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Mire mis manualidades! Look at my handiwork! Schau mal, was ich gebastelt habe! |
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Preguntas y respuestas en el Santuario Questions and answers in the shrine Fragen und Antworten im Heiligtum |
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La santería siempre atrae a todos The piety shop always a popular gathering point Wo es etwas zu kaufen gibt, sind immer alle da |
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Buscando las huellas de Emmaus Finding the signs for Emmaus Die Spuren von Emmaus suchen |
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„Cleophas“ cuenta su historia con Jesús Cleophas tells his story about meeting Jesus “Cleophas” erzählt seine Begegnung mit Jesus |
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Presentación de las ofertas The offertory procession Gabenbereitung Fotos: www.schoenstatt.co.uk © 2005 |
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SCOTLAND, Fr. Michael Savage. 2005 has been high lighted as the year of the Eucharist through out the whole Church. From the end of the April to the end of May the Schoenstatt centre in conjunction with the Glasgow Diocesan Religious education Dept and the local catholic primary schools are organizing another Children's project similar to the homeshrine and Rosary year projects. Over the month 41 schools with 3300 children are taking part in the project to meet Jesus in the Eucharist and in the Word. Each day 200 pupils will come to the centre to take part in workshops and visit the shrine where the blessed sacrament will be exposed for adoration. Through, music, art games and time to play in the grounds the workshops will help to explain to the children Christ's presence in Word and Sacrament and how we are all the body of Christ in the world
On the 26th of April the school project for the year of the Eucharist got underway. The staff and helpers at Campsie Glen welcomed the first group of school children from St Machan’s and St Jude’s. Over the month 41 schools with 3300 children will take part in the project to meet Jesus in the Eucharist and in the Word. Each day 200 pupils will come to the centre to take part in workshops and visit the shrine where the blessed sacrament will be exposed for adoration.
Trying to cope with such large groups and keep the children’s attention has involved much preparation and thought. The theme chosen was recognising Jesus in the Eucharist. The story of the disciples meeting Jesus on the road to Emmaus provided the back bone of the day’s workshops and presentations.
Many of the children were already familiar with the Schoenstatt Centre
The children were divided up into smaller groups and made a journey through the story. While one group searched through the grounds for the pictures behind the story, another listened to the story told by Cleophas, one of the two disciples. Portacabins were hired to allow the children to do handiwork and finally the groups arrived at the shrine where they were invited to meet Jesus exposed in the blessed Sacrament.
The day ended with mass celebrated where possible by the priests who serve in the local parishes. Since many of the children were preparing for the first holy communion which will take place this May, it proved to be an apt theme and information for all concerned.
Many of the children were already familiar with the Schoenstatt centre having taken part in the other projects over the last few years. Other schools were making the journey for the first time. Patricia Lockhart who is one of the Religious directors for the Archdiocese of Glasgow and member of the Focolare movement liaised with the sisters and schools. The project came about based on the success of the previous undertakings like the home shrine project and the year of the Rosary.