Lourdes Display

After learning about Lourdes and the miracle cures that are believed to happen there our classes made newspaper front pages that told the story of Bernadette's visions at Lourdes. They also recounted the story of Peadar Clarke's miracle cure of M.S.

Pilgrimages- Lourdes

A pilgrimage is a journey  to a  holy place. Catholics go on pilgrimages to places like Lourdes and Knock.

Lourdes is a town in France. In 1858 a young girl called Bernadette was walking in the woods and she saw a vision of the Virgin Mary. Mary told Bernadette to come back 18 more times. One day Mary pointed out a water spring. These days that spring produces 27,000 litres of water a week. On the 16th visit Mary told Bernadette that she was the mother of Jesus. Around 8 million pilgrims visit Lourdes each year. They go there to pray, to touch and kiss the wall of the grotto and  to collect holy water.

We watched a video about Lourdes. The video told of people who go to Lourdes looking for a cure from diseases. One man, called Peadar Clarke, suffered from M.S., he could not use his arms and legs and doctors told him he only had 4 years to live. He went to Lourdes and one night in his hotel room he saw the Virgin Mary, she was smiling at him. He stood up and put his arms out. He was cured of his disease. He really believes that he had a miracle cure at Lourdes.

Here is a link to the video that we watched in class.

Written By St. Coleman's RE class. 

Mother Teresa- Putting her Faith into Action

Third year classes (St. Thereses and St. Marks) are currently doing a unit called 'Faith in Action'. Over the last week we have been learning about Mother Teresa and how her Catholic faith called her to work with the "poorest of the poor" in Calcutta. 

Play the video below to see the PowerPoint presentation we used to learn about a great woman's work.

Students retold the story of Mother Teresa's amazing life through words and pictures.

Rinalds hard at work!