Celebrating Our Faith
Here at the Abbey, we celebrate Our Faith in many different ways. Look at some of the special events that take place during our school year that have a particular focus or importance to our Catholic Faith.
Ash Wednesday Service
Children and staff of the Abbey began their Lenten journey with a beautiful service in school, led by Father Elias and supported with eloquent readings from pupils and staff. As we began, we were reminded to focus on the prayer intention of Pope Francis - the...
Praying for Ukraine
As we returned to school, many children in our community have been talking about the crisis in Ukraine. To provide the children with an outlet for their thoughts and concerns, Chaplaincy Team created a prayer wall that children and staff could add to. Pope Francis...
Advent Fundraising Hearts
Chaplaincy Team were very keen to combine their Advent fundraising with the work we have been doing to support the 'Together with Refugees' orange heart campaign. Children came up with the idea of making orange heart decorations to sell to raise money for a local...
Friends Week
To support pupils in the faith journey we expect them to learn to follow in the footsteps of Jesus with their friends. This week is all about highlighting the need for our children to spend time with their friends and encourage them to be a good friend to others,...
Letter from Jack Dromey, MP
Our Chaplaincy Team were pleased to receive a response from our MP to our letter enclosing the many postcards we have written highlighting our concerns about the new Nationality and Borders Bill. We are happy to hear that Mr Dromey shares many of our concerns and...
Little Amal visits Erdington
During the half term holidays families were made aware of an exciting opportunity of encounter. Little Amal was welcomed into Erdington and it was a delight to see so many of our school community participate in the event, which sought to raise awareness of the refugee...
Awareness Raising Event at Birmingham Library
As part of our ongoing work as a School of Sanctuary, we were invited to be part of a special awarness raising publicity event hosted at BIrmingham Library. We had the opportunity for pupils to share some of the work we have been doing and alss listen to other schools...
School of Sanctuary Award Presentation
We were thrilled to finally be able to host a formal presentation ceremony for our award as a School of Sanctuary. This special event marks the first milestone of our journey as a place of welcome. We were proud to host speakers from the Birmingham Schools of...
Abbey Pupils feature in Erdington Local
Our pupils are excited to find themselves featured in the latest edition of Erdington Local, a free local newspaper. The articles focus on the work we have been doing as a School of Sanctuary to support the upcoming ‘week of action’ organised by Together with...
Chaplaincy Team’s Friendship Bracelets
Chaplaincy Team met this week to make special friendship bracelets which will be shared with visitors during the visit of Little Amal to Erdington during half term. Little Amal is a huge puppet who represents a displaced child refugee, she is travelling to the UK...