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Our Lady and St Edward's Pre-School
in the Parish Centre during term-time
See Pre-school (with photo album)Mornings 9.30-12 Afternoons 13.15 - 15.45 Monday
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See the Christmas Show Classes 1-4 2003
See also the Children's Liturgy
A local link may be of interest to all parents of children in
the primary school:
The Catholic Primary School
of St Mary and St Michael in Garstang
Read all about their aims and activities with suggestions for how to back up
the work of the children
at each stage of the national curriculum. The children are also learning to
design and write their own web pages
This is a group which meets regularly and holds various social events to help prepare for making the change from Primary to Secondary School.
Our Lady's High School serves the following parishes:
| Our Lady and St Edward, Fulwood St Anthony, Fulwood Holy Family, Ingol Sacred Heart, Ashton St Bernard, Lea SS Peter & Paul, Lea St Mary, Lea Town |
St Mary, Newhouse St Robert, Catforth St Thomas the Apostle, Claughton-on-Brock St Andrew, Cottam St Mary, Fernyhalgh SS Mary & Michael, Garstang (school website) St Francis, Hill Chapel, Goosnargh |
In the last week of March 2001 the pupils took part in the New Start Roadshow, the Diocesan program designed to foster closer co-operation with the school and the parishes from which the pupils come. A few of these parishes send only one or two children to Our Lady's High School, or sometimes even none, whereas others have a very large contingent, but it is desirable to maintain contact with all the parishes whatever the local situation.
Parents and pupils and other parishioners were invited to make a contribution to a deeper relationship. For the three days of the Road Show some parishioners have been taking part in activities and discussion groups in the school. The intention of the Road Show is not to end there but to become part of regular parish life.See also the Youth Group
"Journey in Faith" - Informal meetings for anyone interested in finding out more about the Catholic Faith
This parish group first met nearly thirty years ago. Unfortunately the group which met on Sunday evenings is not operating at present as there were so many clashes with other events in recent years, particularly the meetings of the parish council which involved several members. The other group meets on Wednesdays after the morning Mass (tea or coffee first) at 9.45 am and is at present (2005) reading and discussing Genesis. Anyone is welcome even if unable to attend regularly. Over many meetings the aim is to read from beginning to end the whole of one of the books of the Bible, more often from the New Testament but sometimes from the Old Testament. Each week a number of verses are read by one of those present and then comments are invited. A lively discussion usually ensues. The number of verses read on any one occasion depends entirely on the text and can vary from a few verses to a whole chapter.
The annual Passover Supper which has been running successfully for some twenty years arose directly from one of the discussions at Bible Study. The numbers attending have now almost doubled. The service included was borrowed initially from a neighbouring parish but with extra prayers and ceremonies taken from a book on the Jewish Passover. The intention from the beginning was to show how the Mass developed from the Passover which Jesus shared with his apostles the night before he was condemned to death on the cross. Intermingled with the Jewish prayers which Jesus himself would have said we include several appropriate hymns from our own tradition. For example, when the hostess lights the candle at the beginning of the celebration we sing "The light of Christ."
The passover meal, like many Jewish celebratory meals, is a proper meal, interspersed with hymns and readings from the Old Testament. It commemorates the hasty meal the Israelites ate on the night before they fled from Egypt....The Jews were recalling the whole of God's creation, how he had favoured them as a nation, rescued them from their oppressors, brought them out of slavery into Egypt, and given them new life and brought them to Jerusalem. We think of the heavenly Jerusalem and the new life that we were promised through Jesus. So we too have a meal with lamb, with an egg to represent new life, with bitter herbs for the hard times, the four ritual glasses of wine (or fruit juice!) and the breaking and sharing of the bread. After a short interval we conclude with the second part of the Mass.
Talbot Library
The Diocesan Library in Preston, originally St Walburge's Primary School, a huge resource of religious, historical and other books open to everyone. There are photocopying facilities. Looking for your Catholic ancestors? the history of a parish or a diocese? A microfiche reader and a collection of microfiches also provide invaluable genealogical sources. Photos and more information.
The bookstall in the church porch is open after every Mass. Bibles, prayer books, pamphlets, holy pictures, cards, rosaries are available or can be ordered. Extra stock is always on hand for the current season, whether for Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day, First Communion, and so on.