CARING CHURCH WEEK

During this week there will be events in the school for all the pupils of John Ogilvie.  Each year group will have an appropriate themed workshop and an opportunity to visit the various exhibitions around the school. There are Masses planned for each year group with the staff and the pupils planning the liturgy, and composing and also producing the music. An assembly for each year will be taken by members of a 'Core Team' who will also start the school day with morning prayers in the assemly hall.

The Core Team members are :

• Kieran McQuade - Diocesan Youth Development Officer
• Kevin Buchanan - Youth Worker (Holy Ghost Fathers)
• Christine Riddoch - Diocesan Youth Officer (Paisely)
• Sr. Bridgetta Rooney
• Rev. Brian Fulton - Holy Ghost Father
• Caroline Burns - Youth Development Worker (Assumption Sisters)
• Rev. Charlie O'Farrell - Director Vocations Agency
• Rev. Stephen Reilly - Chaplain Youth Agency
• Rev. Ivan Boyle - School Chaplain
• Paul Kirwan - Lay Caplain St. Philip's, Airdrie
• Rev. Frank McAlese - Carmelite
• Sr. Nancy McKay
• Miriam McHardy - SCIAF Youth Worker
• Chris Docherty - Diocesan Youth Office (Glasgow)
• Sr. Joan - St. Peter Claver (Brazil)
• Fr. Rodrigo - Holy Ghost Father (Mexico)
• Fr. Emilio - Xaverians (Brazil)

Exhibitors are :
 

SCIAF	The Iona Community
Society of the Innocents	Focolore
Society of St. Vincent de Paul	HCPT
Simon Community	The Samaritans
Jesuit Volunteer Community	L'Arche
ALMA	Ozanam Clubs
SPUC	Marriage Care
British Victims of Abortion	Amnesty International
UCM	Jubilee 2000/Justice & Peace
Sr. Isabel Smythe (Interfaith)	Hamilton Drop in Centre
Holy Ghost Fathers	Just Youth Project
The Youth Agency	Xaverians

Daily Lunchtime Events In The School :
 

Monday	S4 Event - Concert 'The Bluetonics'
Tuesday	S1 Event - 'Rich Man / Poor Man' Lunch
Wednesday	S5/6 Event - SCIAF ACTION
Thursday	S2 Event - Tombola

There will be no lunchtime 'event' on the Friday as the school will have its annual Patronal Mass, preparations for this mass will be in St. Cuthbert's Parish starting at 1.40.

Events in local parishes

Evening events are planned in parishes associated with the school.  These plans have not been finallised but will be something like the following :
 

Monday	St. John Ogilvie Parish	Liturgy in the church on the theme of active Evangelisation. Tea & coffee afterwards with a chance to meet some of the people involved in various active parish ministries. The evening will begin at 7.30pm.
Tuesday	St. Ninian's Parish	Family Meal Night - pancake evening followed by a slide show on the theme 'Spirituality is not confined to Churches'. The evening will begin at 7.30pm.
Wednesday	St. Joseph's Parish	An evening with the theme of Justice & Peace, on particular groups that exist in the local community. Followed by light refreshments in the hall. The evening will begin at 7.30pm.
Thursday	St. Cuthbert's Parish	Liturgy on the theme of Love involving parish orginisations, followed by a free ceilidh in the hall for the younger members of the parish. The evening will begin at 7pm.

The Friday evening has been set aside for a fund raising Charity Dinner Dance in the Banqueting Hall of Hamilton Council Head Quarters.
 

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