This week, January 26th –February 2nd is Catholic Schools Week.

The purpose of the week is to highlight and celebrate the wonderful contribution that our Catholic Schools make to our local communities and society in general.

The theme this year is: Catholic Schools: Places of Faith and Learning. This provides us with an opportunity in our homes, schools and parish to
affirm our schools as places of faith and learning.

“Schools are the key to a life lived with Christ at the centre; the key to a future built on a firm foundation of faith & hope; the key to a culture &
society shaped with justice and integrity ” Bishop Denis Nulty.

Jesus the Teacher
He never taught a lesson in a classroom; He had no tools to work with, no blackboards, maps or charts…He used no subject outlines, kept no records, gave no grades and His only text was ancient and well-worn……His students were the poor, the lame, the deaf, the blind, the outcast and His method was the same for all who came to hear and learn. He opened eyes with faith. He opened ears with simple truth and opened hearts with love, a love born of forgiveness…….a gentle man, a humble man. He asked and won no honours, no gold awards of tribute to His expertise or wisdom; and yet this quiet Teacher from the hills of Galilee has fed the needs, fulfilled the hopes and changed the lives of many millions. For what He taught brought heaven to earth and God’s heart to all.