Worship
A daily act of collective worship is statutory in all schools. In schools with a designated religious character, like St Pius X, it is crucial to the spiritual life of the School and to pupils’ moral and spiritual development.
Britain is a multicultural and multi-faith society and, in this context, a collective Act of Worship can contribute much to a child’s broader educational development – offering opportunities to explore and understand values, and giving children a space and time to reflect. The time set aside in the school day for contemplation provides everyone with the opportunity to gather and support one another as a community.
Taking part in a daily Act of Worship helps build our community cohesion by creating a consistent structure around the Gospel values. Throughout the year, we come together to celebrate important events in the Church’s calendar, such as Lent and Advent. These activities are integral to our Catholic identity and life of our School.
We welcome children of different faiths or none at St Pius X Catholic Preparatory School. We are Catholic Christians in our worship – and all children are present in Mass, liturgies and our daily prayer life.
Our school has a rich multicultural and multi-faith environment with children from all faiths. As such children celebrate and gain an understanding of all faiths from Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism to Budhism.
By studying Catholism and all other faiths, it helps young people develop beliefs and values, and promotes the virtues of respect and empathy, which are important in our diverse society. It fosters civilised debate and reasoned argument, and helps pupils to understand the place of religion and belief in the modern world.
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