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HOUSES AT CHRIST THE KING
At Christ the King, all our children are organised into 4 different houses. These are named after Saints that the children chose as they felt they were truly inspirational and provided us with a good example of how we can live our lives as followers of Jesus.
Our School Saints are:
St Thérèse of Lisieux – Blue Team
Feast Day: 1st October
Thérèse saw herself as “the Little Flower of Jesus” because she was just like the simple wild flowers in forests and fields, unnoticed by the greater population, yet growing and giving glory to God.
The Little Way - she teaches us that God is everywhere – in every situation and person – and in the ordinary, simple details of life.
God wants to meet us wherever we are and He is accessible to all who seek Him. The little way is a way of forgiveness, confidence, trust, and love. It is selfless and simple. St. Thérèse of Lisieux is a great saint who arrived at holiness by a simple path we all can follow. She is with us and will help us.
St Thérèse said: ‘Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.’
St Bernadette - Red Team
Feast Day: 16th April
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes was best known as a saint who received visions from the Virgin Mary in a cave near Lourdes, France. Pope Pius XI canonised her as a saint in 1933.
She received several visions from the Virgin Mary starting in 1858. When she reported these visions, civil authorities attempted to force her to recant her accounts. She refused, and word spread about the cave she had found with supposed miracle healing springs.
St Maximilian Kolbe – Green Team
Feast Day: 14th August
Saint Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar. During the German occupation of Poland, he published a number of anti-Nazi newsletters and set up a shelter for thousands of refugees. In 1941, he was arrested and sent to Auschwitz, where in terrible circumstances he continued to work as a priest and offer solace to fellow inmates.
When the Nazi guards selected 10 people to be starved to death in punishment for the escape of a prisoner, Kolbe volunteered to die in place of a stranger, leading his fellow prisoners in songs and prayer until, after three weeks, he was the final man to die. He was canonised in 1982 by Pope John Paul II who declared him to be “The Patron Saint of Our Difficult Century.”
“Hatred is not a creative force. Only love is a creative power.”
St Francis of Assisi – Yellow Team
Feast Day: 4th October
Born in Assisi, Italy in 1181 to a prosperous family of silk merchants, Saint Francis abandoned a life of luxury for a life devoted to Christianity after reportedly hearing the voice of God, who commanded him to rebuild the Christian church and live in poverty. Francis became a devotee of the faith and his reputation spread all over the Christian world. He founded the Franciscan order in 1209 and later a women’s order called the Poor Clares which still exist today. During his life he also developed a deep love of nature and is known as the patron saint of the environment and animals.
St Francis of Assisi prayer:
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon,
Where there is doubt, faith,
Where there is despair, hope,
Where there is darkness, light,
And where there is sadness, joy.
Amen.
Christ the King Catholic Primary School is a Voluntary Aided primary school. Registered Office: Easton Hill, Road, Thornbury, Bristol. BS35 1AW