Catholic Schools Week 2025 – Alive in Christ!
“Christ is alive! He is our hope, and in a wonderful way he brings youth to our world, and everything he touches becomes young, new, full of life. The very first words, then, that I would like to say to every young Christian are these: Christ is alive and he wants you to be alive!” – Pope Francis, Christus Vivit, Section 1.
Reflecting on the theme, Catholic schools will explore what it means to be fully alive as a human being – living life to the full in Christ. Sensitive to the age appropriateness of the various classes and years, the theme will explore how we exist for one another in Christ, building from the wellbeing of the individual, extending the notion of true wellbeing to others, to our families and communities, and to The Other, in God. The theme will mediate on hope, the true purpose and meaning of human life, and, in the more senior years, on true freedom.
As is usual, the theme will be connected at primary level with Grandparents’ Day on the Wednesday of Catholic Schools Week, and with the Family in post-primary. There will be a November ‘turning to’ remembrance moment.
Catholic Schools Week 2025 will run from ~Sunday 19th January to Saturday 25th January, 2025.
Note: Sunday 26th January is not being included in Catholic Schools Week as it is the Sunday of the Word of God.
November 2024: The Month of the Holy Souls
The theme for Catholic Schools Week 2025 is Catholic Schools: Alive in Christ. As we look forward to celebrating Catholic Schools Week 2025, the month of November offers us a moment to remember and pray for the Holy Souls. In November we remember and pray for those who died hoping in the promise of the resurrection. We also pray for the happy repose of the souls of all of our loved ones who have gone before us. During the hustle and bustle of school life, this resource gives schools the time and space to remember that the sorrow of death will give way to Christ’s promise of eternal life with God.