At St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School, we strive
to live our faith by building and sustaining a community
of believers who make gospel values come alive daily.
Every morning, before anouncements we dedicate our
day to God, pray for each other and the world and
ask for God's blessings. Students take turns leading
these prayers, and we often get requests from students
and staff for prayers for relatives or friends who
may be ill, or in need of prayers for any other
reason. Individual classes add to their daily prayers
at lunch with grace before meals, and again at the
end of the day. Each classroom has a prayer corner
in their classroom, where students can go to read
stories of faith, from books or from Scripture,
and can look at various items of religious significance
which may be on the prayer table.
Our faith comes alive again during the many celebrations
which occur during the year. We have a blessing
for the new year in September, Living Rosary in
October and again in May, a prayer service for
Remembrance Day in November, Advent celebrations
in December, our annual February Faith Day, an
Ash Wednesday celebration, prayer services during
Lent, Stations of the Cross, and an end of the
year prayer service and summer blessing. We celebrate
monthly Eucharist thanks to the dedication and
generosity of Msgr. Dave Cresswell and Deacon
Brian Cresswell, of St. Paul the Apostle Parish.
Usually we walk to the church, but if the weather
is inclement, they come to us and we celebrate
Mass in our gymnasium. We are indeed very fortunate
to have such wonderful clergy who are more than
willing and enthusiastic to celebrate with us.
We also celebrate our faith by reaching out to
those in need by collecting food in our food drives,
raising money for Share Lent, making charitable
donations to other worthy causes such as cancer
and heart foundations, children in hospitals and
families who have children suffering with cancer.
We recognize our students who demonstrate Catholic
values by giving certificates to those students
who are peacemakers in our school. We will be
dedicating each month this year to the Beatitudes,
encouraging students to try to live out the beatitudes
in their daily lives. We at St. Paul the Apostle
Catholic School, are indeed a "School to
Believe In", and a School of Believers!
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| St.
Paul the Apostle
Feast Day: June 29 |
The apostle Paul was one of the most famous citizens
of the Roman Empire and without question one of
the most influential individuals in history. He
was used by the Lord in his missionary and evangelistic
activities to set in motion a great deal of the
organization known as the Christian Church, the
Body of Christ on earth, to the extent that billions
of human beings have been directly or indirectly
affected by his ministry. Under the inspiration
of the Holy Spirit, he wrote the foundation documents
for the Christian way of life, the Word of God
which has changed the lives of millions.
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