Wednesday Word

The Wednesday Word is a way of sharing the Sunday Gospel with families through primary schools and enriching the Home, School & Parish partnership. Whether printed in school for the child to take home, or simply emailed to parents, it is a weekly Gospel 'gift' from the school to the whole family.

"The Wednesday Word is an excellent resource that can be used in the class and at home to reflect on the issues and messages present in the liturgies."

Taken from Catholic Education Service (CES)
'Form & Flourish': Guidance for Schools and Parishes

"The materials produced are already used extensively throughout the dioceses in England and Wales - bringing remarkable graces to many. I offer my prayers and encouragement not only to those who provide The Wednesday Word but also to those who use it."

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster
& President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales

The Wednesday Word Sunday scripture & prayer resource is unique. It:

• complements and supports the RE already provided in schools, and has minimal impact on school administration - implementation and distribution are simple.
• aims to contribute to drawing families more closely to God and to each other and creating a new form of relationship between the Church and what statistics tell us often more than 80% of all school parents who do not currently appear to be practising or enquiring about the Catholic faith.
• promotes, upholds and enhances the Catholic ethos of Catholic schools.
• regularly shares the Gospel with all school parents, regardless of any professed faith or lack of it, whilst also acting as a regular, gentle, indirect invitation to the Church throughout the time that the family is connected to the school.
• is an effective starting point that helps avoid awkwardness in the many families where the tradition of coming together in prayer and reflection appear to have lapsed or never existed. The Wednesday Word aims to help all school families to develop Christ-centred relationships in the home - a proven way of reducing family breakdown
• is based on the parable of the Sower and the Seed.
• is a catholic outreach for our time which aims to share the Gospel to bring Glory to God, but needs your support.