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Support for Ukraine - Salesians Ireland | Continuing Don Bosco's Mission for Young People

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Support for the Salesians of Don Bosco Ireland's Mission in the Ukraine

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Support for the Salesians of Don Bosco Ireland's Mission in the Ukraine

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Salesians Ireland | Continuing Don Bosco's Mission for Young People

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Hans Henri P Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, warns, "Half of Ukraine's energy infrastructure is either damaged or destroyed. This is already having knock-on effects on the health system and on people's health." He also comments, "The devastating energy crisis, the deepening mental health emergency, constraints on humanitarian access and the risk of viral infections will make this winter a formidable test for the Ukrainian health system and the Ukrainian people." Temperatures can be as low as ‑25⁰C and many families will find it difficult to buy warm clothes, pay for utilities or buy solid fuel for heating. Many have lost their jobs and livelihoods and the war has brought an economic crisis to the whole country. There is also a constant need of food supplies, as the warehouses in Ukraine are empty.

However, the Salesian family around the world has been working to support the Ukrainian people at this challenging time, providing winter clothes, thermal blankets, portable stoves, fuel, and electric generators, along with other weather-appropriate equipment. Salesians in Ukraine are also doing their utmost to help their people, both practically and spiritually. In the words of the Ukrainian Bishop Maksim Ryabukha SDB, "Where everything collapses and is bombed, we bring hope and the light of Christ."

Salesians are also partnering with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and the Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo (VIS) NGO on a six-month project taking place over the winter and spring months. This includes efforts to help people restore their destroyed housing, with kits being distributed for small- and medium-emergency repairs to houses, particularly in the Ivankiv province, where 2,360 homes have been damaged. The project also distributes 1,000 hot meals per day in Lviv and in the Zhytomyr province, thanks in part to synergy with the Department of Civil Defense, which has provided 4 field kitchens.

"Ukrainian civilians need humanitarian aid of all kinds, including social assistance. We should do everything that is possible for us: starting with prayer, ending with material support," affirms Daniel Kotvytskyi, of the Ukraine Emergency Coordination Team.

This team has helped with the process of 'Winterisation' - preparing the Ukrainian people for this year's winter - by delivering humanitarian aid during October in the form of children's winter boots, food, and other essential items. The Warsaw Emergency Coordination Team took them to children living in the Sonechko (Ladybird) Children's Home in the town of Żurawno and to the Children's Hospital in city of Lviv.

"This expedition was made possible thanks to our generous benefactors from South Korea, Canada and Australia. Since the beginning of the war, thanks to the support of the Salesian Family around the world, we have been able to help where it is most needed."

Don Bosco Aid is also supporting to Ukrainians at this difficult time, sending €25,000 towards a 6-month project in Bibrka, Ukraine, running from the beginning of November to the end of March. This project provides food and non-food items essential for thermal comfort and, thus, for the good health and general well-being of Ukrainian citizens in the months of winter. Some of the non-food items include winter clothing, home heating appliances, solid fuel, a home-ceiling insulation kit for the centre, and window replacements. Those who benefit from the project include local people, internally displaced persons (IDPs), non-displaced, returnees, and host communities. The project is taking place in cooperation with many Salesian organisations, Non-government Organisations (NGOs), and Mission Offices involved in providing help for Ukraine and refugees since the beginning of war.

The Salesian community in Bibrka has also been supporting local and internally displaced people through psychosocial support since the beginning of the war. This has mostly been aimed at children and youth by creating a safe space for them, as well as conducting various activities to ensure they can develop and still 'be children' in these difficult times.

Thanks to your incredible generosity, Don Bosco Aid has been able to transfer over €150,000 so far to Salesians working on the ground in Ukraine.

Thank you very much.

Don Bosco Aid Team

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Bringing Warmth This Winter - Salesians Ireland | Continuing Don Bosco's Mission for Young People

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Salesians and the wider Salesian Family in the Ukraine and neighbouring countries have opened their homes, schools, and parish buildings to the many displaced people. As an international congregation the Salesian order has begun a worldwide appeal for sounds and humanitarian goods and aid.

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A message from Bishop Nulty for Ash Wednesday

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A message from Bishop Nulty for Ash Wednesday

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https://fb.watch/bsECOcR9Vr/

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Ukraine - Salesians in the current difficult situation

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Salesians in the Ukraine- a difficult situation

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Salesians in the Ukraine- a difficult situation

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(ANS - Lviv) - In the current reality that Ukraine is experiencing, the Salesians present in the country are doing everything possible for the young and the needy population, describing the situation they see with their own eyes and raising their prayers to God, along with requests for solidarity and help from the international community.

"Unfortunately, the situation continues to be tragic. Let's get ready for even tougher times. We do not know how long this war will continue, and then we must be ready for even a long period," said Fr Mykhayl Chaban, Superior of the "Mary Help of Christians" Vice-Province of Ukraine of the Greek Catholic Rite (UKR).

