Gilbertine Academy Prospectus

PROSPECTUS 2025/26

THE GILBERTINE ACADEMY To reverence truth, desire goodness & rejoice in beauty.

The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House of Our Lady & St. John Location: St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church 1423 — 8 Avenue SE, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2G 0N1 In-Person Schedule: The Gilbertine Academy: full-time High School (gr. 9–12) Tuesdays to Fridays from 8.00 am to 4.00 pm Holy House of Our Lady & St. John: Shared Responsibility Elementary School (gr. 1–8) Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8.00 am to 4.00 pm Remote Learning Schedule: Grades nine to twelve: Mondays 8.00 am to 4.00 pm

� Note: Our shared responsibility programme (Holy House: gr. 1–8) does not currently cover the instruction of Mathematics. Parents are responsible for delivering a complete Maths programme of their own choosing at home, along with any additions that suit the needs of the individual student.

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HE Gilbertine Academy provides an integrated Sempringham, and of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Catholic education supporting parents as the Church in the historic Inglewood neighbourhood in primary educators of their children. Our programmes Calgary.

Our curriculum revolves around a four-year history of study equip students to grow and thrive in a world that is often hostile to our Catholic faith. Our young cycle where materials presented in one class are people are not merely educated in this Holy House— reinforced by materials presented in another. We never teach one subject at a time— we assist in their spiritual, ...the educational action pursued by the Church lessons in history beg a human, and academic through schools cannot be reduced to mere discussion of geography, formation. Education is so much more than the philanthropic work aimed at responding to a philosophy, and political transfer of knowledge and social need, but represents an essential part of her analysis. The master-works of Catholic art and music skills and so we engage the identity and mission.

Congregation for Catholic Education engage conversations whole person, as a beloved child of God with a supernatural destiny, in the pursuit about history; and every class is a class in religion!

We value a classical and interdisciplinary approach to of truth, beauty and holiness.

The late Pope Benedict XVI established the Ordinariate education, emphasize the virtues, integrate knowledge of the Chair of Saint Peter as a diocese that preserves and skills, and provide an academic excellence to give and celebrates the English patrimony. The Gilbertine our young people the best opportunity to succeed in Academy, as an Ordinariate school, is therefore steeped this life and in the next. Specifically, The Gilbertine in the British academic tradition and is the only Academy is structured around the Four Pillars of accredited school in the province of Alberta based in a Catholic Education in the Ordinariate: Sacred Worship, parish Church under the direct authority of the clergy. Sacred Wisdom, Sacred Music, and Sacred Art. We are an apostolate of the Companions of St. Gilbert of

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Education is integral to the mission of the Church to proclaim the Good News. First and foremost every Catholic educational institution is a place to encounter the living God who in Jesus Christ reveals his transforming love and truth. This relationship elicits a desire to grow in the knowledge and understanding of Christ and his teaching. In this way those who meet him are drawn by the very power of the Gospel to lead a new life characterised by all that is beautiful, good, and true; a life of Christian witness nurtured and strengthened within the community of our Lord’s disciples, the Church.

Pope Benedict xvI

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Structure & Governance T HE Gilbertine Academy (and the Holy House of Our Lady & St. John) is an accredited independent school—grades one through twelve—under the authority of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter (a Roman Catholic diocese that exists to realise the aims of Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus). We are administered by The Gilbertine Institute school authority, which, besides our school here in Calgary, operates Villa Spiritus (a High School at Derwent), Holy House of Our Lady & St. Benedict (an Elementary School in Edmonton), and WISDOM Home Schooling (a province-wide support for home educating families).

Founded in 2018 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Calgary, with guidance from the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, our school is under the authority of his Excellency the Most Rev’d

Steven J. Lopes, our Bishop, the Very Rev’d RobertCharles Bengry GSmp, Magister of the Companions of St. Gilbert, and the Rev’d Kenneth Noster, Head of School of The Gilbertine Institute. Mr. Yvan Beaudoin is our Headmaster.

