Respect for the Saints and the Dead

Welcome

The SLT or any educator who is conducting the assembly will address the students positively saying Good morning to all. One can start this assembly with the sign of the cross: “In the name of the Father, and of the son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen”

Introduction

As you all know this week we had the mid-term holidays. During these holidays we celebrated All Saints and All Souls Days. Let’s watch together this short video which speaks about one of these feasts.

Watch

Ask kids to stop for a few seconds and think about what they just saw.

Reflective Thought

Usually during the month of November we think of and pray for those dear to us who passed away. On the 2nd of November we celebrated All Souls Day. However, during your mid-term holidays we celebrated another very important feast known as All Saints Day. We celebrated this feast on the 1st of November. This year during the month of November we are going to be thankful for all the saints. Saints can be family members or friends who passed away and are next to God because they respected and loved
a. God, b. others, c. and every living thing.
Now it’s our turn to pay respect back to them by thanking God for them and following their example.

Prayer

Dear God we thank you for this day. We ask you to grant eternal peace to all those who passed away. We want to thank you also for some of these holy people we have known. Thank you for all the saints who showed us how to Love and Respect you, one another and all of creation. We pray that we become holy like them by following their example in all we think, say and do.