Occasional Prayers for the School Year

Introduction.9

SEPTEMBER

Opening of the School Year.11

Working Together.12

Blessings on All.13

Adaptation of Psalm 1.14

Wellness Check as You Return to School.15

OCTOBER

Mission Month: Head, Heart and Hand.16

Mission Month: Make Friends with the Unlikely.17

Mission Month: The Marginalised.18

Mid-term Break.19

Giving Thanks.20

Be with Us Today, Lord.21

NOVEMBER

A Farmer's Reflection.22

In Thanks for the Harvest.23

Finding Comfort When There Is Loss.24

For the Holy Souls.25

God Didn't Make Death.26

DECEMBER

Advent: A Time of Waiting.27

Advent Wreath.28

Is Christmas for Holy People? Are You Holy?.29

Christmas Carols.30

Advent, the Pink Candle: for Joy.32

JANUARY

A New Year: Begin Again.33

Beatitudes for the Adolescent.35

Catholic Schools Week: Hope.36

FEBRUARY

St Brigid's Day.37

A Month of Healing.38

Springtime Contemplation.39

Valentine's Day.40

Christian Unity.41

MARCH

Seachtain na Gaeilge.42

Lent: Lenten Promises.44

In Thanks for Food and Water.45

St Patrick's Day.46

APRIL

Lenten Reflection.48

Holy Week with Prayers of the Faithful.49

On the Day of a Match.53

Slow to the Beat.54

MAY

Exam Preparations.55

Our Lady.57

Prayer in the Muslim Tradition.58

In Thanks for the Experience of Transition Year.59

The Examen.60

JUNE

God Has a Plan for You.62

JULY

Past Pupils.63

AUGUST

An Adaptation of Pope Francis's Message in Laudato Si'.64

Prayers and Reflections For Any Time in the School Year

Finding God in Nature.65

Board of Management.66

When a Loved One is Sick.67

On Lighting a Candle.68

I Don't Want a Labrador.69

Prayer of St Ignatius.70

A Special Introduction to the Examen.71