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With the crazy snowfall of the weekend, it feels more like December than it does October.  Both May and October are dedicated as Marian months. At our PD Day on Friday, staff started our book study of Walking with Mary: A Biblical Journey from Nazareth to the Cross by Edward Sri.  We learned many new things, such as, Nazareth was a lowly city and did not seem to have a good reputation, and that Joseph and Mary were betrothed which meant they had said vows and were considered married but were not yet living together as man and wife. On the surface Mary is not living an extraordinary life but God has been preparing her for her most important mission. Through studying this book, we are going to learn more about her life which will help us to better understand her and to further develop Mary as our Model.  So far we have developed three guiding statements about Mary. 

Open Heart – We want our students to be open to God’s presence in their lives as Mary did.  Even when she knew it was not going to be easy, she said yes to God.

Love Everyone – We are asking our students to love like Mary did.  She put God first, others second and herself third.

Act Like Mary – Finally, we want our students to follow Mary’s example in all that they do.  We want our students to be a servant of the Lord like Mary and to be willing let Jesus act through them.

We want students to be knowledgeable about Mary, to come to understand her as our model of behaviour and then, to put that into practice by making wise choices as she did.

This month is not only a celebration of Mary, but also the month of the Rosary. On October 7, we celebrate the yearly feast of Our Lady of the Rosary.  Mary is a powerful intercessor and praying the rosary is a way for her to intercede to Jesus on our behalf. When we pray the rosary, we meditate on the events in Jesus’ life: the joyful, luminous, sorrowful and glorious mysteries.  According the Edward Sri (who wrote Praying the Rosary Like Never Before) in his article “Why Pray the Rosary” we can pray the rosary in many different ways and that it can be two and a half minutes that can change your day. If you want to try out praying the rosary this month, the Knights of Columbus have A Guide to Praying the Rosary that can get you started. We will be praying the rosary throughout the month at school and I challenge you to give two and a half minutes to God every day this month: One decade of the rosary = one Our Father, ten Hail Marys, and one Glory Be