page_title: Religious life at Stonyhurst College
section_title: Pater Noster
hierarchical_section_title: Religious life at Stonyhurst College / Pater Noster
caption_attribution_description: English: Boys' Chapel Roof, Stonyhurst College
context_page_description: Stonyhurst College is Roman Catholic and has had a significant place in English Catholic history for many centuries. In 1803 the Society of Jesus was re-established in Britain at Stonyhurst and the school became the headquarters of the English Province. Until the 1920s Jesuit priests were trained on site in what is today the preparatory school. The school continues to place Catholicism and Jesuit philosophy at its core. The present chaplain is Father John Twist, SJ.
context_section_description: A distinguishing feature of Stonyhurst is the singing of the Pater Noster, the "Lord's Prayer" in Latin. It is not only sung at Mass; pupils learn it by heart and sing it with pride as an anthem before sporting events.
  
  
   
  Pater noster, qui es in caelis:
  sanctificetur Nomen Tuum;
  adveniat Regnum Tuum;
  fiat voluntas Tua,
  sicut in caelo, et in terra.
  Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie;
  et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
  Sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris;
  et ne nos inducas in tentationem;
  sed libera nos a Malo.
  Amen.
   
  Our Father, who art in heaven,
  hallowed be thy name;
  thy kingdom come;
  thy will be done,
  on earth as it is in heaven.
  Give us this day our daily bread.
  And forgive us our trespasses,
  as we forgive them who trespass against us.
  And lead us not into temptation;
  but deliver us from evil.
  Amen.
caption: The roof of the Boys' Chapel from the Syntax Wing.
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