Holy Spirit Department of Religious Education

⁦Enjoy your Christmas holidays. A well earned break for staff , students and families. Thank you for all your support. HolySpiritRCSD⁩ ⁦@HSRelEd⁩ ⁦@calgarydiocese⁩

After collecting mittens this week, our #hs4 central office finished building blessing bags to share with SAGE Clan Patrol. #Advent #IBelieveinCatholicEd #BlessedAndGrateful

As we journey through this week of Truth and Reconciliation we must each find our own entry point for understanding and connection. Our grade 6 students have expressed some of their learning through art. #Itsinikasi #hs4

"Mr. Rosen, can we please have Chapel time today?" Kids in both classes asked this yesterday. Kids crave silence & a connection with something/someone greater than themselves. We all do. Needless to say, we had Chapel time today #hs4 #IBelieveInCatholicEd @cchschool @HSRelEd

We are all Treaty People! Did you know that today (Sep 22) marks the 144th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 7? Let us use this day to think more deeply about the land and the relationships that we share. For some fascinating historical info: historymuseum.ca/history-hall/n… #hs4

#Catechesis is not an abstract communication, the memorization of theoretical knowledge. We must insist on pointing to the heart of catechesis: Jesus Christ, the Risen One, loves you and will never abandon you!

Education is one of the most effective ways of making our world and history more human. Education is above all a matter of love and responsibility handed down from one generation to another. #WorldLiteracyDay

In opening the ears and mouth, we pray for the grace to hear the word of God and to profess it every day. oTo what right behavior do I turn a deaf ear, a closed mouth? oWhat needs opening so I may hear the word of God? oWhat needs opening so I may speak truth?

Today, Sept 5, 2021, is the Feast Day of St. Teresa of Calcutta, patron of our own @stchs4. As we journey together on our Faith Plan this year, we will be using the Saints as models, guiding us on our way. St. Teresa's example is one filled with both love and humility. #hs4

We all have ears, but very often we cannot hear. There is, in fact, an interior deafness worse than the physical one: the deafness of the heart that we can ask Jesus to touch and heal today. #GospelOfTheDay

Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of September, and invites us to pray that everyone might make choices which promote a simple and sustainable lifestyle. ow.ly/ezjj30rSLUG

Excited to begin the third year of our Faith Plan - Together on the Journey! We are journeying together this month with St. Teresa of Calcutta. Let us ask for her intercession, and pray in a special way for the students and staff of St. Teresa of Calcutta school. #hs4

We pray that we all will make courageous choices for a simple and environmentally sustainable lifestyle, rejoicing in our young people who are resolutely committed to this.

Today we celebrate the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Let us #PrayTogether with our brothers and sisters of various Christian confessions and work for our common home at this time of serious planetary crisis. #SeasonOfCreation

Welcome to a new school year!! It is wonderful to back. My latest blog of the address to staff after our Division Opening Mass. blog.holyspirit.ab.ca/2021/08/30/ope… #abed @CCSSAB @CASSalberta #hs4 @ERDICanada @C21Can

Check out our Scripture column, "Speak to Me Lord," with reflections on the readings you'll hear at Mass this weekend: bit.ly/3DncCJw

Join us in congratulating our Share the Mission Award Recipient for 2020/2021, Mrs. Marianna Schmidt! For more information: holyspirit.ab.ca/resources_publ… @SJSCoaldale #hs4

Faith is the ardent desire for God, a bold effort to change, the courage to love, constant progress.

We were so blessed to be able to gather together for Opening Mass - no better way to begin our journey together this year than through the Eucharist!

Pope Francis: "We should not pursue God in dreams and in images of grandeur and power, but He must be recognised in the humanity of Jesus and, as a consequence, in that of the brothers and sisters we meet on the path of life. #GospelOfTheDay (Jn 6:60-69) #Angelus"