Holydays & Prayer

Our first week of Holydays for Summer 2015 concludes today.  A wonderful week - whose theme was Mad Science - and included not only many "Science Experiments" throughout the week, but also a science demonstration for all the campers in the Gym of Holy Family School! Some really neat Chemical reactions were demonstrated - including water changing colour, foam growing out of a glove and a "snake of bubbles flowing out of a glass beaker!

All very neat stuff.

The following prayer is for the visit of Pope Francis to the Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in September:

Heavenly Father, we entrust to your loving care

Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, who, in your Providence,

Leads and guides the Church throughout the world.

As we prepare fox his pastoral journey to the United States,

Fill us, Lord, with the joy of the Gospel.

Give us the grace to respond to the Holy Father’s call

To encounter Christ and to become missionary disciples

Who bear witness to His truth and love.

Send your Holy Spirit upon us, that we may walk with others,

Especially the poor and the vulnerable,

And bring them to the healing touch of your Son, Jesus,

In your kindness, Lord, give success to the World Meeting of Families

So that, under the leadership of Pope Francis,

Marriage and family life might be strengthened in every Land and culture

Look with love upon our nation.

Ensure that the Holy Father’s presence and words

Inspire us to protect the unborn, the ill and all those who are vulnerable;

To defend our first and most cherished freedom, religious liberty;

To welcome the stranger; and to serve the poor.

May this visit of Pope Francis confirm in our hearts

The Gospel principles of charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism.

We ask this through Christ, our Lord.