Dear Parents,
Let’s celebrate who we are.
Let’s understand what we have and what we are made of and what we are made to do. Nothing epitomizes the essence of what we are capable of than when we come together as a community to accomplish something, to support something or to comfort someone.
The Blessed Sacrament community will come together tomorrow night to support the school, this year and moving forward. We’ll generously bid (and overbid) on some items because we know that it all benefits the school. And, we recognize that the school benefits the children, but there is something greater at work here.
On Monday, the faculty gathered as a group for a memorial Mass for Lynn DeLeon. This was but just one piece of the love and support shown for the dedication that Lynn had for these children, and her legacy will live on. This week, we welcomed back Allison Jacobs, an amazing educator and gift to the children here whose family has suffered their own tragic loss in the past month. Again, our community demonstrated its true mettle, doing what we could to comfort and support the Jacobs family. And, we will be there for them in the years ahead. And, in this edition of the Weekly, we are announcing an effort to support the people of Ukraine…through a St. Patrick’s Sweets fundraiser...that is being coordinated by Laura Fetters and Katherine Rurka. Katherine is a former Blessed Sacrament parent who lost her husband Steve while her children attended Blessed Sacrament. We can offer this fundraiser not just to support the people of Ukraine, but in memory of Steve, whose father was…wait for it…from Ukraine. (‘Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.’)
Supporting the benefit does not just support a ‘school’. It supports a ‘school community’. I know that every school thinks they are special, but we are more special. We just are (ask Fr. D’Silva). I have said a million times that I feel blessed to walk in to work here each day. Despite the challenges of the past few years, I still feel God’s hand at work here.
So, I hope to see many of you at the benefit tomorrow and remember, when you are raising those bid cards (over and over again!) you are supporting something far greater than just a school.
Faithfully,
Chris Kelly
