Form Prayer W/C 22nd June:

This week we remember our School patron: St John Fisher

Mission:

What can you do to show selflessness

and sacrifice this week? Reflect on the

words of St John Fisher and think how

you could become a better person.

Prayer:O God, who didst grant unto thy

Blessed Bishop John to lay down

his life with great courage for truth

and justice;

Grant us by his intercession and

example

To lose our life in this world for

Christ,

That we may find it in heaven.

Amen.

John Fisher:

“A good person is not a

perfect person; a good

person is an honest person,

faithful and unhesitatingly

responsive to the voice of

God in their life.”

For whoever wishes to save

his life will lose it, but

whoever loses his life for My

sake, he is the one who will

save it. Luke 9:24

The feast of Sts John Fisher and Thomas More

is remembered on Monday (22nd June) look on

the slide below for details of the feast day Mass

streamed live on the School’s Facebook page.

Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,for theirs is the Kingdom of God. Mt 5:10

Saint of the week: John Fisher Feast Day: 22nd June

John Fisher was born in Beverly, Yorkshire, in 1469, and studied theology at Cambridge University, from which he received his Master of Arts degree in 1491.In 1502, he became the special spiritual adviser to the mother of Henry VIII, Lady Margaret Beaumont. Together they founded two colleges at Cambridge University. They also worked to provide money for students and to improve the teaching at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities.In 1504, he was appointed Bishop of Rochester. He wrote about many spiritual matters and his sermons were famous throughout Europe. He defended the traditional Catholic Doctrines and was renowned and repeated for his holiness.He was appointed confessor to Catherine of Aragon, Henry’s first wife. However, Henry turned against John Fisher when he refused to support Henry’s divorce from Catherine and when he refused to recognise him as head of the Church of England, instead of the Pope.John Fisher was outspoken in his criticism and condemnation of the King’s behaviour. He was eventually sent to the Tower of London in 1534, where he joined Saint Thomas More. This did not deter him and he continued to write about religious matters. Pope Paul III made him a Cardinal before he was convicted of high treason and sentenced to death in June 1535.He was canonised in 1935, 400 years after his execution.

Our school feast day Mass

• Mass will be broadcast live on the school’s Facebook page at 4pm on Monday 22nd June.

• Make sure you tune in to be part of the school community from home and join in the celebrations!