![]() Students entered in silence and remained silent until the first bell, creatively communicating without words or sounds. ![]() “Given up” chatter at the beginning of the school day by students at St. Liturgical ministry involvement on four nationally televised “Heart of the Nation” Masses for Palm Sunday and the Easter season by Pius XI High School choirs, students, and parents. Illustrations of the Stations of the Cross digitalized in an ePub book by second graders at Lumen Christi School, Mequon. Students removed a “thorn” when they had done an act of kindness for someone else and placed it on a tray next to the crown.ĭramatization of various Scripture stories by sixth-graders at St. Mary’s School at Blessed Trinity Parish, Sheboygan Falls. Rafael School, Milwaukee.Ī “Crown of Thorns” made from toothpicks at St. Peter School, East Troy, and collecting money to purchase solar lanterns for La Sagrada Familia in the Dominican Republic by St. ![]() John the Baptist School, Plymouth, fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma “Pennies for Patients” Society by St. Service projects that included outreach to the Angkor Children’s Hospital in Cambodia at St. The depiction of a caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly with wings constructed from students’ good deeds and Lenten sacrifices at St. Francis Borgia School, Cedarburg, based on the theme, “I was in prison, and you visited me.” Joseph School, Wauwatosa.Ĭlassroom doors decorated with a spiritual or corporal work of mercy at Mary Queen of Saints School, West Allis.Ī Lenten prison ministry project at St. Mary Visitation School, Elm Grove, and St. Roman School, Milwaukee, Shepherd of the Hills School, Eden, St. Living Stations of the Cross performed by students in many school and parish communities, including St. Some of the special practices, activities, and themes for Lent 2012 in our Catholic schools have included the following: All our Catholic school communities have intensely tried to grow in relationship to God, each other, and the Church since Ash Wednesday and are currently engaged in any number of special Holy Week commemorations and events. The season of Lent 2012 has been a serious time to focus on prayer, self-sacrifice, and charity within the 119 Catholic elementary and secondary schools of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. How will you leave students and staff feeling better every day? Show up, do the work, and keep your "students first" focus.Catholic Education in the Archdiocese of MilwaukeeĬatholic Schools: “Bringing Lent to Life 2012” So.dig deep, stay focused and positive and remember the influence you have on your environment. So our challenge is to come to school, remain positive and encouraging to all we encounter, and focus on how good it feels when we do these four things: But I don't know one person that finishes a workout and doesn't feel better. Sometimes you feel like you can't do it and sometimes like you don't want to do it. Coming to school and remaining positive all day, is like a workout. I was talking with a friend this week who shared an analogy that I've been thinking about in order to help me through this part of the school year. Snap at each other, snap at our students or snap at our loved ones at home. ![]() Our fuse is short and things that don't typically bother us are enough to make us snap. But then I stop and try to imagine being 6 (or any other age in our building really) and trying to figure it out. With all the snow/cold days I feel like I'm struggling to find my groove. I don't know about you, a week it has been.
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