Catholic Education Week 2020 begins on Sunday, May 3, 2020. Together with our Parish School, Saint Anne, we celebrate the ongoing gift of publicly-funded Catholic education. You are invited to learn about the various celebrations that are happening online throughout the region. Publicly funded Catholic education has existed in Ontario since 1841 and its graduates have served Ontario and Canada very well. The current generation of students in our publicly funded Catholic schools will serve with the same spirit and generosity as their previous generations.
 
This year’s Catholic Education Week theme is, “Igniting Hope.” The theme for CEW 2020 was inspired by three sources:

• The recent Papal Exhortation, Christus Vivit, by Pope Francis following the 2018 Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment
• The recent Ontario Bishops’ pastoral letter, Renewing the Promise (2018)
• The Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations by the Institute for Catholic Education (2011)

The CEW biblical quote is, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13

Here are a few places to follow the celebration:

• Our Parish and Youth Ministry Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram Accounts
• Saint Anne School Website and Twitter
• Bishop Crosby's Video Message for Catholic Education Week is on the Diocesan YouTube Page
• The Hamilton Diocese Page for Catholic Education, Facebook, and Twitter
• Waterloo Catholic District School Board's Pray at Home resource site

On Friday May 8 at 11 am, Bishop Crosby will celebrate a special Mass for Catholic Education. It will be Live-streamed from St Patrick's Parish in Hamilton:  https://stpats.online.church/



Pray with us that our Faith will continue to Ignite Hope in Jesus our Saviour through the gift of Catholic Education.