Reconciliation
The students of each of our classrooms gather to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Penance) both during the season of Advent and again during the season of Lent.
Examining their hearts, looking at their attitudes , words and actions; and then coming before God to take responsibility for them are among the most important "Arts of Free Women and Men." The celebration of the Sacrament not only exercises these arts of spiritual maturity, but it also seeks God's ready desire to give us the power to change our lives and form ourselves in the image of Jesus through grace. As a result, each year we have reason to marvel and rejoice in the growing sensitivity of heart and personal responsibility of our children. It is wonderful to see the power of God working in each one of them, moving them to become "great of soul." All of this is part of the mystery and power of this amazing sacrament of God's real presence and power at work in us and among us as Christians.