Because of the role of the clergy, and the prayers of our little Gilbertine Community, our school has an intentional monastic rhythm and influence. Gilbertine spirituality embraces orderliness, industriousness, and balance, with an aim of personal holiness oriented towards the care of the poor in spirit. Students absorb these values through prayer, study, interaction with the clergy, and through the faculty—all of whom are believing and practising Catholics who take an Oath of Fidelity at the beginning of each school year.

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Headmaster Mr. Yvan Beaudoin

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Our Team T

HE clergy, staff and volunteers of The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House are faithful Catholics (most are active members of St. John the Evangelist parish) and all are deeply committed to parent-lead education. All have a variety of educational and academic backgrounds ranging from liberal arts to the sciences. All are committed to supporting parents and educating children in the Catholic classical tradition and, most importantly, in virtue.

All clergy, staff and volunteers at The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House are required to undergo a criminal background check (including a vulnerable

sector search) and a child welfare check, and to complete the Safe Environment training programme required by the Ordinariate, Safe Haven—It’s Up to You. The safety and well-being of your children at school is paramount.

The first point of contact at the Academy will likely be our Headmaster, Mr. Yvan Beaudoin. You’ll find he is approachable and is a clear and dynamic communicator.

Your first points of contact at St. John’s will be either Fr. Bengry, our Pastor, or Fr. Beahen, our Parochial Vicar.

Our Parish Secretary is Ms. Kristen Morris and Parish Business Manager is Mr. Bob Harrod.

The Gilbertines

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HE Companions of St. Gilbert of Sempringham voluntary prayer, presence and service to specific (GSmp), with spiritual roots in the Order of parishes and neighbourhoods, according to one’s estate Sempringham founded by St. Gilbert in England in in life. Members encourage and empower those with 1131, is an association of the faithful, based in St. John whom they share common locality, experience, or fellowship of interests, to the Evangelist Catholic Church. The Association of For God’s sake and for the salvation of your souls, grow in holiness through a small group of men and pay more careful attention to divine love than an apostolate of prayer, and service women, in Calgary and in you have up ’till now, by repressing vice, exalting presence Brandon, Manitoba, live truth & justice, and keeping the rules and tradi- informed by a recovery and out their vocations in an tions of your Order.

St. Gilbert celebration of the Anglican Patrimony envisaged in the individual and voluntary obedience to a Rule of Life composed in partnership Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus.

St. Gilbert himself was a teacher Priest in the with one’s spiritual director, each conducting themselves twelfth century who believed, when the idea was according to the Statutes of the Association.

Gilbertine Companions are to persist in a unity of hardly commonplace, that both boys and girls should spirit and purpose towards worship of God the Holy be educated. The Order was begun when seven of his Trinity, the building up of the Kingdom of God and the female students came to him requesting a rule, habit and salvation of souls under the patronage of St. Gilbert. enclosure; all of which he furnished. It’s therefore fitting Not bound as a community by vows, but rather by that our latter-day Gilbertines have been involved in the bonds of affection, Companions live a life of individual founding of schools.

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A Unique Opportunity T

HE Gilbertine Academy and Holy House are Truth and Beauty itself in the Blessed Sacrament. All uniquely situated in several ways. The authority of our studies hinge on the study of the revelation of Jesus clergy certainly sets us apart, as does our Latin course Christ, particularly through the Incarnation and His (we have the only accredited Latin as a second language Real Presence in the Eucharist. course in Alberta), but what we cherish most is that we Another aspect that makes us unique is our effort literally go to school with ...all branches of knowledge are connected towards the practical Jesus. He is truly present together, because the subject matter of knowledge integration of the home, in the Tabernacle set is intimately united in itself as being the acts and school, and parish. Restoring upon the altar; our school the domestic church and the work of the Creator. days begin and end in His Catholic academic tradition St. J.H. Newman, The Idea of a University glorious presence. Our means an investment in teachers and all staff encourage our young people to an authentic common life. The goal is for students to embrace a sacramental world-view where we are drawn, discover the influence and beauty of Catholicism in hearts and minds, into an ever greater union with the every aspect of culture and in their own lives, growing Triune God. Through our academic studies, we learn in holiness, and drawing ever closer to God. about the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, but we We believe all of this and more, makes us, along with actually commune in body and soul with Goodness, our sister schools in Edmonton and Derwent, a wholly )6(

unique and rare educational opportunity for children in the province of Alberta and in Canada.

