Sunday, March 20, 2011

Just a little message from Mary T... ‘Little deeds of kindness, little acts of love make this earth and Eden like in heaven above’ I was reminded of those old words when one of the wonderful young people at the Ampleforth Retreat, who knew me only as an old woman, said my name doftly the 3 times she passed me...

Our final day at Ampleforth is always one of celebrating all that we have done as a group during our weekend on retreat. This was the day that our preparation, our thoughts, our questions and all our reflections came together as we presented them to one another at our Sunday morning mass. A highlight of this...

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

This was such a fun packed day for all of us to enjoy together with activities from getting up at 7am right through to lights out at midnight! We started the day with a few praise and worship songs before heading off to do some group work on the gospel. Later on in the day we did a new version of the Stations...

Monday, March 14, 2011

What a weekend we all shared together at Ampleforth and what a fantastic group of young and old people we took with us. We arrived after tea on Friday and were straight into the first of our activities in what proved to be a jam packed weekend but we did manage to take a break for our tea in the upper refectory...

Here at English Martyrs, we have pulled together as a community to unite ourselves in prayer for the people of Japan. Students and staff came down to spend some time in silent prayer, lighting candles and writing their prayers. We remember especially at this time, those who have been part of our English...

Thursday, March 10, 2011

This weekend sees our third Lenten retreat for English Martyrs School and people of the parishes of Hartlepool. Some people are returning as seasoned pro's while for others this will be their very first experience so please keep the group in your prayers as we share our Lenten journ...

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

On Monday 7th march, the House Captains went to the launch of the Good Shepherd Appeal for the 5p Bus at St Joseph’s. They got a real sense of the poverty in our local community and how much 5p can actually be worth. This Lent in school, we are doing what’s called the 5p challenge, where each form class are...

Friday, March 04, 2011

We've only gone and joined Twitter! Come on you lot, we're always looking at new ways to connect with some of the wonderful young people we do our work with in Hartlepool and now we've got our Twitter account too so you've got no excuses for not following what we do. Follow us by clicking the image or tweeting...