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Professional Activity Day (PA Day) Elementary & Secondary Schools
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Christianity - In 2015 Pope Francis invited Catholics to join our Orthodox sisters and brothers in celebrating the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Pope Francis wishes to remind us that: “Christians are called to “an ecological conversion whereby the effects of their encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in their relationship with the world around them.” Thus, “living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience” (Laudato Si’, 217).
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Catholicism - St. Gregory was born into a wealthy Roman family in 540 AD. He became a monk in 473 and devoted his life to prayer, contemplation and service. In 590 he became pope and was known for his great charity to the poor, his sense of justice, his protection of Jewish rights and his political diplomacy. He is the patron saint of teachers, students, and musicians.
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Born April 30, 1897 Dina was the only daughter of a couple in Quebec City. Dina pronounced final vows with the Religious of Jesus and Mary at the age of 25! Her spirit of prais and generosity inspired her motto, “to refuse God nothing.” Despite failing health, her simple life in the convent as musician and educator is testimony to the value of living our individual call to sainthood. As such, she is a model for musicians, artists, educators, youth, parents and the sick. Dina died on September 4, 1929, at the age of 32, promising her family and friends to be a “beggar of love in heaven.” She was beatified in 1993.
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Year 1 Kindergarten (JK) students will receive specific information regarding their staggered start of school from their principal and Kindergarten educators.
Year 2 Kindergarten (SK) to Grade 9 students will begin school on September 6, 2022.
Grade 9 students will participate in an orientation day on Tuesday, September 6, 2022
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Catholicism - Today, the Church celebrates the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. No one is certain where Mary was born, but two traditions have survived from anicnet times, one naming Nazareth and the other, Jerusalem.This celebration reminds us that Jesus is the perfect expression of God's love, Mary is the foreshadowing of that love. Jesus has brought the fullness of salvation and Mary is its dawning. It is an occasion for praise and thanksgiving, a time to celebrate Mary’s personal sanctity and vocaion as the mother of Jesus.
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Catholicism - Born near Barcelona, young Peter Claver left his homeland in 1610 to be a missionary in the colonies of “the New World” and was ordained in Cartagena in 1615. Working in the center of the slave trade Peter Claver ministered to the ill-treated and exhausted passengers. Claver brought them medicine and food. With the help of interpreters, he gave basic instructions and assured them of their human dignity and God’s love. For nearly 40 years, Fr. Claver’s apostolate extended beyond his care for enslaved people that he became known as the apostle of Cartagena. After four years of sickness, Fr. Claver died on September 8, 1654 and was canonized in 1888. (Source: Education for Justice)
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This feast honouring the name of Mary was instituted by Pope Innocent XI in the 17th century. God the Father is glorified by the exalted role in salvation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Thus, her name is one of honour, a holy name, a maternal name and a name responsive to the needs of the Church. (Source: Living With Christ)
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Catholicism - “The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others”
St. John Chrysostom was born in Antioch and joined a community of hermits in 374 AD. The challenging conditions there damaged his health and he returned to Antioch where he became a preacher for the Bishop. He became well known and highly regarded for his eloquent sermons and was called Chrysostomos (the “golden mouth”). He was named Archbishop of Antioch in 398 AD and began a series of reforms. These reforms were extremely unpopular and created many enemies. For his own safety he had to leave Antioch and was taken away in secret. He died on this journey. He is the patron of preachers. (Source: Education for Justice)
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Catholicism - Today as we celebrate the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, let us look to the cross frequently, and realize that when we make the Sign of the Cross we give our entire self to God — mind, soul, heart, body, and will. The liturgy of the Cross is a triumphant liturgy. When Moses lifted the bronze serpent over the people, it was a foreshadowing of the salvation through Jesus when He was lifted up on the Cross.
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Catholicism - Devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady has its roots in Sacred Scripture and in Christian piety, which always associates the Blessed Mother with her suffering Son. We are called today to focus on Mary's intense suffering during the passion and death of her son, Jesus.
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Catholicism - Click here to learn more about St. Cornelius and St. Cyrpian: https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/saints/saints-stories-for-all-ages/saints-cornelius-and-cyprian/
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Catholicism - During the 17th century the Christian faith was brought to Korea through the zeal of lay persons. From the very beginning these Christians suffered terrible persecutions and many suffered martyrdom during the 19th Century. Notable of these were Andrew Kim Tae-gon, the first Korean priest, and the lay apostle, Paul Chong Hasang. Also among the Korean martyrs were three bishops and seven priests, but for the most part, they were heroic laity, married and single, of all ages. They were canonized by Pope John Paul II on May 6, 1984."
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Catholicism - Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Matthew. Many people felt that he was unworthy to be chosen as a follower of Jesus. St. Matthew is the patron saint of bankers, because he dealt with money as a tax collector for the Romans. Anyone who reads Matthew’s Gospel knows that money was not important to him. What was important was believing in and living as a follower of Christ. To read more about St. Matthew, visit: https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/saints/saints-stories-for-all-ages/saint-matthew/)
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Buddhism - The Higan-e Ceremony is widely practiced in all forms of Buddhism in Japan and is usually conducted on March 21 and September 22, the days of the vernal and autumnal equinoxes. On these two days, the length of daylight and darkness in a day is exactly the same, and the sun rises due east and sets directly in the west.
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Catholicism - Born Francesco Forgione, Padre Pio grew up in a family of farmers in southern Italy. At the age of 15, Francesco joined the Capuchins and took the name of Pio. He was ordained in 1910 and was drafted during World War I. While praying before a cross on September 20, 1918, Padre Pio received the stigmata. Referring to that day's Gospel (Matthew 11:25-30) at Padre Pio’s canonization Mass in 2002, Saint John Paul II said: "The life and mission of Padre Pio testify that difficulties and sorrows, if accepted with love, transform themselves into a privileged journey of holiness, which opens the person toward a greater good, known only to the Lord.” (Source: Franciscanmedia.org)
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Professional Activity Day (PA day) Elementary & Secondary Schools
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Émilie Tavernier was born in Montreal in 1800. By the age of 28, she had endured the death of her husband and 3 children, drawing her closer to Our Lady of Sorrows. Émilie devoted her life to the poor, sick, orphaned and imprisoned, setting up Houses of Providence for their care. With the blessing of Bishop Bourget, she founded the Sisters of Providence in 1843 and became their SUperior in 1844. Her last words in 1851 were, “humility, simplicity, charity, but above all chairty.” Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin was beatified in 2001.
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Judaism - New Year’s Day and anniversary of the creation of the world. The first of the Ten Days of Awe (or Repentance).