Dear Cistercian Families,

In honor of Veterans Day, we remind our students to give thanks for all who have served in uniform and sacrificed so much for our country and for the betterment of the world. Further, we remember with gratitude and compassion those family members and friends of veterans who have suffered loss because of war.

THANK YOU to our alum veterans for all you have done and are doing for us and for our country!! We also honor our veterans on staff, including Fr. Mark Ripperger and Mr. Rodney Walter. Dr. Renee Phillips, our School Counselor, is a member of the leadership team for Warriors on the Way, an organization that takes combat vets on the Camino de Santiago. Know that all of you are in our thoughts and prayers in a particular way today.

We are proud to share the video below honoring our Cistercian alum servicemen, which we will share with our students too.

Should an alum serviceman be missing from the attached slideshow, please let me know so that we can make sure to include him in our remembrances and prayers. And, if you would like to send or update a photo, we will include it in the video next year.

Respectfully and gratefully,

Fr. Paul McCormick
Headmaster