"Dear brothers... There are many victims among the soldiers, but also among civilians. The whole world is waiting for immediate decisions to stop the aggressor. Throughout Ukraine, there is a danger of bombing. Today our capital, Kyiv, is suffering a lot, as well as the areas bordering Russia. People are fleeing their homes," adds Fr Chaban.

The Salesians are present in several major cities of the country: Kyiv, Lviv, Zhytomyr, Dnipro, Odessa, as well as in Korostyshiv, Peremyshlany, and Bibrka, and remain close to the population until the last moment, trying to be those who give hope to the disillusioned population.

What Salesians are already working on and seeking support for is:

- the arrangement of a shelter to protect at least the children and young people of the state schools, and also all the people who will be in need;

- food and shelter for the people who will be taken in (food, beds, mattresses, blankets, etc.)

Currently, the Salesians are already welcoming about a hundred minors in their shelters, giving priority to the children from orphanages, and hundreds more are expected to be hosted in Lviv with the arrival of the first refugees from the east of the country.

"Dear brothers, I ask you first of all to pray for Ukraine and also to be welcoming if refugees arrive in your country. I thank you for all your help and support," concludes Fr Chaban.

For his part, Fr Marcin Kaznowski, Provincial of the "St Hyacinth" Province of Poland-Krakow (PLS), which also has works in Ukraine, communicated: "The outbreak of the war in Ukraine is an immense drama that has affected the local society and all of Europe. Our Salesian confreres are among those whose lives are at risk. The confreres are aware of the dangers that there may be, but they are serene and confident in God's providence. All have informed me that they are ready to remain there to accompany their faithful and the young people entrusted to them in this difficult time."

The invitation that Fr Kaznowski addresses to the whole Salesian Family is to pray "for peace in this country and for the grace of repentance for those who are making themselves masters of the life and death of others"; and he concludes by entrusting the Ukrainian population to Mary Help of Christians.

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Ukraine - Salesians in the current difficult situation

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(ANS - Lviv) - In the current reality that Ukraine is experiencing, the Salesians present in the country are doing everything possible for the young a...

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Heywood Community School Celebrates Mass with Fr. Paddy Byrne Sunday January 9th 2022.

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Heywood Community School Celebrates Mass with Fr. Paddy Byrne Sunday January 9th 2022.

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On Sunday January 9th 2022 Fr. Paddy Byrne celebrated the Mass of The Baptism of the Lord on the RTE Mass on Sunday Programme live from the Kairos Studios with Ms. Woods musical director and musicians, singers and readers from our very own student body. Well done and thank you to the following students for their wonderful celebration: Darragh Kelly, Bronagh Clooney, Laura Vesey, Mollie O Rourke, Lucy Cahill, Erin Lalor and Colleen Lalor.

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Should you wish to set and intention and light a candle virtually you can do so here, 

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Should you wish to set and intention and light a candle virtually you can do so here, 

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Especially today during the funeral service of Ashling Murphy taking place at 11am.

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We welcome you to the practice of lighting a candle; connecting you to inner stillness and to a global community. Feel this connectedness. Slow your pace and offer these moments your full attention. You will be guided step-by-step.

22,950,499 candles have been lit from 255 countries, including 1,233 candles in the last two days.

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Light a Candle - Grateful Living Practice - Grateful.org

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Throughout the world, lighting candles is a sacred ritual. We light a candle for many purposes: to illuminate darkness, dedicate prayers, solidify intentions, offer blessings, evoke Spirit, and/or to nourish Grateful Living.

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Should you wish to set qb intention and light a candle virtually, especially today- during Ashling Murphy's funeral service beginning at 11am. 

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Should you wish to set qb intention and light a candle virtually, especially today- during Ashling Murphy's funeral service beginning at 11am. 

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We welcome you to the practice of lighting a candle; connecting you to inner stillness and to a global community. Feel this connectedness. Slow your pace and offer these moments your full attention. You will be guided step-by-step.

22,950,499 candles have been lit from 255 countries, including 1,233 candles in the last two days.

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Light a Candle - Grateful Living Practice - Grateful.org

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Throughout the world, lighting candles is a sacred ritual. We light a candle for many purposes: to illuminate darkness, dedicate prayers, solidify intentions, offer blessings, evoke Spirit, and/or to nourish Grateful Living.

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https://spunout.ie/life/abuse/end-violence-against-women

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Guided Meditation: The Blue Planet(Still Point Meditations). 

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Guided Meditation: The Blue Planet (Still Point Meditations. SK. 

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Guided Meditation: The Blue Planet (Still Point Meditations. SK. 

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Guided Meditation: Autumn (Still Point Meditations)

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Guided Meditation: Autumn (Still Point Meditations). SK

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Guided Meditation: Autumn (Still Point Meditations). SK

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Any first years who would like to have someone to chat to during small break in the gym or to take part in some social distanced board games while they eat their lunch, please find your Meitheal leaders in the games corner. They are there every small break for you. If you have any questions, they are there to help so please ask. 🙂

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Please remember Fr. PJ Nyland former School Chaplain at HCS who died on August 11th 2021. 

