Chaplain’s Blog

Year 9 P band celebrated the end of their KS3 at Mass this morning with Fr Stephen from Our Lady

Once every two years, Notre Dame students from England and Scotland come together to celebrate what is ‘good’ in our

On Friday last week, we were honoured to welcome the Congregational Leadership Team of the Sisters of Notre Dame, accompanied

Faithful God, You guide us on the path of life and your goodness is our constant companion.  Be with our new Shepherd,

On Thursday, we gathered as a whole school community to remember and give thanks for Pope Francis, who died early

Almighty God, we thank you for the life of Pope Francis. May we who mourn his death, continue to live

Today we celebrate the arrival of the Notre Dame Sisters in Liverpool in 1851! These sisters founded a school and

Last Friday, a group of Y9 students met with 6 other schools at Liverpool University for the launch of the

Wednesday 5th March is Ash Wednesday and signals the beginning of the season of Lent for Christians. Our first of

2025 is a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, also known as a “holy year”. It is a special year

Pope Francis has decided that 2025 will be a year of Jubilee, something which happens every 25 years. The 2025

This week, we welcomed Father Simon Gore and Lauren from Animate Youth Ministries into school to speak to all of

Y12 students Julia and Lucy have launched their Lourdes Pilgrimage fundraising with a fantastic cake sale this week. In July,

Sixth formers Lucy, Cara and Julia spoke in KS4 assemblies this week about their experiences on the Archdiocesan Youth Pilgrimage

This week, we were delighted to receive the CAFOD Live Simply Award! The Live Simply award is an opportunity for Catholic

Harriette and Layla in Y12 students organised a bake sale at break today to fundraise for Alfie’s Squad. Alfie’s Squad

NOW is the time to start asking questions and thinking about whether you would like to be part of the

At the end of July, four St Julie’s students began their Summer break serving others, assisting pilgrims on the annual

Our student community have shown their continued support for our Year 11 Lourdes Pilgrims with another popular cake sale. At

From 17th-19th April, our Chaplain attended a conference run by the Association of Catholic Chaplains in Education at The Briars

On Monday, Year 7 completed the first Big Lent Walk Challenge today under the supervision of Mrs Jackson and our

This week, we welcomed Father Simon Gore and Lauren from Animate Youth Ministries in to school to speak to all

The month of Ramadan begins on the evening of Sunday 10th March for our Muslim brothers and sisters. Watch this

On International Women’s Day, students were given the opportunity to hear powerful testimony from Claudine Roberts who is a former

What is the BIG LENT WALK? The BIG LENT WALK is a way to get out in the fresh air

February 2nd is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas) but it is also a special day for

All week, assemblies have been delivered by our Chaplain who talked about the bags of stresses and worries that we

Today, Julia and Lucy in Y11 held their second cake sale to raise money to attend the Archdiocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage

You may remember that in December we sent Christmas cards to churches in the Holy Land. Well, this week we

Here at St Julie’s, we are continuing to work towards achieving the CAFOD Live Simply Award and in doing so,

We were honoured to receive a visit this week from the Right Reverend Bishop Tom Williams, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of

If you are Year 8 or above, you can be registered to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation in 2024. Registration

On Friday, we celebrated the work that St Julie’s has done in raising awareness to tackle violence against women. Whilst

This year, Remembrance Day falls on Saturday 11th November, so here at St Julie’s we marked the occasion with our

This year, as every year, we mark Remembrance Day as a school community. This year, our school focus for Remembrance

Be a part of something AMAZING in 2024! Find out more at https://www.animateyouth.org/lourdes/ Apply to join the pilgrimage by clicking

Y10 GCSE RE classes spent their lesson today in the chapel, learning about worship music within the Catholic Church. From

26th September is European Languages Day and 30th September is the Feast of St Jerome, patron saint of translators! For

To celebrate European Languages Day, we celebrate the fact that wherever Catholics go throughout the world, they can always understand

Saturday 23rd September is International Day for Sign Languages. All week, videos have been played around school to encourage students to

Over the last two weeks, all Y12 were offered a retreat afternoon on the theme of ‘Do Not Be Afraid’.   This was rare time

One of our Live Simply promises is to show solidarity with others. In our aim to show that we stand