Spiritual Life

Open Access is available to any and all Year 7's to come for an informal chat with sixth formers about different topics each week.

Social Justice is for Years 8 and 9 which explores various issues, both locally and internationally.  This club also supports the work of the CAFOD Young Leaders and other school charity events.

Youth ALPHA runs periodically throughout the year open to anyone open to exploring questions about the Christian faith.

The CAFOD Young Leaders Programme is an opportunity for aspiring Lower Sixth leaders who want to make a change in the world.  Pupils will also take part in training days run by CAFOD as well as run campaigns for global awareness and to fundraise for CAFOD.

The Chaplaincy Team Lafosse is an opportunity for both pupils and staff to work together to support the work of the Chaplaincy.  

Our Chaplaincy Ambassador is a highly regarded leadership role, earned by an Upper Sixth student.  It comes with many responsibilities, which include leading the pupil team. 

We currently have 21 Altar Servers who serve at our school Masses.  Our Senior Altar Servers take pride in training the new servers each year, the Advent Carol Service being one of the highlights of the year.

• Mass - held in Chapel on school feast days and Holy Days of Obligation.
• Services - Remembrance Service; Advent Carol Service; Christmas Carol Service; Ash Wednesday Liturgy; Easter Liturgy.
• Daily Act of Worship - pupils and teachers pray together in their Forms at the start of each school day.
• Assembly - on Mondays for the whole School; on Thursdays Upper School (Years 10 - Upper Sixth) and Lower School (Years 7 - 9) have separate Assemblies, often led by groups of pupils. 
• Morning Prayer for Staff - Friday mornings before school in the Chaplaincy.
• Cathedral Visits - Senior Choir sings Mass or Evensong regularly; Portsmouth Diocesan Schools' Mass.

Retreats reinforce the bonds between members of the Farnborough Hill community; each Retreat has a different theme which is accessible to all but is underpinned by Christian teachings. Each Year Group is off timetable for one day:

Year 7 – We are many parts, but all one body (1 Corinthians 12:12)

Year 8 – Uniquely and wonderfully made (Psalm 139)

Year 9 –Choices and Changes (Jer 29:11-14 and Mark 1:16-20))

Year 10 – Dance, Dance, you’re not alone (Matthew 28:18-20)

Year 11 – Nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37)

LVI – Questions: Reflecting upon who we are, Who God calls us to be and how to prayerfully undertake a discernment process (Matthew 16:15-17)

UVI – Journey: Reflecting upon our journey so far and looking ahead (Luke 24:13-35)

Each theme considers where our pupils are in their journey both here at school and personally in their life experiences – whether pupils have just started here at Farnborough Hill or they are preparing for A levels and life beyond Sixth Form.

These days are typically filled with quiet reflection, team-building activities that connect to the theme, laughter, fun treats to keep us going on retreats, outside speakers and culminate in the Chapel with a liturgy that the pupils prepare and deliver themselves.