The school has a full-time chaplain Mrs James who works alongside students and staff encouraging, supporting and helping to create a deeply spiritual environment within our school community. Here at CNCHS we thrive to ensure that every child entering our school will have a clear understanding of the teachings of Jesus and the foundations of the Catholic faith allowing them to grow into compassionate, caring and confident young adults. At CNCHS the Chaplaincy team offers a wide range of opportunities for all our students. The team is involved in a range of areas of school life. At our school we take part in a number of events and programmes that involve us living our faith. | ||
Faith in Action (The CYMFed National Catholic Award Scheme). The participation in this scheme is an exciting prospect, it will involve spending some time in active work as well as in thought and prayer, all centred around the big question posed by Pope Benedict during his UK visit; ‘What kind of person do you want to be?’ |
As a catholic school, we pride ourselves on the fundraising we do for others. All our students and families contribute to the activities we hold here at Newman. Over the last few years, we have raised a substantial amount of money for various charities including YMCA Warrington, St Rocco’s, and the White chapel centre and River Reeves Foundation |
Full Circle is a programme designed for young people who have suffered significant loss often through bereavement or divorce. |
Here at Cardinal Newman all our students across the year groups are invited and encourage to join our residentials and day retreats each year. Our aim is to help our students take a minute in their day to slow down and be in touch with what they believe is real and true. This enables them to reconnect with themselves, others and God. Year 7 all participate in our inhouse retreat each year, they are given the opportunity to step away from the pressures of school life. We have many had many different teams join us including, Shrewsbury youth mission team, and Animate youth team, enabling then to experience and grow a relationship with God. |
“It was a brilliant day we had lots of fun and was able to take a minute to think about ourselves and God” |
“Being able to spend time in prayer and learning about ourselves was a really good feeling” Year 10 student are able to participate in our in-house retreat programme. Each year we have a variety of guest’s speakers including CAFOD, Mrs Walker and past students. This day is to enable them to gain a deeper understanding of how our school values, Service, Compassion, Forgiveness and Truth enable our young people to live out their daily lives |
International trips |
During Year 10 and 11, our pupils are offered amazing trips – one to New York City and the other to Rome. By visiting these two incredibly famous, but vastly different cities, our students experience varied cultures and sites of historical and religious significance…all while having loads of fun! |