{"id":969,"date":"2026-10-01T10:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/?p=969"},"modified":"2026-10-01T10:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:21:25","slug":"creating-space-for-prayer-reflection-and-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/2026\/10\/01\/creating-space-for-prayer-reflection-and-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Space for Prayer, Reflection and Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-970 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2026\/10\/01101921\/Sacred-Space-1024x359.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2026\/10\/01101921\/Sacred-Space-1024x359.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2026\/10\/01101921\/Sacred-Space-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2026\/10\/01101921\/Sacred-Space-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/stmarysprimaryschool\/uploads\/sites\/3546\/2026\/10\/01101921\/Sacred-Space.png 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following Mr. McPeake&#8217;s participation in Spiritus in September 2025, St Mary\u2019s has renewed its commitment to ensuring that our Catholic faith remains at the heart of all that we do and every decision we make. As part of this journey, we have created a beautiful new Sacred Space within our school, providing a dedicated place for prayer, reflection and encounter with God. This special area offers children and staff the opportunity to pause, deepen their faith, and strengthen their relationship with Christ. The Sacred Space serves as a visible reminder of our mission to nurture the spiritual growth of our school community and to live out the Gospel values each day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Mr. McPeake&#8217;s participation in Spiritus in September 2025, St Mary\u2019s has renewed its commitment to ensuring that our Catholic faith remains at the heart of all that we do and every decision we make. As part of this journey, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/2026\/10\/01\/creating-space-for-prayer-reflection-and-encounter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9682,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":972,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions\/972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/stmarysprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}