A Simple Midweek Mission that Enhances the Catholic Life of Your School
Share with Families (via email, social media or print off for children)
Through The Wednesday Word, Sunday’s Gospel is sent out — as in the Parable of the Sower and the Seed — creating a regular opportunity for God’s Word to be present in each child’s family home.
The Wednesday Word midweek outreach especially seeks to reach the majority of parents — often more than 80% in many schools — who do not hear the Gospel read in church or currently read the Bible together at home.
This beautifully produced leaflet, with imprimatur, can be:
Either (or both) methods ensure that God’s Word finds a place in the homes of every school family.
Every Catholic school is unique but each shares the same call to proclaim the Good News.
Through The Wednesday Word Midweek Mission, your school can help bring the Gospel to life in the homes of your school’s children.
Below are three simple ways your school can take part. Choose the model that best fits your community and help God’s Word reach every family connected to your school.
Send The Wednesday Word directly to parents by email every Wednesday.
Because The Wednesday Word shares the Gospel, it is aimed at everyone — all parents connected to the school. However, the resource seeks to engage particularly with the majority of school parents who may not currently be interested in reading the Gospel or engaging with the Church.
We therefore aim to promote Catholic truth sensitively but in an inspiring way — helping parents discover the Good News of Jesus and the Catholic faith for themselves and their children.
→ Be a Digital Mission School: see below to subscribe.
To increase the impact, you can download and print the weekly Wednesday Word PDF for children to take home as a Gospel gift. Some schools like to distribute digitally; others prefer something physical that they can hand out to the children as a weekly Gospel gift.
This Sunday Gospel leaflet — beautifully presented yet powerfully effective — offers parents and children an opportunity to encounter the Word together (with a puzzle section for children to complete) in their own time and space.
→ Be a Printed Mission School: see below to subscribe.
Use both Sowing Suggestions 1 and 2 together to make sure no family misses out.
Whether you deliver digitally or as a hard copy, or through a combination of both, The Wednesday Word offers a midweek moment of calm, reflection and Christ-centred conversation between parent and child — helping God’s Word reach every home.
By offering both digital and printed versions (or either), The Wednesday Word creates a bridge between home, school and parish — supporting the Church’s call to the New Evangelisation.
Welcome to The Wednesday Word!
Whichever Midweek Mission method suits your school, subscribe today and join in the joy of The Wednesday Word — where faith, family and school come together in the love of Christ.
Within the tradition of the Catholic Church, each Wednesday is dedicated to St Joseph. The Wednesday Word is therefore also dedicated to St Joseph, the Patron Saint of Families.
