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A 2024 Just1 suggestion for
many schools
to celebrate their own unique cultural diversity
sharing The Lord's
Prayer in the languages
found among pupils, families & friends
and for UK Catholic schools, as an example of synodality
in action to feed into the resuming October 2024 Synod in Rome - addressing a couple of points from 2023...
British Sign Language version
included in thoughtful all-ages ecumenical YouTube video produced by CofE Devon
The Lord's Prayer in Different Languages | Pentecost 2020 (youtube.com)
Simple laminated A4 display of pages from the Paternoster Gallery visiting Corpus Christi Church
in Wokingham
2024 Guide with all the 20+ languages
and commentaries
Hugh Gibbons, conductor of Just1, says...
A 2024 WhoArtful Gallery is a simple idea - a variation on what many schools may already have done. It's a spin off of the Paternoster Gallery I made in 2018 with the inputs from friends and contacts far and wide - see down the page. A WhoArtful Gallery does things differently - schools make their own.
You might think of calling yours a Pentecost Gallery.
It's your school’s own informal exhibition of The Lord’s Prayer in different languages - found among your pupils, families, friends, and perhaps parishioners. So it's a unique home-grown showcase and celebration of your particular cultural diversity at this point in time.
Your
Gallery will be an echo of the Church of the Paternoster on the Mount of Olives with its hundreds of language versions on ceramic plaques. Yours will probably be on paper, maybe laminated for display – and personal to your school. As usual, schools will be great at creating ways to put theirs to use – eg maybe displayed on page or screen; illustrated; read out in assembly or class.
NB1 There's also a suggestion that may tickle and test the imagination of Years 4-13: Texting God....
NB2 For Catholic schools and parishes, it's also an timely expression of synodality. “In a Church that is living synodally, different cultures, languages, rites, ways of thinking, and realities can engage together and fruitfully in a sincere search for the Spirit's guidance”, said the Synodal Church in Mission Synthesis Report from Rome in October 2023. So it's an input for the October 2024 regathering.
NB3 If you'd like to send me any news of what you've found and done, that'll be very welcome - to air and share on this website as the year goes on.
With all best wishes for an artful 2024!
Hugh Gibbons, Conductor and Artist-in-Residence of Just1
Email hughgibbons@just1.org.uk
Other galleries made
for schools and churches are at
www.just1.org.uk/galleries
1-page PDF Briefing
Click picture or here to open
For any sort of church school, maybe by Pentecost in mid-May
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How about calling the total your Lord's Prayer Number!
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This might start in 2024 and get added to over the years
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Perhaps post this as news,
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Share your findings on social and local media - it's a good good-news story
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And let your diocese know - to air and share your example
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Early on, invite other schools to join in the shared enjoyment
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Any you have links with (eg in your academy trust) in the UK or elsewhere; or local Christian schools
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Share and compare what you're you doing, or have found, or suggestions for use
For UK Catholic schools, tell your bishop of your example of synodality in action
There’s a reason. In October, the Synod re-gathers in Rome. It would be good for all there to know of schools and parishes applying the spirit of synodality - turning theory into action. Ask your bishop to pass on the news of your contribution to the UK bishops' delegates or other attenders.
You might cite that quote from the Synodal Church in Mission Synthesis Report from Rome in October 2023. "In a Church that is living synodally, different cultures, languages, rites, ways of thinking, and realities can engage together and fruitfully in a sincere search for the Spirit's guidance." The Report also said that "There can be no synodality without an ecumenical dimension.” WhoArtful Galleries would seem to fit that requirement.
And why not write to Pope Francis about what you've done? The address is His Holiness Pope Francis 00120 Vatican City. You’ll get a reply to share with all school families.
Something for Years 4-12 to try their hand at...?
The
organisation
www.ship-of-fools.com organised a
competition for the Lord's Prayer in fewer than
160 characters (maybe in the old Twitter days).
Pupils might like to emulate the imagination
shown by the winners below.
So, thinking of The Lord's Prayer in TXT to one recipient....
You totally rule, long term. Amen.
by Rev Stephen Moore, Belleview WA USA
r pa in evan,
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by Steve Seymour in Bristol
dad@hvn,
ur spshl.we want wot u want&urth2b like hvn.giv
us food&4giv r sins lyk we 4giv uvaz don't test
us! save us! bcos we kno ur boss,ur tuf&ur cool
4 eva! ok?
by
Matthew Campbell in York, UK
2024 Guide with all the 20+ languages
and commentaries
This cheery mobile Gallery of The Lord's Prayer in 20+ languages was created using the inputs from friends, parishioners and contacts far and wide.
This Gallery is on small wooden plaques with a graphic alongside the words.
The languages include Broad Yorkshire, Cheyenne, TXT, and Maori. On the back is a detailed commentary on the language; and the sides have the translations for Water and Thank You.
The Gallery can be happily handled or simply displayed on a table top using small stands, or on hung two at a time on wooden staves. The Paternosters have been used in school workshops and church displays.
You can see full details in the PDF Guide.
www.just1.org.uk