Soul Space: PD session at St Ignatius College Żebbuġ Primary school – 2024

During this session, the SDS team animated a session about prayer spaces for educators at St Ignatius College, Primary School Ħaż-Żebbuġ. It was an opportunity for educators to reconnect with God, themselves and others and share their experiences through personal reflection and group work.

The prayer activities that were set up included:

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.	Be Still: Prayer Word During this time one is inivted to be still and meditate on ma-ra-na-ta.	Friendship Chain During this prayer one is asked to think of a friend, reflect on the good qualities of their friend and then thank God for them.
Building Blocks In this prayer space one is asked to relfect on one’s daily actions and how such actions are helping to build a better world.	Cardboard Home During this time one is given time to reflect and pray for people who suffer poverty and are homeless.	Unity Tree During this prayer space one is encouraged to think about the school community he belongs to.
Shoal of Fish In this prayer space one and reflects and prays for unity and peace every place one is.	Mirror This prayer activity encourages one to identify the positive aspects of oneself as one looks at one’s own self-image created on the image of God in the mirror.	Being Brave This space is to help one think of the situation where bravery is needed and to ask God for courage.
Fizzy Forgiveness In this prayer space one reflects on forgiving those who hurt us, just like a tablet disappears in water so will our upset and hurt disappear with forgiveness.	Reconciliation Zips This Prayer Space shall help to think about situations where the human being argues, and sometimes separates himself/herself from the other person whom he/she had the argument with. Through the zips, we are to think about a situation and pray for reconciliation.

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