Catholic Schools Week

Yesterday was the official opening of Catholic Schools Week, an annual observation including gratitude, renewal and promotion.  The theme of the week this  year is LEARN, SERVE, LEAD, SUCCEED. We are grateful for the Catholic School System, begun over a century ago by courageous, dedicated congregations of sisters, brothers and priests, and now continues under the leadership of dedicated laymen and laywomen who struggle with financial and enrollment challenges to continue providing an environment where God, prayer, the Bible, the Ten Commandments and sound moral principals can be taught freely to counteract the half-truths and even untruths that are gaining such headway in our culture. Based on a solid foundation in Truth, students learn to serve others as Jesus did and thus become leaders and successes in the truest sense.  When Jesus was accused of driving out demons by "the prince of demons", he retorted:  "How can Satan drive out Satan?  If a kingdom is divided against himself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.  And if Satan has risen  up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand; that is the end of him." (Mk 3: 23-26). The Catholic school is an effective tool in dealing with the wiles of the Evil One in our day and of keeping the kingdom, the house, on solid footing.
Bro. Rene