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Walking the Stations of the Cross Trail
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Continuum FALL 2023
istercian Preparatory School fosters a strong sense of community among its students. It begins within the Form. Together, the boys will face rigorous coursework, athletic challenges, and all the struggles of adolescence throughout their eight years. The Form becomes a ceaseless source of encouragement. It acts as a proving ground for all sorts of endeavors. It provides the foundation for a lifelong brotherhood. The students are also connected to a larger faith community through the study of salvation history and prayer. An abundance of spiritual guidance is made available to the boys by both the faculty and the Abbey, ensuring that their successes and struggles remain framed by their faith. A demanding curriculum, a close-knit support network, and stalwart faith formation are each traits of the School, but none of them are irreplicable. These characteristics are, of course, shared by many other institutions. The experience of Cistercian students, though, is made unique by their environment. The Abbey and School together bear the legacies of their Hungarian founders, who in