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Please remember Fr. PJ Nyland former School Chaplain at HCS who died on August 11th 2021. 

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He was a wonderful friend a colleague to all School Chaplain's around the country. May he rest in peace.

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Wishing our Leaving Certificate Class of 2021 the very best of luck as they await their results tomorrow. You are in my prayers.

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Wishing our Leaving Certificate Class of 2021 the very best of luck as they await their results tomorrow. You are in my prayers.

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A Prayer for Parents upon the return to school. 

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A Prayer for Parents upon the return to school. 

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You may find some of the podcasts and blogs by family therapist Richard Hogan here useful. 

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You may find some of the podcasts and blogs by family therapist Richard Hogan here useful. 

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He specialises in helping families deal with the effects of covid 19 on family life among other things.

https://therapyinstitute.ie/blog/

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Meitheal Training 2021- Lookong forward to welcoming first years to HCS. 

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Meitheal Training 2021- Lookong forward to welcoming first years to HCS. 

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Our brand new Meitheal team returned to school early to receive training on Wednesday August 25th. Well done to all and thank you for volunteering to help support the first years as they settle into our school family. The names of the new team.and their first year class assignments will be announced next week. 🙂

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A Prayer for Parents at the beginning of a new school year. 

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A Prayer for Parents at the beginning of a new school year. 

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The Haven: 10 Guided Meditation & Visualisation Stories Set in a Dreamlike Village on the Edge of Enchantment.

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Class of 2021, it is with great love that we bid you a fond farewell in this way. On behalf of all the staff of Heywood, it has been our pleasure to have gotten to know you over the past 6 years. We ask you to remember your roots here in Heywood, we will remember you. Despite not being able to do so in the usual way, we wanted to mark this very special moment in your lives.

Your graduation candle a great symbol of hope as it tells the story of ending and beginning, the Easter light, the symbol of Christ-the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning, and the end. We, as a staff, wish nothing more for you than to have a sense of belonging in your hearts. I will now light this flame and in turn the flame of hope will be passed onto all of you- as a symbol of our interconnectedness.

May the blessing of light be upon you, light outside & light within. With God’s light shining on you, may your heart glow with warmth, like a peat fire that welcomes friends and strangers alike. May the light of the Lord shine from your eyes, like a candle in the window welcoming the weary travellers. May the blessing of God’s soft rain be on you, falling on your head, refreshing your soul with the sweetness of little flowers newly blooming. May the strengths of the winds of Heaven bless you, carrying the rain to wash your spirit clean, sparkling after in the sunlight. May the blessings of God’s earth be on you and as you walk the roads may you always have a kind word for those you meet. May you understand the strength and power of God in a thunderstorm in winter and the quiet beauty of creation in the calm of a summer sunset. May the earth be soft under you when you rest upon it, tired at the end of the day. And may you come to realise that you are an important part of God’s plan.

May God watch over you and keep you safe from harm. Amen

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Enjoy your summer break and take good care of yourselves!

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Enjoy your summer break and take good care of yourselves!

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A prayer for us as a school  as we place ourselves in God's protection over the summer break. 

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A prayer for us as a school  as we place ourselves in God's protection over the summer break. 

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Loving and healing God,
we, the people of Heywood Community School turn to you in prayer,
confident that you are with us and with all people in every moment.
We stand before you as people of hope, trusting in your care and protection.
May your faithful love support us and soothe hearts.

Generous God,
fill us with compassion and concern for others, young and old,
that we may continue to look after one another as we have done all year.
Bring healing to those anyone who needs it and be with their families.
May those who have died rest in your eternal embrace.
Comfort their family and friends.

O God of creation and life,
we place ourselves in your protection.
May the mantle of your peace enfold us this day and tomorrow.
St Brigid, pray for us.
St Don Bosco, pray for us.
May all the saints of God, pray for us.

Amen

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A Blessing for the retiring members of our school family:

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A Blessing for the retiring members of our school family:

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Each of you started on this journey with us here in Heywood a great many years ago. Now it is time to leave behind the dear friends you have come to know, your work became your passion as you used your gifts and skill, you set high standards for yourself and others too, showing great dedication, generosity, kindness, consideration, and grace, we all see the best in each of you, so now as you go on your way. we pray that you don’t waste one minute wishing for the things that might have been rather watch the seeds you have planted grow and feel the peace within, we ask God to keep you safe and well wherever you may go, surrounded by your loved ones and living out the dreams you have earned, they say that the priceless things we gain in life often come from the divine, and each of you have been a true blessing to all who came to know you, we hope now that in the quiet of your heart you may now hear God softly say “my good and faithful servant, I am proud of you this day” Amen.

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An image of the badge presented to our 2021 graduates. Congratulations to all. 

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An image of the badge presented to our 2021 graduates. Congratulations to all. 