To honor Mary and practice our Catholic faith the school participated in a Living Rosary today. The middles school students each held a bead of the rosary and led one of the prayers. We also heard all of the Mysteries of the Rosary. The choir sang Ava Maria and Hail Holy Queen to complete our […]
The 8th grade class focused on the role of Guardian Angels in our faith and everyday lives last week. At the end of the lesson they wrote a prayer to their Guardian Angel and drew a picture. The picture was completed with a touch of glitter for the angel!
The 8th grade class researched the remarkable life of Oscar Romero during religion class. Then they studied many of his inspirational quotes and discussed how to apply his message and example to their everyday life while serving others.
The middle school religion classes have been focusing on the Fruits of the Holy Spirit. Each class has looked them up in our Catholic Youth Bible and reflected on which ones they need to work on this trimester. On Friday our school wide Family activity will feature an activity revolving around the Fruits of the […]
The middle school is working on the religion lessons in the Family Life series. The 6th grade is focusing on getting to know themselves and their gifts and talents so that they may use them for the betterment of others. The 7th grade is learning about how to keep their bodies healthy and strong so […]
The focus of the 2014 VIRTUS lesson is online safety for students and families. The middle school children are discussing various types of social media being used today by young teens. They then viewed a few video clips about being smart and safe online published by NSteens. Next they watched and took a quiz on […]
This Sunday is the sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Gospel is again from Matthew and continues explaining the teachings of Jesus. This week the 8th grade class choose to explore the teachings on anger. Many students came up with ideas for coping skills to deal with anger so they can forgive the people who […]
This is the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time and the Gospel comes from Matthew. The message is simple because it asks us to be a light for all in the world. And yet the class discussed how hard it is to do this on a daily basis. There are many times we all feel life […]
The 8th grade class read the upcoming Gospel for Sunday. The Gospel comes from Luke and discusses the presentation of the child Jesus in the temple. A man at the temple tells Mary and Joseph about salvation that will come through Jesus. The class reflected on how they can help out their own families through […]
This is the second Sunday of Ordinary Time and the Gospel focuses on the testimony of John the Baptist. He tells us that Jesus is the “Lamb of God” and his message is for us to follow Jesus. The 8th grade class discussion centered on giving testimonies about our faith and the role of the […]