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Faith Leaders

At the start of each academic year, Miss Daniels and our priests interview and appoint a number of Year 4, 5 and 6 pupils to be ‘Faith Leaders’.

The Pope says, ‘…by learning from one another, we can better reflect that wonderful multifaceted reality that Christ’s Church is meant to be. She will be able to attract young people, for her unity is not monolithic, but rather a network of varied gifts that the Spirit ceaselessly pours out upon her, renewing her and lifting her up from her poverty’ (Christus vivit, 207).

Fr Daniel joined us in September to interview and appoint new Faith Leaders. Congratulations Elkyn, Havanah and Ava. They are very excited for their new adventure in supporting us all at St John Evangelist to be more like Jesus.

What does a Faith Leader do?

Faith Leaders have a special role in St John Evangelist Catholic Primary School. They meet regularly with the guidance of Miss Daniels and our priests to reflect on, and further develop, the prayer life of the school. They have a termly action plan which you can read here:

  • Faith Leaders are excellent role models for others in the school community.
  • Faith Leaders discuss and choose which charities the school will support each year. They are then responsible for organising, promoting and participating in charity events.
  • Faith Leaders lead acts of worship in classrooms and assemblies and support others to lead worship.
  • Faith Leaders are willing to share their Catholic beliefs with their peers.
  • Faith Leaders prepare for whole school Mass.
  • Faith Leaders will send home a termly Newsletter to share their work with the school community.

What have the Faith Leaders Achieved?

  • Raised money for ‘Jeans for Genes’ by organising a non-uniform day
  • Organised a Harvest collection of food items to be given to a local food bank
  • Collected for CAFOD by holding a second non-uniform day
  • During Advent they collected food and home items for a local food bank using the Caritas Reverse Advent calendar
  • Led Prayer & Worship in other classes
  • Visited BridgeSide Lodge Care home residents
  • Led assemblies

Bridgeside Lodge

Our Faith Leaders are regular visitors to our local care home, Bridgeside Lodge. They attend with our Parish Priests to visit with the residents; sing to them (they held a Christmas Carol concert) and for the sacrament ‘Anointing of the sick’.

Food bank and Christmas gifts

During Advent, Faith Leaders organised a collection of food items and toiletries for our local food bank at Blessed Sacrament.

They also collected gifts of hats, scarves and gloves for those who are less fortunate than us and those who do not have anyone to celebrate Christmas with. Our Parish hosts Christmas dinner and the gifts are given out to all of those who attend.

Fr Daniel has sent a letter thanking Faith Leaders for their dedication to supporting others

Foodbank Collection Thank you 06.01.26

‘I would like to thank you and your families for your generosity in the wonderful Christmas collection you put together for the foodbank, it was a truly spectacular sight all stacked together! More importantly, it will bring a lot of joy to those families who rely on such generosity to help them in their time of need.’

Pupil Chaplaincy Away Day

Visited Cathedral Hall with a number of other schools in the Westminster Diocese and learnt about their role as Faith Leaders and how to use their role to develop prayer and worship in the school.

The Giving Tree

They supported ‘Kids Out – The Giving Tree’ – handing out gift tags for pupils and parents to buy a gift for a vulnerable child at Christmas.

“We are like Jesus at St Johns because we do lots of things for others not just ourselves. We support charities like CAFOD but we also help children inside the school with our Playground Friends and Faith Leaders. We do things like reading the Bible in assembly, going to church and having altar servers. These are the things that Jesus would want us to do and so we do them – and we try to do them with gratefulness and gratitude.”

Catherine – Year 5