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Category: Faith Life
Mass at St Augustine’s Priory
A weekly privilege. We are fortunate to be able to hold our weekly Mass in our Chapel every week. Each Form takes it in turns to organise the Mass by choosing the hymns, reading, serving at the altar, playing Music, taking up the Offertory gifts and, of course, composing and reading their own Prayers of…
From Nursery to Form III: Be Spirited
A day to discover prayer. Thursday 15th March saw our annual Be Spirited Day. From the Nursery to Form III, each class visited the Chapter Room and Chapel for quiet, contemplation and spiritual exercises. There were a variety of exercises on offer, including the opportunity to make a one decade rosary, a board to…
Our new Stations of the Cross
A Lenten journey. Today, Fr Fergal Maguire, Parish Priest of St Aidan of Lindisfarne in East Acton and of Our Lady of Lourdes in Acton High Street, came to St Augustine’s Priory to bless our new Stations of the Cross, situated in the grounds on the Hanger Lane side, nailed to trees. Organised by…
Priory 6 examines Jesus: the Game Changer
General R.E. studies. Mrs McDermott, Head of RE, reports on the studies which Priory 6 students have been following in their general Religious Education lessons: ‘In General RE lessons, Priory 6 students have been investigating the idea of Jesus the Game Changer. They have been watching a documentary based on the historicity of Jesus and…
CAFOD Lent Fast Day 2018
Jacqueline Stuyt-Simpson: Gamechanger. If you are ever wondering if – or even how – one person can make a difference, we would like to draw your attention to Jacqueline Stuyt-Simpson. Jacqueline Simpson was born in 1919 and for her schooldays attended St Augustine’s Priory and thereafter studied Modern Languages at King’s College, London. And she…
Upper IV on Pope Francis
Pope Francis: Gamechanger. Mrs McDermott set girls a homework asking them to research Pope Francis and write an essay explaining why they thought he should be a role model for young people today. Dilichi Dieobi, Upper IVA, produced the following essay ‘From being voted as Time’s Person of the Year for 2013 to sneaking out…
News about the Kneelers!
Chapel Update… You will remember our One Hundred Years of Faith project to produce kneelers for our Chapel, started in 2015; twelve small and one long kneeler. Well, the exciting news is that eleven of the small kneelers have been completed and we are awaiting completion of the twelfth, and then it’s on to the…
Lent Prayer
A Time of Transformation. Lent is a time of transformation, when we strive, with God’s help, to undertake the journey that is Lent with a pure heart and a spirit of compassion. We thought we would share this prayer with you today to take with you on this journey to Easter.
Feast Day Celebrations
A School Community. The Lent Half Term began, as always, with our school’s Feast Day on Friday 9th February. Originally held on the Feast Day of Reverend Mother, this is a tradition which reaches back many years into the history of St Augustine’s Priory, when the school was in France. At the beginning of the…
Looking to Lent
Ignatian Spirituality This year Ash Wednesday falls during our Half Term. Mrs McDermott, Head of Religious Studies, draws our attention to a website which invites us to reflect on each day of Lent as we go through the Lenten journey. This is a way of praying the Examen throughout Lent with materials provided by Fr…