Catholic Faith

Cleansing, Repentance, and Soul-Searching — Lent

March 13, 2011

March 9 was Ash Wednesday, a special day that marks the beginning of Lent. Exactly one year ago, I heard and learned about Lent for the first time in my life. However, I wasn’t at The Family Foundation School for very long, so my idea of soul-searching and repentance was a little different then than [...]

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How Salty are You?

February 4, 2011

By Yana K. In the ancient times, salt was as valuable as gold is today. It’s a small and simple element that just happens to be one of the images of Christian life. After Father Chris Welsh read this week’s gospel to us, he talked about the significance Jesus places on our striving to be [...]

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Bringing us from Darkness into Light

January 7, 2011

By Yana K. The New Year is not just a change of one digit to another in the date’s number. While a Family Foundation School student writes 2011 instead of 2010 on the heading of their paper in math class, he realizes how much change is awaiting him. The New Year brings with it the [...]

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Thanksgiving

November 25, 2010

By Jake H. This Wednesday morning Father Chris talked about the upcoming holiday of Thanksgiving. He spoke about how he has been looking every day for things that he was thankful for. He explained how every day he has been amazed with all of the blessings which went unnoticed throughout his day. I started to [...]

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Finding Gratitude

October 8, 2010

By Jake H. In this week’s Thursday morning chapel service Father Welsh gave a sermon about ten lepers. The story goes that ten lepers were on the outskirts of a town that Jesus was entering and they asked him to heal them. He told them to go and visit a priest and they would be [...]

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Love and Care, Not Stuff

August 4, 2010

By Jake H. Every Sunday night Father Stephen starts off compline with a sermon on a subject that he feels is important. This Sunday one of his many subjects was the idea of giving your kids everything that you never had. He explained how in today’s society we have translated that into we will buy [...]

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Equality

July 8, 2010

By Jake H. This week’s Wednesday morning chapel service with Father Stephen was all about working with others even if they come from a different back ground or have a different point of view. He elaborates on the fact that in the Old Testament God put together a group of twelve men all from different [...]

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Easter Baptism

April 14, 2010

By Luke V. The altar was decorated with a plethora of flowers with numerous vibrant colors for the Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday Night. Family and friends, staff and students supported, Blake J. and Kevin L. as they were baptized and entered into the Catholic Church. “After experiencing the events that occurred during the [...]

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