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“The Church draws her life from the Eucharist.” Pope St. John Paul II
The Year of the Eucharist.
The Year of the Eucharist in the Diocese of Lancaster - Information for Schools
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Following the National Eucharistic Congress in Liverpool in the Autumn of 2018, Bishop Paul Swarbrick has announced that the
schools in the Diocese of Lancaster will be invited to celebrate a Year of the Eucharist from the Feast of Christ the King (Sunday 25th
November 2018) to last through the Liturgical Year.
The Bishop has asked that schools are invited in this year to consider the place of the Eucharist in the life of the school and to take
the opportunity to renew the Eucharistic heart of the school community as part of the universal call to holiness.
He has requested that the Education Service provides guidance and resources for schools to develop a deeper understanding of the
Eucharist as the ‘Source and Summit’ of the life of the Church. The Education Service is offering two study days in the Autumn term
2018 on the Mass and Eucharistic Adoration and will provide guidance through resources and support at R.E. Subject Leader
meetings for Primary colleagues and at Heads of R.E. meetings for secondary teachers. The extent to which schools participate with
the Year of the Eucharist is for them to decide along with their governing bodies.
Also, the Education Service will work with the Deans and priests to encourage Eucharistic Adoration at a parochial level rather than
organising central events as happened with the Year of Faith and the Year of Mercy.
- Autumn 2018: Study days for R.E. Coordinators, Heads of R.E. and school chaplains.
- The Feast of All Saints: Bishop Swarbrick will call all members of the school community to holiness.
- Friday 23rd November: Holy Hour in all schools.
- Lent 2019: Schools gather in clusters for Eucharistic Adoration focusing on the sacrifice of Jesus.
- 20th June 2019: Eucharistic Processions in each Deanery.
- 22nd November 2019: Bishop Swarbrick closes the Year of the Eucharist. Schools will look to participate in their local parishes at
the Feast of Christ the King, National Youth Sunday.
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The Year of the Eucharist: an outline plan
Autumn Term 2018 Tasks
Preparing for the journey. Schools will be invited to self evaluate and reflect upon the centrality of
the Eucharist. The Education Service will provide two study days aiming
Study Day Part 1 The Mass 18th September Rheged to enable teachers to:
25th September Preston - ‘Retrain their eyes’ in understanding the sacred signs of the Mass;
- Understand the signs and symbols in greater depth;
Study Day Part 2 Eucharistic Adoration 11th October Rheged - Mystagogical catechesis;
16th October Preston - How to have Eucharistic Adoration;
These days will all run from 9.30-3.30 with coffee available from 9am. - Outline the ideas for the special year.
Autumn Term 2018
‘Venite, adoremus!’ Adoration of the Eucharist: Opening the Holy
Year
1st November Feast of All Saints Bishop Paul will call all members of the school community to holiness,
inviting them to pray with him before the Blessed Sacrament. The
Bishop will record a broadcast for all students to watch on the Feast of
All Saints.*
Friday 23rd November (The Friday before the Feast of Christ the King) All schools to have a Holy Hour before the Blessed Sacrament.
Information on ‘how to’ organise a Holy Hour will be part of the study
days.
Spring Term 2019 In local clusters schools should organise a gathering together focusing
‘Agnus Dei’ Jesus the Lamb of God. on the sacrifice Jesus makes of himself on Good Friday.
Schools can chose where and how to do this though it should be in
negotiation with the local parishes so that a Eucharistic Service or
Benediction can form part of the celebration.
The Education Service will provide resources for Primary schools on
teaching about sacrifice, resources for all schools on the Stations of the
Cross and online links to music to support Adoration of the Blessed
* Schools who are on half term on 1st November can chose an Sacrament. Guidance will also be given at RE subject leader and heads
alternate date of RE meetings.
NCW MD AF 3Summer Term 2019 Deanery celebration of Mass followed by a Eucharistic procession. This
Corpus Christi. The Body of Christ allows each celebration to take place at a local level and on the same
20th June Blessed Sacrament Procession day.
