“It is the happy season of Lent!
Christians turn to their brothers and sisters and say, “You are our
neighbors!
To you, our neighbors on the earth, We will give as much love and joy as
to ourselves!”
Lent means different things to different people. It is
traditionally thought of as a time of
“giving up”, when we think of something that we really enjoy and give it
up. It is a
sacrifice that takes a great deal of thought and cannot be gone into
lightly, so that our
action has true meaning and brings us closer to God. Jesus gave us
the most wonderful gift of himself. What can we give? We can give our
time to someone who may be lonely or ill. We can give service to our
community. We can give material things to those who are in need. We can
give praise and thanks to God for his loving care.
When Jesus, dying on the cross, said, “forgive them,
Father,” he gave us an extraordinary
example to follow. We must forgive those who are unkind or unfriendly to
us.
Our children learn more from what we do than from what we
say. As we give and forgive, we will be modeling for them the true
meaning of service, not just for Lent, but for all the days ahead.
The students and staff of St. Paul have learnt a great deal about
following the example of Jesus by participating in our Olympic Torch
Social Justice Project in February. The school raised $3300 or an
average of $10 a student during a raffle. The money will go the Canadian
Red Cross to support Canada’s humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti.
Students have donated a few months of their allowance or emptied their
piggy banks to help support this worthwhile cause. Below is the
prayer that was read at a special assembly announcing the winners of the
draw prizes. “Lord, I just want to say THANK YOU, because this
morning I woke up and knew where my family was. Because this morning my
home was still standing, because this morning I am not crying,because
this morning I was able to drink a glass of water, because this morning
I was able to turn on the light, because this morning I was able to take
a shower, because this morning I was not planning a funeral, but most of
all I thank you this morning because I still have life and a voice to
cry out for the people of Haiti.”
God Bless,
Mr. Kovacs
Our Mission
It is the purpose of our Catholic
Learning Community to develop the potential of all children in areas of
academics, spirituality and humanity. Programs we offer.
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