Ukraine
We are all incredibly dismayed at the images and news coming out of Ukraine. We hold all involved in our prayers. Together with Pope Francis, we have held our Ash Wednesday liturgies with the prayer intention that there will be a movement towards peace and reconciliation.
In school, we hope to support our students as much as we can in these challenging times. This support includes the following opportunities:
- Learning Mentor hub will now be open from 8.30am, in addition to break time and lunch.
- Our Chaplain, Mairie, is usually in the chapel before school and at break and lunch.
- The chapel is available for times of quiet prayer and reflection, or to light a candle for a special intention.
- There is a ‘post box’ outside the chapel for prayer requests or requests for a chat.
- Our Drop-in email, which proved very helpful during lockdown, is still active. Parents or students can access: drop-in@st-nicholas.cheshire.sch.uk (monitored 9.00am to 3.00pm)
If you have concerns about your child, or if you would like us to know anything about your family situation in respect of the crisis, please let us know. You can email the appropriate year leader or via the drop-in email.
Support for Ukraine
We had nominated our Lenten fundraising to support CARITAS Shrewsbury. CARITAS already have schemes in place. locally, to support refugees and work with the government sponsorship scheme. CARITAS International is part of the Disasters Emergency Committee which has recently launched the Ukraine Humanitarian Scheme. They are already ‘on the ground’ with CARITAS Ukraine and CARITAS Poland giving humanitarian support. Our students will soon be focusing on their fundraising projects. Fundraising will happen through to the end of April and the final amount will be shared between the local and International branches. We thank you for your support as always.
We have already seen the local Ukrainian and Polish communities mobilising to collect supplies that will be travelling overland from this weekend. Sadly, this will be an on-going need and we will send out information next week with information about St Nicholas’ plans to help with immediate need.
We continue to pray for peace, Our Lady of Kyiv pray for us.
It was a great blessing to, at last, be able to celebrate our Lenten tradition with the Ashes liturgy.
We hope that you have all found a 15 minutes – or perhaps more – to enjoy a good read today. Thank you for your continued support.
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