Attendance Register for JPII Award Meetings

A minimum of two officially appointed leaders, who have completed the Church body recruitment process (including the provision of Garda Vetting/AccessNI checks, if appropriate), should be responsible for each activity involving young people.
​At least one of the leaders must have undergone a safeguarding information training session provided by trainers registered with the NBSCCCI. These leaders must sign this sheet and put their initials under each date to confirm that the children/young people and adults marked were in attendance, as indicated by the ‘time in’ and ’time out’ for each date.
Once complete, or when current year of the Pope John Paul II Award has concluded, attendance form should be submitted to Parish Safeguarding Representative for secure storage for parish records.

Record Cards to Download

Download and print off Award Record Card below.
*Remember to remind participants to get their activites signed off by the adult/leader/priest at the time.
*Please suggest that your participants take a regular photograph of their Record Card on their phone as they fill it in - so then if it gets lost, they can print out the most recent photo and keep filling in completed activities!

​Prayers for JPII Award Meetings

Opening Prayer    Prayer of Saint Ignatius Loyola
Dearest Lord,
teach me to be generous;
teach me to serve You as You deserve;
to give and not to count the cost,
to fight and not to heed the wounds,
to toil and not to seek for rest,
to labour and not to ask for reward
save that of knowing I am doing Your Will.
Amen.
Closing Prayer  Pope John Paul II Award Participant Prayer
God our Father,
Saint John Paul II tells us to trust Christ;
To listen attentively to his teachings,
To fix our eyes on his face,
To persevere in listening to his Word,
To allow him to focus our search and our aspirations and all our ideas and the desires of our heart.
Help us God our Father,
to do this so that all the actions
and decisions of our lives are done with Jesus
who is our Saviour and friend for ever and ever.
Amen.
Our Lady of Knock pray for us, and for the young people of Ireland.


Solemnity of Christ the King - World Youth Day
Liturgy Resources (including Commissioning)

The Global Celebration of Young People, which takes place every year on the Solemnity of Christ the King, is an annual celebration of youth and young adults that is undertaken at the local levels of the Church, such as dioceses, parishes, schools, and chaplaincies.

Encourage Award participants to be involved in the following areas of the Liturgy:
  1. Welcome
  2. Readings 
  3. Commissioning Ceremony 
  4. Prayer of the Faithful
  5. Offertory Procession
  6. Ministers of Holy Communion (if any Award participants have been trained & commissioned)
  7. Communion Reflection​


3-Session Resource

Created by the Diocese of Derry Catechetical Centre, "How does Jesus want me to live my life" is ideal for JPII particpants.
The aim of the resource is to enable students:
  • To explore how working in parish and community can help a young person to discern God’s plan;
  • To understand by doing activities in parish and community, where a personal faith comes into play;
  • To understand that prayer strengthens our relationship with God;
  • To develop an awareness of the spiritual dimension of life;
  • To foster an encounter with the person of Jesus;
  • To recognise that faith is a way of living life, lived out under the guidance of the Holy Trinity; and
  • To encourage faithfulness to an individual’s baptismal vocation.
Participants will be given the opportunity to:
  • Discuss the belief that we are created in the image of God;
  • Pray more deeply and more frequently; and
  • Share their own faith journey with others.


​JPII Award Meeting Plans

We have created a number of session plans that you can use as a framework for your regular meetings with Award Participants in your parish or pastoral area. Each session begins and ends with a short prayer, along with some input on the life of Saint John Paul II, his writings, messages and themes of his time as Pope.
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*These resources are offered as a guide, please feel free to use as much or as little as you wish.
Meeting 1 (September/October)
Biography of John Paul II
Seven key-points that made John Paul II 'The Great Pope'
Saint John Paul II, the Life of a Holy Pope
St John Paul II - Online with Saints
John Paul II: The record breaking pope
Meeting 2 (November)

Time for Prayer - November Remembrance

Find below a short text to use for a moment of prayer at your November meeting. Feel free to use as much or as little as you like.
A short Powerpoint Presentation is also available for those who may have the technology to display it.
novemberremembranceprayerjpii.docx
File Size: 19 kb
File Type: docx
Download File
jpii_november_remembrance_prayer.pptx
File Size: 4459 kb
File Type: pptx
Download File

Icebreaker Games

Everybody loves a game, and even though they can be awkward, icebreakers will 'do exactly what they say on the tin' and help your young people get to know each other and for you and other Parish Leaders to get to know them. The link below will bring you to a resource of simple (requiring minimal resources, if any) and fun games to play with your group.