Cistercian and Rays of Light

November 28, 2018 | Community Service, Media

Want to know what happens to all that pizza money on Tuesdays? All the profits from pizza sales on Tuesdays in the first quarter were donated to Rays of Light, a charity serving children with special needs and their families. On November 16, several Cistercian students from Forms V, VI and VII went with Fr. John to serve at Rays of Light.  While they were there, they ran into the Saliga family, whose son attends the program as a guest! The evening began at 5:30 with a raffle and dinner for the volunteers, and then the games kicked off at 6:00pm as the guests began to arrive. Throughout the night the students and their new friends enjoyed basketball and board games, ate birthday cake, watched a movie, played with therapy dogs and – best of all – warred with special light sabers created by a balloon artist. Everyone had a great time serving on the evening before Thanksgiving break. Before leaving, they delivered the check for over $600 to Robin Wilson, Executive Director. Students interested in joining the fun next time can check MobileServe for further details!

Hawk Happenings

Blessing of the Bats

Hawk Baseball held their annual Blessing of the Bats with Fr. Anthony this past week. One of Hawk Baseballs best traditions.

Student Council President

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Rockets!

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Publications

‘The Lord is with you’

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Discerning Communion calls for truth in charity

Discerning whether to offer or receive Communion can be a challenge, spiritually and pastorally; but such discernment can always also be fruitful.

Hail Mary, full of grace

St. Luke gives us the angel Gabriel’s annunciation greeting to Mary as “Chaire, kecharitōmenē” (Lk 1:28). There are thrilling grammatical and theological mysteries packed into these two Greek words.