Good Shepherd
Helping children to think of others
We encourage children to be good shepherds by helping children less fortunate than themselves. We believe that this is one of the most caring things they can do and encourages them to act within the principles of Catholic social teaching.
Our first Good Shepherd initiative – ‘Sleep on the Floor for a Night’ was supported by 25 children and raised almost £2,300 ! Since then, we have asked schools and children to ‘Walk a Mile in Their Shoes’, join in with ‘Caps for Cash’ and we re-ran ‘Sleep on the Floor for a Night.’
To celebrate the Jubilee year, and tying in with the Jubilee of Sport Week, the current academic year’s Good Shepherd initiative will be held on Friday, 13 June 2025 and all schools will be taking part. It is a standalone event this year and is not something schools can do throughout the year. We are asking schools to encourage their pupils to wear sports themed non uniform to school for a small donation.
St Aloysius Gonzaga non uniform day
On the closest Friday each year to the Feast Day of St Aloysius Gonzaga in June, we ask all our schools to join in with a non uniform day. We encourage staff and pupils to wear yellow, white and blue for a small donation to help raise funds so that we can continue helping those families in our schools whose parents/carers are really struggling financially.
At our recent board meeting, the trustees decided to combine our annual non uniform day to celebrate the feast of St Aloysius Gonzaga planned for Friday 20 June 2025 with our proposed Good Shepherd initiative for 2025 which was meant to be a relay on Friday 13th June tying in with the Jubilee of Sport, which is being held on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 June 2025. All schools have been asked to join in and encourage their children and staff to wear sports themed non-uniform to school for a small donation to CCSP.
The date of the event this year has been brought forward by a week to tie in with the Good Shepherd initiative and will be held on Friday, 13 June 2025.
A prayer for children in trouble
A modern prayer request to God for protection, provision and shelter for children in hardship or difficulty from www.lords-prayer-words.com
O Lord,
Be warmth
Be light
Be food
Be sleep
Be encouragement
Be protection
Be peace
Be father
To the children who are
cold, hungry, in darkness, tired,
hopeless, frightened, sad or worried across the world.
We believe you can shelter these little ones.
Hear their prayers.
Amen.
