As she graduates from Holy Spirit School, Catherine Son shares what her time here has meant to her. In this thoughtful reflection, Catherine looks back on the lessons, memories, and friendships that shaped her journey. We’re proud to feature her words as we celebrate the Class of 2025.

On the night when the Church commemorates the resurrection of Jesus, the Elect are asked to renounce the devil and profess their faith in God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Church. Before the whole community, they are baptized with water and anointed with the oil of Chrism. They are given a new name—Christ, or Christian—and they participate for the first time as members of the faithful in the great Eucharistic Prayer. The climax of their initiation is at the altar when they share for the first time in eating and drinking the Body and Blood of Christ, completing their full transformation into the image of Christ by becoming what they eat.

There are so many reasons to be joyful and grateful for this month. Firstly, a heartfelt Mother’s Day greeting to all mothers. Thank you for everything you do. I find it providential that today we celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday. In your vocation as mothers, you have been an image of the Good Shepherd to all of us. Your love, care, devotion, understanding, support, and patience are but a few of the ways we continue to experience the presence of the Risen Lord in our lives. Thank you!

Sustaining Hope: A Catholic Therapist’s Guide to Teen Anxiety, Depression, and Resilient Healing Tues. May 13th 7:00 PM. Click here for more information and to register.

At our evening Good Friday service a few weeks ago, our youth displayed the love that Christ has for us by enacting part of the Gospel passage taken from the Gospel of John. It is a simple enactment, yet a powerful one. Not much has changed from the enactment done years and years previously. The same movements are made…the same song is sung…yet each year, we gain something different.

The USCCB calls parishes to magnify efforts to ‘put the gospel of life into action’ by opening up and offering help to vulnerable women and children. Please click here to read the full article.