Category: Faith Life
Quicksticks Festival
Quicksticks Festival nets success with local Catholic schools There is something superhuman about the P.E. Department at St Augustine’s Priory. The pace at which they operate would rival Road Runner. And are we grateful for it? Oh yes! One of the many pleasures of working here is the reassurance that our girls are free to…
Visit of ‘Wira of Warsaw’
Hero of Polish WWII resistance speaks at St Augustine’s Priory At St Augustine’s Priory our theme for this year is ‘Courage’. We were privileged to welcome someone who exemplifies this quality on Thursday 25th February when Mrs Danuta Szlachetko visited us. A young girl living with her family in Poland at the outbreak of the…
Preps and Juniors go on pilgrimage
Diocesan Pilgrimage to Westminster Cathedral Mrs Tippen, Deputy Head, Juniors, reports on the Year of Mercy Diocesan pilgrimage undertaken this week by our Preps and Juniors: ‘On Wednesday 2nd March, Mrs Tippen and Mrs Costello accompanied six girls from Prep III – Upper II on a pilgrimage to Westminster Cathedral as part of the…
A Stitch in Time
First Frame Finale The familial community of St Augustine’s Priory manifests itself in many ways, not least through those creative outlets that awaken our imagination and evoke a sense of legacy. We are blessed by a history rich with spirituality, kinship and shared responsibility. Peculiarly in this age of ‘magpie’ like behaviour, in which…
Upper V reflects on their year so far…
‘The Journey’ After spending the Christmas holidays working hard revising for their GCSE mock examinations, Upper V sat their mock exams as soon as they returned to school in January. At the end of the mocks Upper V enjoyed a day of reflection and respite with their post-mock retreat, ‘The Journey’. Tallulah Bret-Day, Upper V…
Nursery, Prep I and the Year of Mercy
Our Holy Doors Cathedrals around the world have opened their Holy Doors for the Year of Mercy which began in December last year. On Tuesday 8th December 2015, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door in St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, inaugurating the Jubilee of Mercy. The ceremony took place after he celebrated Mass for the Solemnity…
A Stitch in Time: Designing the Long Kneelers
The stitches multiply From the Nursery to Upper VI during January the whole school was involved in our A Stitch in Time Project. The smaller kneelers have been designed and are in production with the whole school, staff, past pupils and Governors embroidering and spreading the kneelers far and wide – even going as far…
A Stitch in Time
The community embroiders together You will remember that as part of the celebrations of our One Hundred Years of Faith of St Augustine’s being on the Hillcrest Road site we have an on-going project to embroider and upholster the wooden Chapel kneelers. This has gone from strength to strength and over the Christmas holiday we…
Lower V Retreat
A day of thought and action The traditional Lower V Retreat this year was held at the end of November and focussed on the theme of ‘The Child’. Here, Aditi Jadhav, Lower VA, tells us about the day: ‘The Retreat this year was an enriching experience. Firstly, we attended the assembly as a customary activity…
Carol Service
We join together Our Carol Service this year was on Monday 8th December in Ealing Abbey. All girls, from Lower I to Upper VI, staff, parents and past pupils joined us in our annual celebration of Advent. Before the Carol Service commenced we held a reception at St Augustine’s Priory for guests, among who were…