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The Witness to
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Journey of the Witness to Faith Cross The Toronto Catholic District School Board is ushering in the new school year with a celebration to launch “The Year of Witness”, the third year of the Board’s three-year pastoral plan focusing on Word, Worship and Witness. For the year of Witness, the students at Neil McNeil Catholic Secondary School have created a travelling cross, which will journey across the school system throughout the year, with each school having an opportunity to spend a day with the cross. Schools will be able to submit photographs from their day with the cross, including pictures from their prayer services and Masses which will be documented on this website. The Board hopes that these moments with the travelling cross will provide an opportunity for our students, staff and families to reflect on what it means to bear witness to our Catholic faith. Faith development is integral to every part of Catholic education, as students are called to respect the dignity of all human persons in a caring community. Our journey with the Year of Witness cross will bring this message to our young people in a very tangible way. The Journey of the Witness
to Faith Cross launched at the Catholic Education Centre on September 14th.
Christine Austen (Gr. 2 teacher, St. Brendan), Carolyn Anco, Principal, St. Brendan, Ann Andrachuk, Chair of the Board, Geoffrey Grant, Superintendent, Anne Marum, Program Coordinator Religious Education The entire school system is invited to deepen our understanding of the ministries of Word, Worship and Witness as a means of nurturing our local Catholic communities by building on the existing Virtue of the Month initiative and the Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations. During the first year, we considered creative and intentional ways for the word of God in sacred scripture to have a place of prominence in the life of the faith community. Last year, we provided an opportunity to highlight the liturgical life of the local community. During the year ahead we will be focusing on the social justice teachings of the Catholic Church through outreach initiatives. And the journey will not end here, as we will embark on a new three-year pastoral plan for 2012-2013 that will build on the experiences that we have shared as a Catholic community.
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