Tuesday, 2nd September 2025
 to Thursday, 4th September 2025

7:30am – 12:00pm

Archbishop’s Curia, Floriana

Everyone

In the spirit of the Global Week of Prayer from September 1st to 7th, led by the 24-7 Prayer Movement worldwide, SDS invited the entire Church community – educators, students, families, religious, and laypeople — to unite in prayer for our school communities in Malta and Gozo.

At the beginning of the Season of Creation and as the new scholastic year approaches, we believe it’s the perfect moment to dedicate our schools to God. We believe what the psalmist writes: “Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labour in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.” (Psalm 127). So we pray that each classroom, staff room, corridor, and playground becomes a place where the civilisation of God’s love can grow — a civilisation rooted in compassion, justice, peace, inclusion, and joy.

  • Tuesday, 2nd September; Wednesday, 3rd September and Thursday, 4th September
  • Between 7:30 am and 12:00 pm
  • Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana

Together with various religious and educators, we prayed for minds to be enlightened, hearts to be compassionate, souls to be open to God, and for strength to carry out our educational mission in love. After Holy Mass, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and various prayer activities were available in the Prayer Space at the Archbishop’s Curia.

You can download the prayers used

Prayers of intercession
Animated Adoration
Taize Prayers

Share the music we used during the prayers

Wounded Planet (Adults)

During this prayer space one is asked to think of what is wounding our world, and what can one do to help in the healing. One is invited to pray for the healing of the world.

Forgiveness For Greed

In this prayer space one is invited to reflect on the greedyness not only globally by mostly personally, and to ask for forgiveness for such greedy actions.

Empty Plate

Apart from praying for world leaders to be given wisdom and courage to lead fairly, this prayer space also helps one to reflect on living without food due to injustice and economic-greed.

Peace Garden

This prayer space encourages one to reflect on peace, whether when one is at peace, where is peace needed or how is peace felt.

Shattered Relationships

This prayer space allows one to reflect on relationships with a sour experience that induced distance.

Friendship Hand

In this prayer space one is asked to think of friends who have been with them through thick and thin and show gratitude for them.

Be Still: Chapel

In the space just be. Be at peace in a place where one becomes aware of God.

Prayer Wall

In this prayer space one is encouraged to be one of the builders of a wall of faith by writing and sticking his prayer onto the wall.
People Tree

People Tree

This prayer space gives us time to pray and think about people close to us.

Mr Matthew Gauci, a pastoral worker within SDS shared his experience:

“When you hear about a three-day event with the name “Pray for our Schools,” what comes to mind is incessant intercessory prayer for “our schools.” Sure enough, the Intercession Sheets were prepared and the programme was organised with varied prayer sessions and activities for this purpose – though what became so evident is what we know already in theory but cannot be reminded enough to take on board: the need that we (I) simply pray, so that we (I) could intercede effectively (for schools, in particular in this case)! In other words, we who are involved in education and have at heart the well-being of each student, need to be first people of prayer, or pray-ers – for our mission stems and our intercession in prayer overflows from our relationship with God, in whose mission we partake and have the privilege to participate in. I thank God for His reminders again and again, that unless He builds the “house” (me!), “the builders labour in vain” (Psalm 127). I thank God also, together with my colleagues, for the educators and pastoral workers who joined us, and I really look forward to experience the benefits of these days, especially the prospect of finding more occasions to pray … for our schools!”

Ms Anne Marie Gatt wrote:

“Spending time in front of the Blessed Sacrament in silent prayer is, for me, an experience that opens up a world of awe and wonder. In these moments of peaceful contemplation, I am made small and humble before the greatness of God, like a child looking up to a loving Father and entrusting Him with my past, present, and future. Paradoxically, this humility becomes an experience of strength and direction, filling me with a renewed sense of empowerment and guidance.”

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Pray Where You Are

People were invited to stop and pray for our schools, wherever they are – at home, at work or on the bus. They could also send prayers by email or share the prayer on our online prayer wall. Prayers included a sentence, a scripture verse, a moment of silence, or a shared reflection with your colleagues or family.

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This event is part of the Prayer Spaces programme.