

Adaptation of Psalm 1.14

Wellness Check as You Return to School.15

OCTOBER

Mission Month: Head, Heart and Hand.16

Mission Month: Make Friends with the Unlikely.17

Mission Month: The Marginalised.18

Mid-term Break.19

Giving Thanks.20

Be with Us Today, Lord.21

NOVEMBER

A Farmer’s Reflection.22

In Thanks for the Harvest.23

Finding Comfort When There Is Loss.24

For the Holy Souls.25

God Didn’t Make Death.26

DECEMBER

Advent: A Time of Waiting.27

Advent Wreath.28

Is Christmas for Holy People? Are You Holy?.29

Christmas Carols.30

Advent, the Pink Candle: for Joy.32

JANUARY

A New Year: Begin Again.33

Beatitudes for the Adolescent.35

Catholic Schools Week: Hope.36

FEBRUARY

St Brigid’s Day.37

A Month of Healing.38

Springtime Contemplation.39

Valentine’s Day.40

Christian Unity.41

MARCH 

Seachtain na Gaeilge.42

Lent: Lenten Promises.44

In Thanks for Food and Water.45

St Patrick’s Day.46

APRIL

Lenten Reflection.48

Holy Week with Prayers of the Faithful.49

On the Day of a Match.53

Slow to the Beat.54

MAY

Exam Preparations.55

Our Lady.57

Prayer in the Muslim Tradition.58

In Thanks for the Experience of Transition Year.59

The Examen.60

JUNE

God Has a Plan for You.62

JULY 

Past Pupils.63

AUGUST 

An Adaptation of Pope Francis’s Message in Laudato Si’.64

Prayers and Reflections For Any Time in the School Year

Finding God in Nature.65

Board of Management.66

When a Loved One is Sick.67

On Lighting a Candle.68

I Don't Want a Labrador.69

Prayer of St Ignatius.70

A Special Introduction to the Examen.71

Über Autor(innen)

Delaney, Grainne
Co Louth native Gráinne Delaney received her Bachelor of Religious Science with History from the Mater Dei Institute of Education. She is Chaplain in Crescent College Comprehensive and has a particular interest in faith formation and pastoral care. She is a member of the Ignatian Formation Group for Irish Jesuit schools and the Jesuit European Committee for Primary and Secondary Education (JECSE). This is her first book with Messenger Publications.

Grainne Delaney is from Dundalk and was educated in St. Vincent’s Secondary School and Mater Dei Institute of Education where she received a Bachelor of Religious Science with History. It was her Role As Chaplain in Crescent College Comprehensive S.J. which developed her emphasis on  Faith Formation and the gave me the opportunity for Faith Formation with others.