Saint George Catholic College
Student Involvement
There are many opportunities for our students to be involved in the Catholic life of the college:
The Growing in Faith Team (GiFT)
The GiFT team consists of students whose role it is to provide support to the Chaplaincy team (hyperlink to Chaplaincy team page). The students help with masses, prayers and with raising money for our school charities (hyperlink to charities page). The GiFT team is open to all students, whether they are Catholic or not, and consists of students in all year groups as well as our Spirituality prefects.
Parish Ambassadors
We currently have four parish ambassadors whose role is to provide a link between the school and our feeder parishes. The team will be expanding over the course of this year as we strengthen our bonds with our local parishes.
St Vincent De Paul Society
Our St Vincent De Paul Society is run by our Chaplain and Mrs Suzanne Morgan from the Three Rivers pastoral area and a selection of our students.
The group's ambition is to complete positive work in our local community as well as learn about the spirituality of the great French Saint Vincent De Paul.
The group has supported local homeless charities as well as visits to a local care home.
Recently reformed after the COVID 19 pandemic, the new SVP comprises around 10 students from Years 7-9. This is run by the Chaplain and Mrs Suzanne Morgan from the Three Rivers pastoral area and members of the SVP. The group’s ambition is to complete positive work in our local community as well as learn about the spirituality of the great French Saint Vincent De Paul. So far, this group has supported a homeless charity and visited a local care home.
Retreat Days
All our students in Years 7-10 have the opportunity throughout the year to attend our termly retreat days with our chaplain and our priest chaplain at St Joseph’s Centre in Ashurst.
Our College Chapel
The college chapel is open for students and staff to visit informally during the day. Tutor groups also take it in turns to use the chapel as a more formal setting for their morning collective worship.
Students, staff and parents are also welcomed and encouraged to attend weekly Mass celebrated by one of our local clergy.
Our chapel is open at break and lunchtimes for anyone who wants to have a bit of peace and quiet, say a prayer, have a chat, ask for a prayer, light a candle.
Other venues, such as the school hall and the sports hall, are used for larger whole-school liturgies, which take place at significant points during the year, most notably on St George's Day. All students and staff attend these celebrations and many take part in reading, serving, singing and other music ministries. We encourage as many students as possible to be involved in the planning and organising of such celebrations by becoming active members of the chaplaincy group.
Tutor Time Schedule
All students say the Celebration of the Word daily and have the opportunity to lead prayer via our Prayer Platform with their tutor groups and follow a tutor time schedule.