St Thomas Aquinas Feast Day

Our special day began in form time with all students reflecting on how they could make changes in their lives to become Waymakers, Miracle Workers, and Promise Keepers in their own faith journeys. Students also reflected on the Holocaust, remembering the victims and crimes on the 75th Anniversary of the liberation Auschwitz.

Our mass began with beautiful music, Sinach’s Waymaker, as we introduced our speakers, Deacon Owen, who spoke about his vocation, Susan who spoke about her miracle baby, and Megan Cox who spoke about her experiences in Yad Vashem and the Holy Land. Prayer was at the heart of all three speakers experiences.

Father Cecil linked all of these themes with our own patron, St Thomas Aquinas who said “To be of good character means we have to think of others in order to live a fulfilled life”.

The choir led the music spiritually, and the Year 7’s singing was fantastic. We have never heard our church filled with such sound and volume. Mrs Lavelle, head of Year 7, even let a tear roll down her cheek!

Rumbi’s singing of the Psalm was angelic, and the GCSE Choir performed with clarity and real meaning.

To end the special day there was a ceremony to award all of the students nominated as exceptional people who live out the values and virtues of our school.

Anna O’Driscoll
Lay Chaplain