Brother John Steinmayer is a Christian Brother
from Dublin who lives in Bombay, India. St. Evin's School has supported his
school in India through our Mission funding for many years. On May 15th, 2014
Br. John visited our school to thank the children and their teachers for all
their efforts. We had a lovely gathering in the school hall when the pupils from
1st-6th Class had an opportunity to meet Brother John and hear directly from him
how our mission money can make such a difference to the lives of children in a
poor part of the world.
Mr. Costello presented Brother John with a big
cheque for 1,000 euro. This
money will help children in
India
to get a good education.
Well done to all the
children in St. Evin’s school.
Assembly
for Brother Steinmayer:
St.
Evin’s School
Monasterevin, May
15th, 2014.
Focal
Point:
Globe, Bible, Candle, Mission Box, Raffle Prizes, Photographs of children from
Br. Steinmayer’s school in
India
.
Welcome
and Introduction.
Opening
Song:
"Spirit
Filled Day", Alive-O 8.
Leader: We
gather today to celebrate all the good Missionary Work which is done by the
pupils and teachers in our school. Every Friday the children bring in money and
put it in the mission boxes in their classrooms. This money is given to children
all over the world who are poor, sick, hungry, and homeless. Our money helps to
make their lives better. Today we will give some money to Brother Steinmayer for
the children in his school in
India
.
Reader
1, (6th Class):
This is the globe of the world. It represents the children everywhere who are
helped by the pupils of St. Evin’s
school. Some of these children live in Africa, Asia and
South America
.
Reader
2, (6th Class):
This is the mission box. It represents the kindness of each child who
brings in money for the missions on Fridays. Sometimes we give up something
ourselves so that another child can have food to eat or a home to live in.
Reader
3, (3rd Class):
These are raffle prizes. They show how lucky we are to live in
Ireland
and have nice things in our lives. We enjoy nice lunches, good homes and a
lovely school. But some children do not have any nice things.
Reader
4, (3rd Class):
These are photographs of some children in the school in
India
. They are happy and smiling. The money we give will help them to get a good
education and have good lives.
Reader
5, (5th Class):
This is our school candle. We will now light the candle to show that we can
bring light into the world by helping other people.
Reader
6, (5th Class):
We will now listen to a reading from the Holy Bible.
Jesus
is the light of the world.
Jesus
says: “If anyone follows me they will not walk in darkness. They will have the
light of life”
This
is the Gospel of the Lord.
Response:
Praise to you Lord, Jesus Christ.
Leader: We
will now join together to say our Mission Prayer.
Leader:
Missionary Children are special children. They have a special job to do. Their
mission is to share the light of love and friendship with children of the world,
especially the poor.
Let
us Pray.
The
Response is: “Lord, help us to be friends.”
Leader: We
pray for all the special children in God’s big family.
All:
Lord, help us to be friends.
Leader: We
pray for happiness for children everywhere.
All:
Lord, help us to be friends.
Leader: We
pray that children will share with each other.
All:
Lord, help us to be friends.
Leader: We
pray that children everywhere can live in peace.
All:
Lord, help us to be friends.
Mr.
Costello: Let
us spread the light of Christ around the world by living up to our Mission
Motto, “Children helping Children”.
We
will now sing the song “Connected” from Alive-O 4, to show that the
children in Monasterevin are now connected to the children in
India
in a special way.
Brother
Stinmayer is invited to speak to the children about his school in
India
.
Leader: We will now make
the presentation to Br. Steinmayer .
This
is a cheque for €1,000. This will help children in
India
to get a good education.
Well
done to all the children in St. Evin’s school.