Deaneries of the Diocese of Lancaster:
St. Peter’s Deanery - Lancaster and Morecambe
Our Lady and St. Wilfrid’ s - Preston
St. Kentigern’s- Blackpool
Sacred Heart - Thornton
St. John the Evangelist - Kirkham
St. Mary of Furness and St. Thomas of Canterbury - Furness and the
Lakes
St. Herbert’s - Carlisle
Our Lady and St. Benedict - West Cumbria
More information will follow about how these days are to be organised.
There will have to be preparation in schools so that:
- each school contributes a piece of the flower carpet;
- all children know hymns and responses;
- local parish communities are involved, for example, through
providing facilities;
- children who have celebrated their First Eucharist will have the
opportunity to be a special part of the celebration.
Autumn Term 2019 Closing the Year of the Eucharist, schools will be invited to consider the
‘Domine Deus Universi’ Lord God of all Creation ‘fruits of the Earth, work of our hands’ aspect of Mass. In the developed
‘And they recognised him in the breaking of the bread.’ World we are detached from harvests and the notion of fruits of the
earth.’ Developing a depth of understanding’ will be explored by looking
at the ‘cosmic’ reality of the Eucharist, bread and wine as gifts of
Creation and the implications that has for sharing the meal of life more
generously, and especially with the poor. An aspect of this will be
revisiting “Laudato si’. The Education Service will signpost resources to
support, more information will follow.
Sunday 24th November 2019 Bishop Paul to close the year.
Schools to take part in the Christ the King Mass in their local parish for
Youth Sunday.
NCW MD AF 4Some additional ideas Artwork A central part of the Blessed Sacrament procession will be the creation of a Eucharistic Infiorata or ‘flower carpet’ All schools involved will make a section. It is intended that the guidance for these carpets will be produced by secondary school art departments and each primary school will complete a section. They will probably be created out of tissue paper rather than flowers. NCW MD AF 5
Reflecting on works of art. The Education Service will provide teachers with ideas for how to use works of art to deepen students’ understanding of the Eucharist. These will be short reflections to use in class assemblies or form time. Some suggested works of art are: - The Holy Trinity by Rublev; - The Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio; - The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament by Raphael; - Various images of The Last Supper; - Using Hunger Cloths and their representations of the Eucharist and Justice. Teaching about meditation Understanding about how to teach Christian meditation will be part of the study days in Autumn 2018. Using the ‘quiet mind’ resources, teachers will learn how to use silence and meditation prayerfully. The resources are based on the Benedictine tradition. Music The Education Service will provide links through their website to different online resources to help students appreciate music for Eucharistic Adoration. Examples are listed below. - Different sung versions of the Sanctus and Agnus Dei, in English and Latin - O Salutaris Hostia - Tantum Ergo - O Sacrament Most Holy For the Season of Lent - Parce Domini - Soul of my Saviour. Feast of Corpus Christi - Anima Christi by Marco Frisini - Sequence - Pange Linguina - Be still for the presence of the Lord - We come to your Feast by Michael Joncas NCW MD AF 6
Harvest
- In bread we bring you Lord
- Unless a grain of wheat shall fall
- Bread for the World
- Bread of Life
Prayers
The Education Service will provide links through their website to the text of these prayers, with translations from Latin, where
appropriate. Some ideas are listed below.
- The Divine Praises
- Responses to the Eucharistic prayers, sung and spoken.
- The Magnificat
- Anima Christi
- The Rosary
- An Act of Spiritual Communion
In the humble signs of bread and wine, changed into his body and blood, Christ walks beside us as our strength and our food for the
journey, and he enables us to become, for everyone witnesses of hope. If, in the presence of this mystery, reason experiences its
limits, the heart, enlightened by the grace of the Holy Spirit, clearly sees the response that is demanded, and bows low in adoration
and unbounded love.
St. John Paul II
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