It is always an accomplishment to persevere through a long school year. This time, however, required an extra measure of devotion. Much was required, and we answered the call--teachers and students, staff and parents rallied together to carry on the work of Catholic classical education. Another page or two and this eventful chapter will come to an end, and the litany of God’s faithfulness will grow a little longer.
Meanwhile, even as we triumph, the most recent headlines have reminded us that the world through which we sojourn continues to reap the wages of sin, whether those wages are disease and death or racial animus.
This past Sunday we celebrated the coming (and remaining) of the Holy Spirit. St. John teaches us in his epistles that where the Spirit is we will find love of God and love of brother. Has our need of the Spirit ever been more apparent?
If we have eyes to see, though, therein lies our school’s call in this unsettled age. The aim of a Catholic classical education is to disciple young people in a personal relationship with truth, goodness, and beauty so that they may be eager cooperators with the Spirit who empowers us to carry out Christ's mission to seek and to save that which is lost.
Stay steady. When 3:30 p.m. rolls around tomorrow afternoon, I hope you will gather for a big family cheer and a prayer of thanks—because by the grace of God we have, together, accomplished something truly extraordinary.
Congratulations, Crusaders! Our Lady of The Atonement—pray for us!