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Thursday Thoughts
April 2, 2009
Carlton Rider, Principal |
As a part of my Thursday Thoughts I will be
inserting a new segment called Glad Tidings.
This will highlight students or faculty who
have given their time, talent, and effort to
being witnesses to the Gospel message in
service to others either here at school or
in our community. This first Glad Tidings
goes out to Sam Dyer, Leah Boyden, Grace
Changet, and Emily Sheridan who helped this
past Sunday at our parish Lenten Family
Celebration. Many thanks to these students
for giving their time on a Sunday afternoon
to be of service to our parish community.
This past Monday and Tuesday I traveled to
St. Patrick School in London, Ohio to be a
part of an external validation team with
four other principals. As you will recall, I
was part of a team who went to Marion St.
Mary a few weeks ago as a member of that
school’s external validation team. There is
much to be gained by spending time at
another school, taking a look at the school
from many different perspectives and sharing
with other principals your successes and
concerns. It is hard not to compare what
that school is doing with your school. It
always seems that you can pick up ideas that
you can use at your school, which makes the
two days very worthwhile.
A reminder that school will be in session on
Holy Thursday, April 9th. This will be our
third make-up day of the four that needed to
be made up. The final make-up day will be
Thursday, June 4th.
I hope that you and your family will be able to attend
the special services that are a part of the
Triduum next week, Holy Week. Even though
Holy Thursday and Good Friday are not
considered Holy Days of Obligation, these
days are at the heart of our Catholic faith
in that they recall the institution of the
Eucharist and the passion and death of
Jesus. The third day of the Triduum, the
Easter Vigil, celebrates the glorious
resurrection or Christ and the promise of
new life for all of us. During the Easter
Vigil, we welcome into the church those who
have been a part of our R.C.I. A. program
the past nine months. The Vigil Mass is
truly a service of both light and hope and
if you have never attended a Easter Vigil
Mass this might be a good year to experience
the mystery and beauty the surrounds this
Mass.
Until next time . . .
Previous Messages:
March 26, 2009
March 19, 2009
March 12, 2009
March 5, 2009
February 26, 2009
February 19, 2009
February 12, 2009
February 5, 2009
January 29, 2009
January 8, 2009
December 11, 2008
December 4, 2008
November 27, 2008
November 20, 2008
November 13, 2008
November 6, 2008
October 30, 2008
October 23, 2008
October 16, 2008
October 9, 2008
October 2, 2008
September 25, 2008
September 18, 2008
September 11, 2008
September 4, 2008
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