Shared Prayer at School

Resources

• In your classroom/office• Bible • Prayer Book

• In the Staff Room/ Library – Roman Missal– Daily Missal / Daily Mass Book– Ordo

• Online Resources

Possible Prayer Format

• Sign of the Cross and hymn if desired• Opening Prayer Daily Mass Book, Missal,

Online• Scripture Bible (references in DMB)• Reflection Online or silence• Intercession ad libitum• Common Prayer Prayer Book• Sign of the Cross and dismissal

Posture

Sit, stand, kneel? Why?

Make a decision, don’t just float into it!

Symbols

• What symbols will you use?• How many symbols are on your prayer table?• Read from the Bible that is on your prayer

table

Imagination…….

• In May or October pray a decade of the Rosary

• On Fridays or in Lent be Penitential• In November pray for the Holy Souls• if there is not much time be brief

Exercise

• In groups of 5 prepare appropriate: –Prayer for

–a primary class and –secondary PCG

– Staff prayer for the day nominated.