My family went to Mass on Palm Sunday at the Parish my parents belong to and our celebrant was Archbishop Hebda. After the reading of the Passion - during which my first grader sounded out the words in the parts of the people, and to which she enjoyed shouting along with the people gathered “We want Barabbas!” - the Archbishop talked a bit about the “crowd mentality.” How easy it can be for us to shout, along with others, “Crucify Him!
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A few weeks ago, every major league baseball team returned to Florida or Arizona for spring training. They will spend eight weeks or so getting into physical shape and working on the fundamentals getting themselves ready for opening day. They will work on bunting, hitting the cutoff man, covering first base as a pitcher and being able to quickly turn a double play.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.” John 1: 1-5
The opening of John’s Gospel, read at Mass on Christmas Day, calls us to realize that although we celebrate this moment in time of Jesus’ birth, the Cosmic Christ was, is, and will always be with God.
Ms. Meagher & Ms. Shea Featured in National Magazine
Ms. Meagher & Ms. Shea Featured in National Magazine
Ms. Meagher and Ms. Shea Featured in National Magazine for Faith Formation Efforts
Recently, I read a piece by Donelle Poling, Associate Director of Youth in Theology and Ministry from the University of St. John’s, as she wrote about engaging kids in faith. She recalls the parable of Jesus and the wineskins:
President’s Edition: Celebrating One Heart. One Commitment. One Life.
President’s Edition: Celebrating One Heart. One Commitment. One Life.
Learn why this year marks a profound moment in history and how the legacy of Saint John Baptist De La Salle lives on in the Red Knight community.
On Wednesday and Thursday, seventy-two of our juniors and seniors spent time in the Great Hall preparing to welcome the class of 2022. Link Crew, a national program, which at BSM is a part of Campus Ministry, is built on the belief that students can help students succeed.
At Benilde-St. Margaret’s, the principal of service is ever-present throughout daily activities performed by students, faculty and staff members. While this ideal is stressed every day at BSM, word of a recent project that is meant to aid the school in its journey of positively impacting the community has not been quite so widespread.
“Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, while we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by God and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins; upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed.
We had all gone astray like sheep, each following his own way, but the Lord laid upon him the guilt of us all.”
-Isaiah 53:4-6
Coffee and Donuts at Drop-Off, Tuesday, January 30 is a great day to drive your student to school! In celebration of Catholic Schools Week and to say "thank you for choosing Catholic Education," the Parent Association and student volunteers from the Red Knight Volunteer Corp will deliver coffee and donuts to parents in their cars when they drop off students in the morning. A well deserved perk for parents!
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