Newsletter 27th November 2023

Mr J Molyneux Headteacher Monday 27th November 2023     Our Prayer for the Week The Last Sunday of the Church’s Year – Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe As we reflect on the Solemnity of Christ the King, which was celebrated in Church yesterday and will be celebrated here in school with...

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Newsletter 20th November 2023

Mr J Molyneux Headteacher Monday 20th November 2023     Our Prayer for the Week Patience – Our Virtue To Live By for the next three weeks ‘Be patient and wait for the Lord to act, don’t be worried about those who prosper or those who succeed in their evil plans. Don’t give in to worry or...

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Newsletter 13th November 2023

Mr J Molyneux Headteacher Monday 13th November 2023     Our Prayer for the Week Why is November called the Month of Remembrance? The month of November is traditionally a time in which the Catholic community remembers those who have died. The Church uses this end of the year period as a time to think of the...

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Newsletter 6th November 2023

Mr J Molyneux Headteacher Monday 6th November 2023     Our Prayer for the Week Remembrance Day 2023 In our school on Friday morning we will remember all those who have given their lives for the peace and freedom we enjoy today. We will pause to reflect on the sacrifices made by our brave service men and...

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Newsletter 30th October 2023

Mr J Molyneux Headteacher Monday 30th October 2023     Our Prayer for the Week November – the month of remembrance It is during November that the church considers what is called the “Communion of Saints” – the union of all the Christian faithful, both living and dead, many of whom are already recognised as saints. It...

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Newsletter 16th October 2023

Mr J Molyneux Headteacher Monday 16th October 2023     Our Prayer for the Week The Feast of St. Luke – 18th October Luke, the writer of the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, has been identified with St. Paul's "Luke, the beloved physician." In our day, it would be easy to assume that someone who...

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Newsletter 9th October 2023

Mr J Molyneux Headteacher Monday 9th October 2023     Our Prayer for the Week October is known as ‘The Month of the Rosary’. On the 7th October every year, we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Here at St. Austin’s we frequently pray a decade of the Rosary during this special month...

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Praying the Rosary

 In the Catholic Church, the month of October is known as the Month of the Holy Rosary. During this month Christians, both in church and in the privacy of their home, offer up to Mary from their hearts an especially fervent and loving homage of prayer and veneration. Every year, we...

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Newsletter 2nd October 2023

Mr J Molyneux Headteacher Monday 2nd October 2023     Our Prayer for the Week Wednesday 4th October is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. Francis preached the world was created good and beautiful by God but suffers a need for redemption because of human sin. As someone who saw God reflected in nature, St....

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Social Media Management – TikTok

TikTok TikTok is a social media platform which has gained massive popularity with tweens and younger teenagers despite a minimum age limit of 13. An OSA survey of Key Stage 3 pupils in 2022-2023 found that 56% of them used TikTok, putting it at higher usage levels than both Instagram and...

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