At Sacred Heart, we are extremely proud of our rich and diverse community. Following discussions with pupil leaders, we identified the need to reflect this more in our class saints. Pupil leaders researched saints from different backgrounds and, as a result, chose some new saints. Some of these saints represent countries such as South Korea, Sri Lanka and India as well as countries in South America, and Europe. 

Each class celebrates the feast day of their class saint, learning about the saint, and the country or culture they are associated with. By doing so, pupils learn more about the history and people of the church and examples of faith. Below you will see our list of class saints as well as some examples of how we celebrate their feast days. 

Nursery	St Francis of Assisi Feast Day: 4th October Patron Saint of animals
Reception	St Patrick Feast Day: 17th March Patron Saint of Ireland	St Bernadette Feast Day: 16th April Patron Saint of France
Y1	St Oscar Romero Feast Day: 24th March Patron Saint of El Salvador	St Rose (of Lima) Feast Day: 23rd Aug Patron Saint of Peru
Y2	St Joseph Vaz Feast Day: 16th Jan Patron Saint of India & Sri Lanka	St Elizabeth (of Hungary) Feast Day: 17th Nov Patron Saint of Hungary
Y3	St Maximilian Feast Day: 14th August Patron Saint of Poland	St Josephine Feast Day: 8th February Patron Saint of Sudan
Y4	St Peter Feast Day: 29th June Patron Saint of Israel	St Clare Feast Day: 11th Aug Patron Saint of Italy
Y5	St Paul Feast Day: 29th June Patron Saint of Turkey	St Kateri Feast Day: 14th July Patron Saint of Canada/Native America
Y6	St Andrew Kim Feast Day: 20th September Patron Saint of South Korea	St Teresa (of Calcutta) Feast Day: 5th September Patron Saint of Albania & India

We asked some pupils what they thought about the new saints: 

Saint Andrew Kim

It makes me feel happy because it isn’t always those who came from the same place that Jesus was born. It makes me feel joyful as I have been to where he is from!” (Allegra)

"St Andrew Kim is the first Korean saint and that makes me feel happy and proud!  He is from the same part of Korea as my grandparents and it make me feel like that he is a part of my family and community!” Yunah)

"It is exciting because he has the same surname as me as we are both from Korea!”  (Joanna) 

 

St Joseph Vaz

“Our school motto is ‘Learning in Love’ and it is important to learn about different cultures and religions around the world.” (Nithyaa)

“It makes me proud to know that India is being represented.” (Rafi)

“I feel proud to see someone from my country being a saint and being learnt about by others.” (Dhanyaa)

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St Elizabeth of Hungary

“I feel very happy because a country that my Mum and Dad are from is also where St Elizabeth is from. I hope that the children in that class will learn lots about Hungary because it is a great country!” (Ben)