In today’s assembly, we heard about how God created our beautiful world. The chaplains then shared what they had learnt from attending last week’s CAFOD National Assembly on climate change.
They explained what climate change is, the impact it has on people around the world and all about an important event happening in the UK this year called COP26.
They also set everyone a mission. Every child has been given a pair of eyes to decorate with how they want the world to be. The children were asked to think about how they could protect the planet in order for it to stay a green and beautiful place where everyone has what they need to live happily.
These eyes will form a big display in our hall and we will Tweet these to CAFOD and to our government to urge them to take action at COP26 to save our wonderful home – Planet Earth.
We ended our assembly with a prayer from Pope Francis’ Laudato Si:
A prayer for the Earth
All powerful God,
you are present in the universe
and in the smallest of your creatures.
You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
Pour out upon us the power of your love,
that we may protect life and beauty.
Fill us with your peace, that we may live
as brothers and sisters, harming no one.
O God of the poor,
help us to rescue the abandoned
and forgotten of this earth,
so precious in your eyes.
Bring healing to our lives,
that we may protect the world and not prey on it,
that we may sow beauty,
not pollution and destruction.
Touch the hearts
of those who look only for gain
at the expense of the poor and the earth.
Teach us to discover the worth of each thing,
to be filled with awe and contemplation,
to recognize that we are profoundly united
with every creature
as we journey towards your infinite light.
We thank you for being with us each day.
Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle,
for justice, love and peace.
How will you protect our planet and achieve this week’s mission to help those in trouble because of climate change? Let us know in the comments below.
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