Back to School Prayers

If you are looking for a prayer for the start of school, you may find something that suits your needs on one of the following pages: 

• A Back to School Prayer – A prayer from a blogging mom for students, teachers and parents.
• Back to School Prayer for Educators by Jane Deren on the Education for Justice Web site
• Back to School: Prayer for the Start of the School Year on the Saint Mary's Press Web site (“Permission is granted for this article to be freely used for classroom or campus ministry purposes”). Also on the same Web site: Back to School: Intentions for the Start of the School Year.
• Back to school prayers on the Life Teen.org Blog:

1. Back to School Prayers: Seniors
2. Back to School Prayers: Sophomores
3. Back to School Prayers: Juniors
4. Back to School Prayers: Freshmen

• A Back to School Prayer Service from the Pflaum Publishing Group including Directions for the Prayer Service and a Prayer Service Handout
• Back to School Prayer from the blog A Catholic Mom in Hawaii
• Prayers for the First Day of School by Nick Senger on the Catholic School Chronicle
• Back to School Prayer by HomeFaitheditor Mary Lynn Hendrickson

Previous articles on the Catholic Faith Education Blog:

1. Back to School Prayers
2. Back to School Resources
3. Back to School Prayer Service
4. Catholic Liturgies Throughout the School Year