Children’s Daily Prayer Under the Southern Cross 2019

Sr Margaret Smith sgs

This is a book of daily prayer for students in Years 3 - 8 It combines the rhythms of the church’s year with school terms and other calendars It takes inspiration from the church’s rich liturgical traditions

It contains:

Daily classroom prayer for each school day of the year Rich background material for each liturgical season Reference to days of significance for Australia and New Zealand and to international observances

Students will meet:

Saints, old and new Prophets and peacemakers of our time

Children’s Daily Prayer Under the Southern Cross works by having ONE BOOK IN EACH CLASSROOM. It lasts for the whole year.

Children’s Daily Prayer Under the Southern Cross is like your new 2019 diary because: RIGHT THERE, on the RIGHT DATE and on the RIGHT PAGE is everything you will need for classroom prayer for every day of the 2019 school year.

MARGARET SMITH is a Sister of the Good Samaritan and an experienced teacher. Her expertise in pastoral liturgy is widely recognised throughout Australia and beyond, through her teaching, workshops, seminars and writing. She has lectured in liturgical studies at both Catholic Theological College, East Melbourne and Yarra Theological Union, Box Hill. Both are member colleges of the University of Divinity.