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Events in March 2021
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01/03/2021(3 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! Traditional date for the Feast of St David - patron saint of Wales Here's a video about St David (2:34).
Loving God, we thank you for the example of St. David, you chose to live a simple life, and helped others whose lives were simple not through choice but circumstances.
Help us to consider our choices that we may live more simply in order to make a big difference to others. We pray this in your Holy Name. AMEN Zero Discrimination Day |
02/03/2021(1 event) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! |
03/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! World Wildlife Day Here's a wonderful video (1:57) encouraging us to reflect on the wonders of creation.
This video (2:30) is from World Wildlife Day 2019 and it focuses on the oceans! A PRAYER FOR TODAY Loving God, we give thanks for the wonders of creation, especially the creatures with whom we share this planet. Help us to be well informed, compassionate and willing to act on their behalf. We pray this in your Holy Name. AMEN |
04/03/2021(1 event) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! |
05/03/2021(3 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! British Science Week British Science Week 2021 runs from 5th-14th March! Here's an activity - labelled for younger children - but well worth doing for children of all ages! There are lots of other resources at: https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ This video (4:57) is from Scientists at Newcastle University and asks them about their best invention! The first one is amazing!!!! Please, please watch at least up till Jenny has told you what she did aged 16!
CLICK HERE for a short prayer about inspirational women in Science.
And HERE's a prayer we used for World Science Day back in November.
World Book Day A ONE MINUTE PRAYER FOR WORLD BOOK DAY (Click HERE for the video version) Loving God, we thank you for all the books that we enjoy; all the characters we encounter; and the worlds and situations they help us explore.
Thank you for the people who write and produce them; the people who read to us and the people who have helped us to learn to read!
We thank you for the Bible, the Torah, the Qu'ran and other Sacred Scriptures, the writings you inspire where we can learn to live life in all its fullness. AMEN Here's a brilliant playlist of short extracts: |
06/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! British Science Week British Science Week 2021 runs from 5th-14th March! Here's an activity - labelled for younger children - but well worth doing for children of all ages! There are lots of other resources at: https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ This video (4:57) is from Scientists at Newcastle University and asks them about their best invention! The first one is amazing!!!! Please, please watch at least up till Jenny has told you what she did aged 16!
CLICK HERE for a short prayer about inspirational women in Science.
And HERE's a prayer we used for World Science Day back in November.
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07/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! British Science Week British Science Week 2021 runs from 5th-14th March! Here's an activity - labelled for younger children - but well worth doing for children of all ages! There are lots of other resources at: https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ This video (4:57) is from Scientists at Newcastle University and asks them about their best invention! The first one is amazing!!!! Please, please watch at least up till Jenny has told you what she did aged 16!
CLICK HERE for a short prayer about inspirational women in Science.
And HERE's a prayer we used for World Science Day back in November.
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08/03/2021(3 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! British Science Week British Science Week 2021 runs from 5th-14th March! Here's an activity - labelled for younger children - but well worth doing for children of all ages! There are lots of other resources at: https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ This video (4:57) is from Scientists at Newcastle University and asks them about their best invention! The first one is amazing!!!! Please, please watch at least up till Jenny has told you what she did aged 16!
CLICK HERE for a short prayer about inspirational women in Science.
And HERE's a prayer we used for World Science Day back in November.
International Women's Day |
09/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! British Science Week British Science Week 2021 runs from 5th-14th March! Here's an activity - labelled for younger children - but well worth doing for children of all ages! There are lots of other resources at: https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ This video (4:57) is from Scientists at Newcastle University and asks them about their best invention! The first one is amazing!!!! Please, please watch at least up till Jenny has told you what she did aged 16!
CLICK HERE for a short prayer about inspirational women in Science.
And HERE's a prayer we used for World Science Day back in November.
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10/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! British Science Week British Science Week 2021 runs from 5th-14th March! Here's an activity - labelled for younger children - but well worth doing for children of all ages! There are lots of other resources at: https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ This video (4:57) is from Scientists at Newcastle University and asks them about their best invention! The first one is amazing!!!! Please, please watch at least up till Jenny has told you what she did aged 16!
CLICK HERE for a short prayer about inspirational women in Science.
And HERE's a prayer we used for World Science Day back in November.
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11/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! British Science Week British Science Week 2021 runs from 5th-14th March! Here's an activity - labelled for younger children - but well worth doing for children of all ages! There are lots of other resources at: https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ This video (4:57) is from Scientists at Newcastle University and asks them about their best invention! The first one is amazing!!!! Please, please watch at least up till Jenny has told you what she did aged 16!
CLICK HERE for a short prayer about inspirational women in Science.
And HERE's a prayer we used for World Science Day back in November.
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12/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! British Science Week British Science Week 2021 runs from 5th-14th March! Here's an activity - labelled for younger children - but well worth doing for children of all ages! There are lots of other resources at: https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ This video (4:57) is from Scientists at Newcastle University and asks them about their best invention! The first one is amazing!!!! Please, please watch at least up till Jenny has told you what she did aged 16!
CLICK HERE for a short prayer about inspirational women in Science.
And HERE's a prayer we used for World Science Day back in November.
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13/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! British Science Week British Science Week 2021 runs from 5th-14th March! Here's an activity - labelled for younger children - but well worth doing for children of all ages! There are lots of other resources at: https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ This video (4:57) is from Scientists at Newcastle University and asks them about their best invention! The first one is amazing!!!! Please, please watch at least up till Jenny has told you what she did aged 16!
CLICK HERE for a short prayer about inspirational women in Science.
And HERE's a prayer we used for World Science Day back in November.
