General
Announcements:
Reminder that the non-refundable tuition down payment for returning families is due March 20.
There will be no school on Monday, March 19th in honor of St. Joseph’s Weekend. No students will be allowed to spend that weekend at school. Students should return to school either Monday evening, March 19th or Tuesday morning before the first class on March 20th.
School opening and closing dates for the next academic year have been set for August 20, 2012 and June 6, 2013. Details for other important dates are being worked on and will be posted on the school’s online calendar.
St. Michael’s Prep School will welcome 7th grade students from St. Jeanne de Lestonnac and St. Juliana Falconieri for a Living History field trip on Wednesday, Feb. 29th. The Living History experience exposes students to highly interactive sessions in medieval history and allows them to interact with contemporary monastic life
Parent/Student Handbook
SECTION 10:
RESOLUTION, RESTITUTION, RECONCILIATION
Disciplinary action involving Resolution, Restitution, and Reconciliation is one means of responding to a student’s poor behavior choices (such as unwelcome teasing, bullying,horseplay, wrestling and fighting). This three-fold response
is well suited to bringing peace and reconciliation among the students
involved because it works to overcome the causes of the misbehavior.
Resolution involves the offender admitting his wrong doing. Restitution involves the offender rendering some service to the offended party. Reconciliation takes
place through the students working together (under the dean’s supervision) to
accomplish some project for the common good and in this process learn to work
and live like friends again.
In restoring the justice that was disturbed by the poor behavior choice, students actively and intentionally restore right order within our school community.
Sports This Week:
Tues. Feb 28th: Baseball vs SVC @ San Juan Sports Park; 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday,Feb. 29th: Baseball vs. Fairmont @ Windrow Park; 7:00 p.m.
Birthdays This Week:
Sunday,Feb. 26th: Giorgio Navarini
Monday,Feb. 27th: Anthony Hierro
Tuesday,Feb. 28th: Matthew Vu
Friday, March 2nd: Johann Schoenfeld
Homily of the Week by Fr. Benedict Solomon, O. Praem.
Among other things,Fr. Benedict teaches Religion.
“Get Behind me Satan.” How would we feel if Jesus said those words to us? Jesus
didn’t say them because Peter was evil; but because he had been thinking in a
human way. He didn’t blaspheme; he disapproved of Jesus being killed.
So Peter showed that he didn’t understand the purpose of the suffering and death
of Jesus. He didn’t understand that it was God’s will- so that man would be
saved; and because of his lack of understanding, he ended up wanting the same
thing as Satan- that man not be saved – so Jesus calls him Satan.
We naturally see reality the way men do, and not the way God does. We complain about things that annoy us or make us angry; but if we saw them as God sees them, they would be a means to holiness. We approach reality as though God didn’t have a plan and left us all to fend for ourselves; when in fact He is aware of everything, and uses it to accomplish His plans. We desire to be without any inconveniences, and in desiring this we end wanting the same thing as Satan-that we not grow in virtue- that we not be saved.
As we approach Lent we should try to see reality more as God sees it. We should see the inconveniences of life as our means of growing in holiness. During Lent we take on penances willingly, partly to help us accept the penances God wants send us. So let us ask our guardian angels to help us be more aware of how God wishes to fashion us by His grace; and ask them to help us be faithful to that grace.
In publishing this homily, we hope to share a portion of the spiritual treasure by which the students are enriched every day. However, this homily may not be reproduced by the parents or friends of St. Michael’s without written permission of the author.
Prayer Requests
● Mr. Nghia Ho, father of Francis Hand, who is
recuperating from surgery
● Mrs. Jodie Meschuk, wife of Coach Aaron
Meschuk, who is expecting.
● Mrs. Rose Warnisher, grandmother of Will
Warnisher, who suffered a stroke and is in declining health
● Those who are in the armed forces.
● St. Michael’s older priests and those who
care for them.
● For the repose of the soul of Mr. Rojelio
Espinosa
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