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Supporting RE, Prayer and Catholic Life at Home

At Holy Cross, we value the vital role parents play in supporting their child’s faith journey. To help you engage with Religious Education, prayer, liturgy and Catholic life at home, we’ve gathered some useful links and resources below. These include weekly Gospel reflections, ideas for family prayer and ways to live out our Catholic values together. By sharing in prayer and learning as a family, you help your child grow in faith, love and understanding of God’s message—reflecting our school mission: “A family living, loving, learning together through the light of Christ.”

CAFOD

CAFOD (Catholic Agency For Overseas Development) is the official Catholic aid agency for England and Wales, and part of Caritas International. They work through the local Church to reach people and places that others can’t.

Across the world they bring hope and compassion to poor communities, standing side by side with them to end poverty and injustice. They work on long-term development as well as responding to emergencies.

At Holy Cross, we support CAFOD through fundraising campaigns and by educating our children using the various resources that they have available to ensure our children learn about global justice and how they can live out the principles of Catholic Social Teaching in different ways.

https://cafod.org.uk/

Please see the CAFOD prayer links below where you will find various prayers suitable throughout the liturgical year and share in our school prayer life at home:

https://cafod.org.uk/pray/prayer-resources

https://cafod.org.uk/pray/family-prayer-ideas

Catholic social teaching (CST) is rooted in Scripture, formed by the wisdom of Church leaders, and influenced by grassroots movements. It is our moral compass, guiding us on how to live out our faith in the world.

https://cafod.org.uk/education/primary-teaching-resources/cst-resources-for-children

The Jubilee Year 2025: Pilgrims of Hope

The Jubilee Year is a landmark moment in the life of the global church. School communities are invited to join together as pilgrims of hope, pledging to work together for God’s kingdom of justice, peace and love

https://cafod.org.uk/jubilee-schools

Jubilee Prayers

https://cafod.org.uk/pray/jubilee-prayers

Ten Ten Prayer and Liturgy: Loving Jesus

At Holy Cross, we utilise the Ten Ten resources alongside our Journey in Love programme to enhance Relationships, Sex and Health Education, PSHE. We also use the Ten Ten Prayer and Liturgy resources. At Ten Ten, their mission is to nurture spiritual growth, personal development and social responsibility by sharing inspiring, creative content through a Catholic lens.

https://www.tentenresources.co.uk/

Please see the Ten Ten family newsletter link below and share in our school prayer life at home:

https://www.tentenresources.co.uk/prayers-for-home/parent-newsletter/

Nugent Care and the Good Shepherd Appeal

At Holy Cross, we are proud to support Nugent Care—a longstanding Catholic charity in the Liverpool Archdiocese serving children, families, older people and those with additional needs. Guided by the love of Jesus, Nugent Care works to serve our most vulnerable neighbours through care, education, advocacy, and community support.

Each Lent, our school joins the Good Shepherd Appeal, raising much-needed funds through creative activities such as bake sales, sponsored walks and car boot sales. This year the theme is “Pilgrims of Hope”, in keeping with the Jubilee Year 2025, inviting our children to journey together in compassion and hope for those in need.

Why it matters:

Nugent Care has a 123‑year history of supporting thousands of individuals and families when public resources fall short
Funds raised by our school help Nugent provide vital services—such as family support, elderly care, disability services, and more—right here in our local community

How our school takes part:

Fundraising events such as cake sales, walkathons and sporting events
Creating banners to show our hopes and prayers during the Good Shepherd service
Joining fellow schools at the Good Shepherd service:

Date	Time	Venue
11th June	10:30	Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral

Through the Good Shepherd Appeal, our whole community—staff, pupils and families—lives out our mission of loving and serving others, becoming true pilgrims of hope.

Missio and Mission Together

Mission Together is the children’s branch of Missio – the Catholic Church’s official children’s charity for overseas mission.

https://missiontogether.org.uk/

Missio ignites God’s love by helping local missionaries to work alongside global communities that are poor or in need, regardless of their background or belief.

https://missio.org.uk/

Mary's Meals

Mary’s Meals is an organisation that believes that no child should go hungry in this world of plenty. At Holy Cross, we support Mary’s Meals through prayer and donations during the month of May.

https://www.marysmeals.org.uk/

Aid to the Church in Need

At Holy Cross, our children participate in the youth ministry membership group, ‘ACN Apostles.’ Our group commits to prayer, learning and sharing information and fundraising action. Through this, our children learn to support the spiritual, emotional and material needs of those ACN serves around the world.

https://acnuk.org/

Pax Christi

Pax Christi International, the global Catholic peace movement, promotes peace and nonviolence worldwide.

https://paxchristi.net/

Faith In Action

Each year, our Year 6 children participate in the Faith In Action Award. This award rewards active service in schools and parishes and encourages young people to shine the light of faith upon their service experiences. The award allows the Church to celebrate, recognize and reward all that active young people of faith already give to the Church; but it also challenges those young people to deepen their relationship with God and change the world in which they live.

https://www.animateyouth.org/faith-in-action/

Caritas

Inspired by Gospel values and the Catholic Social Teaching, Caritas responds to disasters, promotes integral human development and advocates on the causes of poverty and conflict.

https://www.caritas.org/

Common Good Schools

Holy Cross is one of the pilot schools for the Primary Common Good Schools Programme which is designed to:

-Enhance spiritual and moral development and service and social justice

-Aid religious literacy, knowledge and understanding in RE lessons

-Enhance character education and wellbeing

-Enable young people to discern their unique purpose in relationship with others

-Foster community engagement and links with neighbouring organisations

-Build pride in the neighbourhood

https://togetherforthecommongood.co.uk/cgs

The Wednesday Word

The Wednesday Word is a Sunday Gospel resource for schools, parents and families.

https://www.wednesdayword.org

God Who Speaks

The Catholic Biblical Apostolate who are committed to celebrating, living and sharing God's Word across England and Wales. Their website has many resources which can be used in schools, parishes and at home.

https://www.godwhospeaks.uk/primary-schools/