Prayer

Prayer of the Week

Prayer for a New Term

Dear Lord, As we begin a new school term, 

we ask for your blessing and help 

in all that we do together.

May we be friendly to each other,

Cheerful and smiling, 

even when we don't feel like it!

Help us to be generous and caring

and to take the good with the bad.

Help us to hear you calling us

in all that takes place this term.

Thank you for all you have done for us this year.

We look forward to all that you will help us to do

in this fourth term.

Amen

Camino de Santiago (The way of St. James)

The Camino de Santiago, also known as the way of St. James, is the ancient Catholic pilgrimage route to the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in north-western Spain.

Legend has it that the bones of the apostle St. James were brought by boat from Jerusalem to northern Spain and are buried under the site of what is now the city of Santiago de Compostela.

The Camino trail has been an important Christian pilgrimage route for over 1000 years and was considered to be one of the three pilgrimage routes on which all sins could be forgiven.

There are many routes to Santiago de Compostela, starting from a variety of points, from as far away as Belgium to as close as 100km from Santiago.

The most popular route is the Camino Frances. The Camino Frances or French way starts on the other side of the Pyrenees in St Jean Pied de Port in France. This route is 798km long and passes along the top of northwestern Spain passing through large cities and ancient villages and hamlets with a wide variety of scenery along the route.