The grade four class was treated to a visit from Sudbury Wolves players Stevan Manojlovic and Brandon Greenside. The players spoke to the students about the importance of education and setting short-term and long term goals. The students were full of questions and excited to have some of our “local boys” come to St. David.
Month: February 2008
St. Andrew Catholic School Celebrates National Flag Day
St. Andrew School students and staff demonstrated their national pride on February 15th, National Flag Day, by wearing red and white. Students and staff met in the activity room in the afternoon to view a beautiful slide show of Canadian scenes and wildlife after which everyone stood at attention to sing O Canada and recite the Canadian Pledge. Included in the picture from left to right are Dawson Lalonde, Ben Grace, Ben Roque, Shannon Dwyer and Brett Jacklin.
Marymount Academy Students Kick Off Heart and Stroke Campaign
Marymount Academy will be kicking off the start of its Heart and Stroke campaign on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. in the school gym. Representatives from the Marymount MC3 Catholic Charities Council and the Heart and Stroke Foundation will be in attendance to help raise awareness for the kick off.
The actual canvassing blitz will take place on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. starting at the Marymount Academy. Students will then disseminate out from the school to cover as much of City of Greater Sudbury as possible in a two-hour period to raise funds for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
St. Mary Catholic School Celebrates Pancake Tuesday
St. Mary Catholic School in Capreol celebrated Pancake Tuesday with students, staff, parents, grandparents, and some special guests – children from the Capreol Child Care Centre, along with students and staff from the St. Albert Adult Learning Centre, both of which are housed in the St. Mary Catholic School building.
Many thanks to those who prepared and served the feast. Pictured serving some of the students is Mr. Barry MacDonald, a Trustee for Sudbury Catholic Schools, and Mrs. Linda Larocque, a parent volunteer for the school. Ash Wednesday services were held the next day. Ashes were provided by Reverend Brendan Doherty of Our Lady of Peace Parish and distributed by the staff to the students.
Mrs. Laura Stirrett, a curriculum co-ordinator read “The Tale of Three Trees,” a traditional folktale, to the children in Kindergarten to Grade 4, the story of three trees and the important roles they played in the life of Jesus.
The Ark of the New Covenant Visits Sudbury Catholic Schools
Every four years, Catholic faithful from around the world are invited to gather together to reflect and celebrate the great mystery of the Eucharist during the International Eucharistic Congress. From June 15 to 22, 2008 it is expected that between 12,000 and 15,000 bishops, priests, deacons, religious and lay people will gather in Quebec City to come to a deeper appreciation of “the Eucharist, gift of God for the life of the world,” the theme of this 49th Congress. The year 2008 also has special significance for the church of Quebec. It marks the 400th anniversary of the first permanent French establishment in North America and the beginning of the spread of Catholic faith into what would become the once vast New France. Congress officials express a confident hope that the Holy Father will preside at the closing mass on the plains of Abraham.
In order to help the youth of the City of Greater Sudbury prepare for this event, The Ark of the New Covenant is returning to the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie. It will be on display in each of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s four secondary schools from Wednesday, February 6 to Friday, February 8, 2008. During this time a Liturgy of the Word will be celebrated with the students
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The Ark will be on display at Bishop Alexander Carter Catholic Secondary School on Wednesday, February 6, at Marymount Academy on Thursday, February 7, at St Benedict Catholic Secondary School on Friday, February 8 in the morning and at St Charles College during the afternoon.
What is the Ark?
The Ark: A Chest: The Ark of the New Covenant is a seat, as well as a container. It is a “seat” for the King, that is, Christ, present under the form of the Eucharistic species exposed in a monstrance. It is also a chest containing the Scriptures, the Bible, which, proclaimed in the liturgy, becomes the presence of Christ who through his word teaches the people, his Church. The ship’s hold at the base of the Ark is a place where people can place testimony of their commitment as Christians to mark the passage of the Ark as it travels from one community to the next.
