The dates for the Sacraments of First Communion and Confirmation for 2013 have been confirmed. Bishop Christopher Jones will administer the Sacrament of Confirmation for Ransboro and Strandhill schools in Ransboro Church on Thursday May 16th at 11am. First Communion will be celebrated on Saturday May 18th at 11am in Ransboro Church. We send best wishes to those preparing for these sacraments.
We are learning this hymn in choir in school at the moment. Enjoy singing along to the video.
We are learning this hymn in choir in school at the moment. Enjoy singing along to it.
We’re learning this hymn in choir at the moment in school. It’s believed to date back to the 1800s and was sung by slaves in America. In this video it is sung by Alison Krauss.
Last night was our First Penance. It was a very special day for 2nd Class. There was a choir and our teachers were there. Mrs Mc Nulty was playing the keyboard. All our parents were there. They were very proud of us. We had to confess our sins to the priest. He gave us penance to do. We had to sing some hymns. We
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St. Brigid’s Day Today is St. Brigid’s Day. When Brigid was nursing an old pagan chieftain she picked up rushes from the floor and began to plait them into a cross. Brigid used the cross to explain the story of Jesus and his crucifixion to the chieftain. She told him about the love and forgiveness of God. The man repented of his lifestyle
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On Monday May May 29th we had an ice-cream party in our classroom in school. Mr. Quinn bought some wafers for the class. He put the ice-cream in the middle of the two wafers. We had a piece of cake from our First Communion with the ice-cream. We watched a DVD called Alvin and the Chipmonks in our class. It was a great DVD
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On the 22nd May Rang II made their First Holy Communion. We had to be at the church at 10.40am. When the mass started we all had to walk up to our places. We were all excited. When we were all finished our prayers we went up for communion with our families. After mass we went to the school to have a party. We
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Art Work by Fiona (Rang II) Once there was a man and a woman who did a job every morning. The man caught two fish and the mother baked five loaves. Micah, the son, went down to sell the food in town. A huge crowd came to see Jesus. There was not enough food for them. Jesus took the five loaves and two fish
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The first Mass of this parish based programme for the preparation of the First Holy Communion class will take place on Sunday, 29th November at 11am in Ransboro Church. Our school choir will sing at the Mass and we invite all children to attend.