An Advent Calendar is a popular way of counting down the days to Christmas. Nowadays, many Advent Calendars are filled with chocolate, and are decorated with popular cartoon characters, but traditionally they have a picture of a nativity scene, and each window opens to reveal a small image that has something to do with the story of the first Christmas.
There is also an interactive Advent Calendar aimed at younger pupils – perhaps you have a younger brother or sister who would enjoy playing the games on this calendar?
Finally, you could visit the Culham Institute’s 2007 Advent Calendar (I can’t seem to find a 2008 one yet – perhaps someone could help me out?) When you click on the day, you find out more about St Nicholas, as well as revealing part of an icon of that saint. There is then a link to an Advent activity.
This Sunday, the Feast Day of St Peter and St Paul, is the start of the Year of St Paul, when the Church will celebrate the 2000th birthday of St Paul. This is the Cardinal’s message to you.
You can find out more information about St Paul on the Diocesan website.
Drexel House recently celebrated the Feast Day of St Katharine Drexel. St Katharine was born in Philadelphia in 1858. Her family had a lot of money, so she was able to donate money to helping black and native Americans. She wanted to do more than donate money, however, so she founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People. She also opened many schools for black and native Americans, and founded Xavier University in 1915. (See the official website here.)
Welcome to the STM RE blog. This is where you will find links or notices that are relevant to all year groups. You can also find the links to the blog for each year group. Please feel free to submit comments (by clicking on the "comments" link). Remember - two stars and a wish!
