On Friday 25th May, Cathedral pupils gathered together as a community of faith to pray for all those impacted by the war in Ukraine. As a reminder that Jesus walks with us through times of pain and suffering, Primary 7 pupils led the children in reflecting on each of the Stations of the Cross.
In the lead up to the prayer service, pupils from across the school contributed to a special wall display. Younger pupils created a rosary in the colours of the Ukrainian flag, while Primary 7 pupils wrote their own personal prayers onto large letters which were put together to form the message, ‘PRAY FOR UKRAINE’. Calum’s prayer read:
‘Dear Lady of Peace, let us pray for peace in Ukraine, that no more children have to leave their homes or men have to die for their country. We pray for you to intercede and help leaders make the right decisions to stop the horrors of war.’
The makeover of Cathedral Nursery garden is now well underway, thanks to all the donations we have received. Over the past few weeks, the children have been busy learning the names of garden tools and how to use these safely. They have also been transporting the soil into the new planters, ready for planting. The boys and girls have worked together as a team to spread and rake the new bark and have even had a wee hurl in the wheelbarrow!
The young learners of Cathedral and Firpark campus teamed up on Friday 25th March to support a local Motherwell foodbank. Miss Cawley and Cathedral Primary’s Laudato Si’ Committee co-ordinated the gathering of items donated by the two schools and Andrew Ewart from the Maranatha Foodbank was utterly blown away by the generosity of Cathedral and Firpark pupils.
Cathedral pupils had great fun conjuring up whacky hair styles for this year’s Crazy Hair Day which took place on Friday 18th March. There were some absolutely incredible creations and all money raised went to our two Lenten charities, Missio and SCIAF.
Around fifty of our Primary 3 pupils celebrated their First Reconciliation in Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral on Tuesday 15th March. Fr Chromy led the children and their families in the liturgy and Fr Mark, Fr Stephen and Canon O’Mahony were also present to hear the children’s confessions. It was a beautiful, prayerful occasion and the boys and girls lifted the roof at the end of the celebration with a new song called ‘Our God is a great big God’, which reminded the children that God knows and loves each and every one of them.
The launch of our new Rose Trainer Achievement Award, named after the very first Head Teacher of the parish school, took place on 11th March 
(Rose Trainer’s birthday). A special Mass was celebrated in the Cathedral, attended by a representative from each class and the entire Primary 7 year group. Invited guests included Roisin Coll, Director of the St Andrew’s Foundation at the University of Glasgow, and Dan Cardle, Head Teacher of Our Lady’s High School.
Gerard Gough from Missio Scotland visited Cathedral Primary on Friday 4th March to speak to Primary 4 – 7 pupils about the work of the charity. The children heard about various ways they can support the work of Missio (the pope’s personal mission charity) through prayer and giving.
