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Catholic Schools Week: Celebrating your community

By emilyappert January 17, 2023Catholic Schools Week, Social Justice

Typically Monday of Catholic Schools Week schools celebrate their local community. This day highlights service and involvement of students and community members in making your town or city a better…

O Oriens

By emilyappert December 21, 2019Prayer, Social Justice, Spirituality

O Radiant Dawn,splendor of eternal light, sun of justice:come and shine on those who dwell in darkness and in the shadow of death. I love the readings from Isaiah that…

The Second Sorrow: The Flight into Egypt

By emilyappert April 15, 2019Lent, Mary, Prayer, Social Justice, Spirituality

When the magi had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and…

REcongress day three highlights

By emilyappert March 25, 2019Catechesis, Social Justice, Spirituality

The last day of the conference was a beautiful sunny day. I only had two workshops and mass, which was probably good, as I am beginning to get the cold…

Religious Education Congress Day Two Highlights

By emilyappert March 24, 2019Catechesis, Social Justice, Spirituality

Yesterday was a great day. We got to sleep in a little bit later and had some time to poke around the vendors before our first session. While this may…

Religious Education Conference Day One Highlights

By emilyappert March 23, 2019Catechesis, Prayer, Social Justice, Spirituality

In 7th grade religion on Wednesday, we were reading the parable of the sower. As we went through Jesus's explanation of the types of soil, we had to stop to…

Catechetical Congress Day One

By emilyappert March 22, 2019Social Justice, Spirituality

Highlights from our trip to Anaheim