On Tuesday 6th March, the girl from 6th class attended their Retreat Day in the Parish Hall. It is an important part for preparation for Confirmation but also, its a chance for the girls to be together to have a meditative and enjoyable day as group in their final year of primary school. The Retreat was facilitated by the Net Ministries who are a young group and they really put together a wonderful schedule for the girls for the day. 6th class would like to thank Sean, Courtney, Rakina, Marie and Patrick who were the Net Ministries team. Thank you to Miss O Reilly who brought up some lovely soup to  the girls, it was a real treat!! Thank you to the Sacred Heart of Mary Sisters for the use of their beautiful oratory for our Mass as part of our retreat. Thank you very much to  Father Dempsey for organizing this event for us and celebrating Mass with us.

This was really a day for the Sixth Class girls and when asked to reflect on  their day, here are examples of what they wrote.

“On March 6th 2018, we had a retreat day in the Parish Hall. We were in small groups.Lorraine, Ruth, Hayley and Mihaela were in mine. Our leader was Marie. We played fun games that had symbolic meaning,for example, the game square mazes showed us that if you make a mistake in life you can get a second chance. We also dramatized the sacraments, ours was Communion with the theme of Disney Princesses. The leaders dramatized a Confession where the person confessing lied, while doing her penance she felt bad. We meditated and the leaders prayed with us . After that we went the Sacred Heart of Mary sisters and Father Dempsey said Mass.”

Roisin

” Our Retreat Day was held in the Parish Hall on the 6th of March 2018. The retreat was run by the Waterford Net team from Net Ministries. The Net members were Sean, Courtney, Marie, Patrick and Rakina. When we got there we played a group game, then split into our small groups. I was in Sean’s small group. We were talking about our Confirmation. We played more games. We made up dramas about Sacraments. In my small group, we dramatized Confession with a Star Wars theme. We watched Rakina and Patrick doing a drama about taking action. Patrick played his guitar and we watched another drama about lying in Confession. Next we did a meditation and prayed. We went to mass in the Sacred Heart of Mary’s Sisters chapel. Fr. Dempsey led the Mass. Our day was lovely and I learned a lot about our upcoming Confirmation!”

Annabelle