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