A Symbolic Boat: The base of the Ark is in the form of a boat, bringing to mind Noah’s Ark (cf. Genesis 6:18-22). However, it refers more to the boat of Peter. Ever since the institution of the New Covenant, the boat has been a symbol of the Church, the people of God who are journeying together.
The New and Eternal Covenant: Its name “Ark of the New Covenant,” of Biblical origin, it refers to the spiritual experience of the people of Israel and the pact they concluded with God in the time of Moses in Sinai. Since that time, Jesus signed the New Covenant with the people of the Old Covenant. The expression “New Covenant” refers in fact to the new and eternal Covenant, which came from Jesus Christ, marked by the Pascal Mystery of his death and resurrection and celebrated in the Eucharist.
The originality of the Ark is a first in the history of International Eucharistic Congresses. The hope is that it will foster creativity in the places where it travels and will serve to bring all generations together – that it may be the impetus for an ideal opportunity to unite many people in Christian reflection to help them discover, deepen and celebrate the Eucharistic Mystery to render it in every way a gift of God for the life of the world.
Marymount Academy Kicks Off 25th Bowl for Kids Sake
Students from Marymount Academy joined Honorary Chair, Deputy Police Chief Frank Elsner in helping to kickoff the start of the 25th Bowl For Kids Sake for Big Brothers Big Sisters in the City of Greater Sudbury at Pep Rally this morning. On March 1, 2008 The Bowl For Kids’ Sake will take place at Plaza Bowl from 1:30 p.m. through to midnight. This year’s theme year is “PAJAMA PARTY.” Students paid $2 for a pancake breakfast and the privilege of wearing their pyjamas to school with proceeds going to Big Brothers Big Sisters.
For every $200 in pledges Big Brothers Big Sisters will enter your name into a draw for a weekend for two at the Delta Sherwood Inn. Pledge incentive prizes are also being provided by Ramakko’s Adventure World and Montana’s Cookhouse.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Sudbury encourages you to pull your team of 4 to 6 bowlers together and get in on the fun. Additional prizes will be handed out at the bowl, including awards for the loudest team cheer, best dressed team and much more. So grab some of your friends, dust off your bowling shoes and have a great time while supporting a worthwhile cause.
The “25th Bowl for Kids Sake” at the Plaza Bowl, Saturday, March 1 from 1:30 p.m. to midnight.
Wear your pyjama’s!!!
Sudbury Catholic Schools Celebrate Lent!
The word CELEBRATE means to make something unique. It means to hold up to the world in a unique way something in which we believe. With this in mind, students and staff of our Sudbury Catholic Schools will join Catholics around the world in celebrating the beginning of Lent on February 6, 2008 – also known as Ash Wednesday.
The Lenten season is a gift of healing and renewal. Like our Hebrew ancestors, we sometimes struggle with desert experiences for a long time. Before Jesus started his public ministry, he withdrew into the desert. Like his ancestors, his experience was a struggle. Being in the desert is not easy. One would not call it a celebration, but if a celebration holds up to the world a belief in a unique way, then these desert experiences are truly celebrations. Both the Hebrews and Jesus discovered a gift. They discovered something about themselves, their relationship with God and their relationship with others. They discovered that God is constantly calling us to live in a relationship. God presents us with many opportunities to grow in this relationship. Time and again we might fail but time and again God offers us the opportunity to renew this relationship . . . Lent is such a time . . .
Lent is a time of healing. It is a time to remember and to embrace memories. By embracing memories, we open our hearts to healing. The good memories are easy to recall and relive but we would rather forget the painful ones. Memories of being isolated, neglected, ridiculed, unloved, misunderstood or devalued are part of all our personal stories. Our willingness to be open to the wounds is a way of taking ownership of the truth and in doing so we that can start the journey of healing. Taking ownership of the wound helps personal healing and it can help individuals to become the instrument of healing to others.
But Lent is not the end! Lent is a celebration which prepares us to celebrate the feast of feasts, EASTER. With God, life and love have the final word. As St. Paul said, “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor heights, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”(Romans. 8:38-39)
Enjoy the celebration!