Brothers of the Good Shepherd Donations 17 December 2020 - This year the Assistant Heads of Year have done an amazing job in helping with the collection of non-perishable goods for our local Wolverhampton Charity – The Brothers of the Good Shepherd. We sincerely give thanks to everyone who has donated in any way, this year more than ever, in these very difficult times. We […]
Charity Walk 15 July 2020 - Charity Walk and Sports Week One of St Edmund’s Catholic Academy traditions is the end of year charity walk. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, it is unable to take place, but as a school we still wanted to raise money for our three charities, voted for by the students. The three charities this year are. Compton […]
Good Deeds 22 April 2020 - The power of Facebook and the joining of old friends happened this morning! Our Lay Chaplain saw a message on Facebook from an old friend she used to work with over 25 years ago, asking for donations of elastic, as she was making ‘facemasks’ for a Care Home. Mrs Ferris sent an appeal out and […]
Lent 13 March 2019 - Lent We are now in the season of Lent. Lent is an opportunity for us to examine our conscious, pray more, acknowledge what we have, be thankful and be generous. In order for us to grow closer to the Lord, build up our relationship and discover anew the joy of a deeper conversion of the […]
Soli House- Girls Weekend 27 February 2019 - Two of our students attended a girls weekend retreat at Soli House. Here is Molly Kerins testimony of her time there. Soli house weekend During the 15th and the 17th of February Siwi and I went on a girls retreat to Soli House. The weekend was focused on our treasure, what is it, how we […]
Mission at Home 22 January 2019 - On January 26th – 27th, young adults across the Diocese will be answering the call of Pope Francis and serving in mission projects over this weekend serving their local community. Following a weekend of mission, local groups will join together on Sunday evening at Ss. Peter and Paul in Wolverhampton to celebrate the closing Mass […]
St Edmund’s Day Mass 06 December 2018 - Saturday 1st December was the Feast Day of our founder St Edmund. We marked the day with a celebration Mass for the whole community on Friday 3th November. Monsignor Mark Crisp, our Chaplain was the celebrant at the Mass. He gave a great homily, helping us to recognise how lucky and privileged we are to […]
St Mary’s and St John’s Christmas Fayre 05 December 2018 - On Saturday 1st December, three of our 6 formers gave up their Saturday to hold a stall at St Mary’s and St John’s Christmas Fayre. Over the week, they made different Christmas decorations such as sleighs, stars, candleholders and wreaths. On the day, they met the Mayor of Wolverhampton and his wife, who thanked them […]
Samaritans Purse-Operation Christmas Child 26 November 2018 - Samaritans- Operation Christmas Child At the start of November each tutor group was asked to fill a shoebox for the Samaritans Charity-Operation Christmas Child, and again students and staff came up trumps. Over 40 shoeboxes have been delivered. The boxes were filled with items such as hats, scarves, tooth brushes, toiletries, writing pads, pens, toys […]