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14/03/2021(3 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! British Science Week British Science Week 2021 runs from 5th-14th March! Here's an activity - labelled for younger children - but well worth doing for children of all ages! There are lots of other resources at: https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ This video (4:57) is from Scientists at Newcastle University and asks them about their best invention! The first one is amazing!!!! Please, please watch at least up till Jenny has told you what she did aged 16!
CLICK HERE for a short prayer about inspirational women in Science.
And HERE's a prayer we used for World Science Day back in November.
Pi Day Happy Pi Day - in America 13th March is written as 3.14 which is the ratio of Pi corrected to 2 decimal places. So, mathematicians like to mark this day which is also Albert Einstein's birthday! He was one of the greatest minds that has ever lived. Here is a video (2:07) about Pi.
A PRAYER FOR TODAY - available HERE as a 1 minute video.
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15/03/2021(1 event) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! |
16/03/2021(1 event) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! |
17/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! Feast of St. Patrick - patron saint of Ireland Patrick is one of the most revered of saints but how much do you know about this patron saint of Ireland? Here's a video (3:20) giving some information and revealing the prayer he wrote! An Irish Blessing for this day! (0:40 video)
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18/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day It is everyone's job to keep other's safe! Please consider visiting our KEEPING SAFE page! This is a very moving video from Barnardo's (3:51). Don't forget if you, or a friend, needs help - let someone know.
REMEMBER: if you're experiencing tough times at the moment or have in the past - it's not your fault - tell someone!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY Loving God, we pray for all who are vulnerable to exploitation. We pray for those who are in situations they feel they can't get out of. Help us to notice the signs, offer support and report cases of exploitation. Give us courage and wisdom to intervene appropriately. We ask this in your Holy Name. AMEN.
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19/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! Feast of St Joseph A PRAYER FOR TODAY (available as a 1:00 video HERE) Kindly Saint Joseph, foster-father and protector of Jesus, faithful husband of Mary,
we place before you all who are having troubles in their family life. We implore you to ask Jesus to be with them in the struggles they face, To give them strength and wisdom, Patience and perseverance, That they might come to a resolution of love, peace and joy. We pray this in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. AMEN |
20/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! French Language Day |
21/03/2021(4 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! International Day of Forests International Day of Nowruz World Down Syndrome Day A day to celebrate the lives and gifts of people with Down Syndrome! Here's a 1:59 video giving a little information! This is an inspirational video (4:17) - Wouldn't Change A Thing - to Queen's Don't Stop Me Now!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY Loving God, we give thanks for the special gifts each individual has. Help us to recognise the gifts not the limitations. Help us to celebrate diversity of gifts. Help us to ensure all people are treated equally. We ask this in your Holy Name. AMEN
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22/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! World Water Day Here's a beautiful reflection on water - from CAFOD! (2:11) |
23/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! World Meteorological Day |
24/03/2021(4 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! Anniversary of death of St Oscar Romero Known as the 'voice of the voiceless' in El Salvador, Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated as he was celebrating Mass. Here's a wonderful animated mini-biography (4:15). A PRAYER FOR TODAY (from CAFOD) Lord Jesus,
Like you,
Spirit of hope, work within us, AMEN Jack Tunnecliffe/CAFOD And a hymn based on the words of Oscar Romero: International Day for the Right to Truth concerning .... ... gross human rights violations and for the dignity of victims. World Tuberculosis Day |
25/03/2021(4 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! International Day of Remembrance of Slavery Victims ... ... and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. International Day of Solidarity with ... ... detained and missing staff members of UN. The Annunciation of the Lord This is the day we celebrate the Angel Gabriel appearing to Mary and telling her that she is pregnant! This video (2:49) relates the story! It is a day when we especially pray that all pregnant women are able to rejoice and respect the new life that they nurture. It's a good day to say the Hail Mary! (Available here as a 40 second video).
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26/03/2021(1 event) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! |
27/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! 20:30: Earth Hour – Earth Hour is a worldwide event where participants turn off all powered items at 8:30 p.m. in their own time zone. It's an expression of willingness to be good stewards of the earth - our shared home! It's an opportunity to enjoy a candle-lit dinner or bath or just sit and reflect with others in the darkness or with candles. Here's a video from 2020 to help reflect on this event. A PRAYER FOR EARTH HOUR Creator God, we give thanks for the wonders of creation; for the natural resources that provide us with power, which in turn can allow development in so many areas. For when we have not used this power responsibly - we ask forgiveness. We pray for all working to harness the power of creation. May they do this with compassion and sensitivity, mindful that the earth is a home shared with our fellow human beings and countless amazing creatures.
We pray this in your Holy Name. AMEN |
28/03/2021(2 events) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! Palm/Passion Sunday |
29/03/2021(1 event) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! |
30/03/2021(1 event) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! |
31/03/2021(1 event) Lent So what's Lent all about? Here's some of the answer! (As a video - 3:25) Aren't we supposed to give something up? Well, yes but it doesn't have to be chocolate! Find out more in this video HERE! Don't forget to try out our Lenten Swirl!!!! 30 second video challenges! |
01/04/2021(1 event) Maundy Thursday |
02/04/2021(2 events) Good Friday World Autism Awareness Day A special day and here's a video about what NOT to say (3:57) to someone living with autism! A PRAYER FOR TODAY (HERE as a 1:00 video) Loving God, bless all who see the world through autism, and all who celebrate the richness of diversity.
Help us, O Lord, to see your image reflected in all of our differences.
May we recognise the unique gifts we each have to offer the world. We pray this in your Holy Name. AMEN
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04/04/2021(2 events) Easter Sunday International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action |