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The
Office for Racial Justice is united in heart, spirit and
prayer with all of our
Catholic Schools that will be closing at the end of this
school year. We
hope that this prayer written by Fr. Lawrence Dowling, pastor
of St. Denis Church, will be a source
of comfort and hope for students, parents, teachers,
administrators pastors
and parishioners.
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For General Information
Office for Racial Justice 312-751-8336
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Prayer for Schools
Prayer
of Thanksgiving Sadness
and Hope - Life, Death
and Resurrection
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for Our Catholic Schools and Catholic Education
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Good
and gracious God, as disciples of Your Son Jesus, we have sat
at Your feet as we have grown in wisdom
and knowledge of the
great gift of faith and its power in our lives.
We have sat at the feet of loving parents,
grandparents and guardians who taught us through prayer, word
and faithful lives.
We have sat at the feet of priests and
ministers who shared Your Word as they have connected its
power to our daily living.
We have sat at the feet of teachers and
catechists, religious and lay men and women who have
instructed us and helped form us in the faith.
God of life, death and resurrection, we pray
for the children, parents, teachers, administrators,
parishioners and pastors of our parish schools, especially
those who are enduring the pain of closing.
We know that You mourn this loss with all of
us.
Let those who teach in your name know our deep
gratitude for their dedicated service and material sacrifice.
Let our parents know our great appreciation
for the sacrifices they have made and continue to make for
their children, for their example and practice of faith that
will serve their children well throughout life.
Let our children know your compassionate love
and your great desire that they will continue to learn the
ways of faith in new schools, in new programs.
Let all know that the entire communion of
Catholics throughout the archdiocese:
gives
thanks for the wonderful years of quality education provided
through these schools;
grieves
their loss because it is our collective loss;
prays
that parents will find the means necessary to continue to
educate their children in the ways of faith; and,
commit
ourselves to support materially and spiritually the future of
Catholic education for our children in this archdiocese.
Help all of us throughout our archdiocese hold
one another in prayer, especially at this time. Help us to
imagine new possibilities, new models and means to bring Your
Word to our children, new ways to engage the collective
imagination and resources of the Catholic community, that the
legacy of our Catholic faith may be taught, embraced and live
on for generations to come.
---Amen.
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| Mary,
Seat of Wisdom, pray for us. |
St.
Katharine Drexel, pray for us. |
| St.
Albert the Great, pray for us. |
St.
Elizabeth Seton, pray for us. |
| St.
Augustine, pray for us. |
St.
Francis, pray for us. |
| St.
Monica, pray for us. |
St.
Martin de Porres, pray for us. |
| St.
Dominic, pray for us. |
Bishop
William McManus, pray for us. |
| St.
Thomas Aquinas, pray for us. |
Bishop
Reynold Hillenbrand, pray for us. |
| St.
Benedict, pray for us. |
Joseph
Cardinal Bernardin, pray for us. |
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