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Advocacy of the Hungry - March 1-5
This is the second year for the Academy's partnership with Neighborhood House and, as part of the nonprofit’s 2010 March food drive campaign, students will attempt fill 2,000 Kowalski’s Market grocery bags with food they collect door-to-door from Monday, March 1 through Friday, March 5. In addition to providing grocery bags, Kowalski’s is donating $1,000 towards the students’ efforts.
Last year, Academy students, faculty and staff filled Kowalski’s grocery bags with more than 5,000 pounds of food – twice the amount of the Neighborhood House’s previous record one-time donation.
Friday, February 26
Monday, March 1
Tuesday, March 2
Wednesday, March 3
Thursday, March 4
Friday, March 5
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Day of Rest and Reflection for the Men of STA - March 27
The phrase “the disciple whom Jesus loved,” or “the Beloved Disciple’” occurs five times in the Gospel of John, but in no other New Testament accounts of Jesus. It relates specifically to four moments in the final day of Jesus’s life and the day of his resurrection. In this regard, the phrase offers a special—and fascinating—portal for reflecting on Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter: for in those days “the Beloved Disciple” rests his head on the breast of Jesus, stands at the foot of the Cross, races Peter to the empty tomb, and encounters the Risen Christ on the seashore.
Our Lenten Day of Rest and Reflection will offer you the opportunity to enter more intimately than ever before into the mysteries of Holy Week and Easter, to approach more prayerfully than ever before the liturgies of this holy time, and to experience more fully than ever before your own “beloved-ness” as a disciple of Jesus.
Please join us at Saint Thomas Academy the morning of Saturday, March 27. The Day begins with coffee at 8:30 a.m., two talks by Father Thomas O’Brien, ample opportunity for private thought and prayer, and a period of time in which to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The day concludes with an informal lunch at noon.
Father O’Brien is a member of the faculty of Saint Thomas Academy, and serves as its Director of Catholic Identity and Mission. The Day of Rest and Reflection, a “men-only” event, is open – free of charge – to all alumni of the Academy, its benefactors, the fathers of current students, and present-day students themselves.
To reserve your space, contact Chris Zimmermann at 651.454.4570 or czimmermann@cadets.com.
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