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A Message from Our Principal

Dear Families,

1) This past week at Morning Gathering, we heard from our aforementioned group of Badin seniors doing Christian service with the Boys and Girls Club. Thank you to those who donated to this cause. Later this week, I will report on the total amount raised.

We also recognized our achievers in the Catholic Virtues. We encouraged the students to be continually mindful of service, reverence, listening well, working hard, and exercising self-control.

Inspired by last Sunday's gospel, we talked about what it means to "keep score." The first thought is tracking points in a game or contest. In a scriptural sense, it means something else. It refers to the common habit of giving and then privately expecting something in return. Or keeping loose mental track of another person's sins and then using this rap sheet to prosecute them for their crimes when it comes time to win an argument. We see these tendencies all the time when helping students resolve their disagreements. 

Truth is, we are all guilty of these practices on some level. This Ignatian Prayer of Generosity is a request for the grace to resist the urge to be scorekeepers:

"Teach us, good Lord, to serve you as you deserve; to give, and not to count the cost, to fight, and not to heed the wounds, to toil, and not to seek for rest, to labor, and not to ask for reward, except that of knowing that we are doing your will.”

Since we did not have Mass on Friday, we also did not have our typical Thursday morning liturgy practice. Instead, we sang one song: the Pater Noster. This is the Our Father in Latin. 

We took this opportunity to review some Bible basics and Church basics. The Old Testament was written in Hebrew. The New Testament in Greek. St. Jerome translated everything into Latin in the 4th century. Thereafter Latin was the  universal language of the Church, and still is. Because it unites us across time and space to the faithful and roots us in Church tradition, we make occasional effort to expose our students to Latin prayer and chant. We do so as well because there is a certain beauty in it. 

2) Coming up this Wednesday, we have our first Adoration of the school year. This Catholic practice consists of going over to church and simply being with Jesus in the form of the Blessed Sacrament, which is exposed in a monstrance on the altar. You are invited! The church will be open during the school day.

We will have Adoration a total of 6 times this school year. It will not always look the same, as there are varied ways to organize this form of worship. 

To learn more about Adoration, find a video explanation from Bishop Robert Barron at this link:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3snpp3VrYvE&pp=0gcJCS8MAYcqIYzv

3) On Friday, we will have a Eucharistic Procession. Since about 2022, we have had at least one Eucharistic Procession during the school year. 

You are also invited to this event! It will take place right after Mass. 

What is a Eucharistic Procession? According to the Eucharistic Revival website, it is 

like a holy parade that brings Jesus, truly present in the Holy Eucharist, into the world that he loves. The Blessed Sacrament is placed in a monstrance and carried out of the church by a priest........Along the way, Jesus is accompanied by priests, deacons, altar servers, and people of all ages. Together they can pray the Rosary, sing hymns, or walk in silent prayer. 

Our Procession will loop around the old church (PreK building), pass by the grotto, and conclude back up in church.

4) Students took their first round of iReady tests last week. Everything went very smoothly. When we send score reports home, we will explain how to understand the reports and how to compare these results with the MAP test (which iReady has replaced).

5) Picture Day is Tuesday, 9/29! Thanks to Tom Baker Photography for our long-running partnership. Tomorrow I will send a bit more guidance on what to wear (for those who might have questions), The best rule of thumb is to look at last year's yearbook.

Christ in Self. Christ in Other.

Josh

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