Category: R.E

Pupils from all years celebrated mass last Friday with Father Sean Wyllie, a former pupil who recently became ordained. The mass was seen as very special to many pupils. Family members of Father Wyllie also celebrated the mass. Mr Connarty (Former English teacher and pupil support teacher of Father Wyllie) remembers Sean fondly from his days at St Aidan’s and commented “He was always a popular boy who made a great contribution to the school and i’m sure he will also in his new role.” The music department played a key role in the class. Mr Kennedy alongside  Mr Johnston led the choir and the band in harmony.

 

Fifth year held an assembly to mark the completion of their Religion Belief and Values Award. This award allows them to put the central values of their faith into action by taking leadership in planning and implementing a wide range of charitable activities to support the Talbot Centre- an organisation that supports vulnerable homeless men.

Fifth year student representatives spoke of how they had been enterprising: from twenty pounds start-up funding each class found ways to make the money grow and in the end eighty bags bursting with toiletries and hundreds of pairs of socks were purchased

The Assembly began with Fr Bruce our School Chaplain blessing the gifts. Then there was a presentation on the life of Matt Talbot. Student Dawid Graczyk added to the warm atmosphere in the event with some great singing and guitar.

Two representatives from the Matt Talbot Centre spoke about the work they do. The visitors remarked that our young people were outstanding and they felt quite uplifted when hearing about what our young people had done to help the homeless.

Bishop Toal Interview

S6 Journalists Christopher Quigley and Reece Larkins came up with some excellent questions for.

They asked Bishop Toal what his favorite dioceses that he has been a part of was. He said that even though he spend most of his life in the argyle and the isles and he is more familiar with that dioceses, he cannot decide on which one he prefers.

He also told us that he has been a bishop for 9 years and his anniversary will be on the 8^th of December. He was a priest for “A very long time before that.” Bishop Toal told the journalists that being a bishop was very demanding.

He added “I think just trying to look after all the different aspects of the church life that you have to be responsible for. You have the responsibility of caring for the priests, the responsibility for the welfare of the parishes. The bishop wears the pectoral cross, which is from the Latin word “pectus” which means heart. So the bishop wears the cross next to his heart so that he is carrying Christ in is heart and offering Christ to the people.”