Catholicity
Fr Brian Boyle School Chaplain | Teresa Castelino Lay Chaplain |
Chaplaincy The chaplaincy supports and promotes the Catholic ethos of our school community of faith and learning. Promoting the teaching of Christ through witness, prayer, worship and action. We strive to build a loving, caring community based on Gospel values and emphasising the Christian dimension in all that we do. We have a school Chaplain, Fr. Brian Boyle a full time Lay Chaplain, Teresa Castelino as well as the support of other priests in our deanery. We also have a liturgical steering group made up of senior members of staff. |
Mission Trinity is a community of Catholic faith and learning, committed to nurturing educated, informed, creative, fulfilled and socially responsible citizens. Ethos We are all created in the image of God and are of unique value. We affirm the importance of each student with due regard to their social, ethnic and linguistic background, gender, various gifts, needs and abilities and will actively combat discrimination. We nurture a sense of purpose, confidence, self-understanding and concern for others. Students are enabled to explore issues freely and frankly in the pursuit of truth and justice. We are a caring and inclusive community of learning, which respects individuals and aims to help all students to achieve their best through sharing our Catholic faith and the love of Jesus. We set very high standards for students. We expect them to respect the needs of others, to anticipate consequences and to justify their actions. We encourage students to develop self-discipline with regard to both to learning and behaviour, within and outside the school community. Strong personal relationships are the foundation of learning and involve a sense of common purpose and concern, mutual respect, tolerance and partnership. We educate the whole person through the formal curriculum and through a wide range of cultural, sporting and social events beyond the classroom. We endeavour to develop a critical understanding of and respect for the beliefs of all within school and within our wider society. We encourage students to exercise choice and initiative. We recognise that students will make mistakes and need guidance as they rediscover their way. We consider worship, prayer and the liturgy to be part of our daily life. The primary focus of Religious Education is the Catholic faith, but students are also encouraged to understand and respond to different values and beliefs sympathetically. Objectives We aim to demonstrate the message God loves us and forgives us. We aim to provide an outstanding education, through the provision of a broad and balanced, challenging and exciting curriculum for all students, including the gifted and talented and those with special educational needs. We aim to help students to enjoy learning, to value it as a life-long experience and to understand the world of work and wider society. We aim to nurture an interest in all subjects, and especially our specialist subjects, which we use as a platform to share good practice and improve the quality of teaching and learning within the school as a whole. We aim to develop effective partnerships with the students, staff, parents, governors, parishes and all those concerned with the welfare of our school. ACTIVITIES Liturgy steering group which meets termly and is composed of staff representatives. Year 7 days of recollection in the autumn term annually: students have the day off timetable to reflect, meditate and pray about their new life at secondary school. Annual Year 9 Vocations Day where students explore a range of vocations within the Catholic and wider Christian communities. Annual retreats for differnt year groups and other student groups Altar servers and liturgy leaders group composed of a cross section of students. A weekly voluntary prayer and bible discussion group run by the Youth Pastors of St Mark's (C of E) Church. A support group for students who are experiencing or have experienced loss or bereavement (run by our Lay Chaplain). Weekly Thursday reflections and prayer in morning registration led by four of our local priests. Weekly class masses (on a rota basis) for all tutor groups throughout the year. Annual liturgies to celebrate the key Christian feasts of Christmas, Lent and Easter. |
"Catholic education is inspired by a vision of life seen whole.
Catholic faith tutors us in reaching out to the fullness of human experience and to its expression in a community of life in society ."
Vincent Nichols Archbishop of Westminster.
Fr Brian Boyle Year 7 St Joseph's Whitnash |
Fr David Bazen Year 11 St Francis of Assisi Kenilworth | Fr John Cross Sixth Form St Peter Apostle Leamington Spa |
Fr Roger Peck Year 8 St Peter Apostle Leamington Spa
| Canon Edward Stewart Year 9 St Charles Borromeo Hampton-on-the-Hill |