A Shared Responsibility The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House provides an integrated classical Catholic education, supporting parents as the primary educators. As a Shared Responsibility programme, Holy House for grades one to eight aims to be a home at school that harmonises with schooling at home in mutual support. Our high school programme for grades nine to twelve consists of teacher-directed schooling for all high school classes.

Because we are a small school integrated with family and parish life, parents are to be highly involved in the high school education of their children.

Our educational approach extols the theological order of the domestic church—the first society—and complements the vocational mission of parents “as those first responsible for the education of their children”. We do not seek to replace the parental role in education; but rather to bolster and support parents in their efforts as educators of their children. We maintain an atmosphere in which our students learn the joy of intellectual inquiry as an end-in-itself, but also to develop the habits and virtues needed for serious study and personal growth.

Faith Formation Our course of studies equip students to grow and thrive as disciples of Christ in a complicated and often hostile world. We assist our students in their spiritual, human, and academic formation in a way that is much more than the simple transfer of knowledge and skills. We work with parents to help form the whole person, as a beloved child of God with a supernatural destiny, in the pursuit of truth, beauty and holiness. The wholesome environment of The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House aims to allow each child to mature academically, spiritually, socially and emotionally, as strong, resilient and engaged Catholics equipped for sainthood.

Modern education, whether public or private (or even Catholic), is too often thoroughly secularised and denies children the treasure of knowledge and Wisdom from the Western tradition as fashioned for millennia by the Roman Catholic Church. This dichotomy in education

often leaves children shaped and formed with a secular way of acting and thinking, which is highly fragmented, compartmentalised, and lacks a coherent philosophical foundation. Thus, for so many young people, the Faith becomes dislodged from the centre of their lives—seen as an ‘extra’ at best—and they are thus made vulnerable to the secular ideologies and whims of the day which are at terrible odds with Catholic morality, understanding, and ultimately at odds with the very foundations of our Western culture.

Because of this, so many young people today walk away from the Church as they become adults. We believe the way forward for a renewal of Catholic Education is to ground our children, from the very start, in ultimate Truth, Beauty, and Goodness. Our programme assists parents in this challenge by providing a nurturing and engaging environment for the formation of their children’s mind, body, and soul in the perennial tradition of the Catholic Faith and Catholic philosophy.

Excellence & Integration Our curriculum progresses through a four-year history cycle which provides an engaging organisational framework for study, intellectual enquiry and skills building. Materials presented in one class are reinforced by materials presented in another—we never really teach one subject at a time because connexions are always made between historical facts, geography, literature, philosophy, and political analysis. The master-works of Catholic art and music reinforce conversations and content in our other courses and, as we say, every class is a religion class. We value a classical and interdisciplinary approach emphasising the virtues, integrated knowledge, skills, and academic excellence that give our young people the best opportunity to find joy, contribute to society, and thrive as committed Catholics.

We seek truth from the greatest writers and scientists of the ages and integrate them into our programme in a way that harmonises with the revelation of our Lord and with Catholic Catechesis. As St. Basil the Great wrote to his students in the fourth century AD, “after the manner of bees must we use these writings, for the bees do not visit all the flowers without discrimination… so we, if

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wise, shall take from heathen books whatever befits us and is allied to the truth.”

As St. Basil explains, we are drawn upward toward perfection by seeking wisdom widely, but finding completion in Christ. Jesus finished the Sermon on the Mount by saying “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect,” (Mt. 5.48).

The Greek word for perfect is τέλειος, meaning to be complete; to arrive at the end for which we were intended.

The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House aims at our completeness in Christ with the Four Pillars of classical Catholic Education in the Ordinariate: Sacred Worship, Sacred Wisdom, Sacred Music, and Sacred Art..

III. Sacred Music: Music is an integral part of the patrimony of English Christianity, and is therefore central to the curriculum of the The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House. It provides a point of integration for the other core subjects, but is more than that: our music programmes educate the very soul.

IV. Sacred Art: Usually viewed by other schools as an ‘extra’ or an avenue of self expression, the visual arts are taken seriously at our school. The great treasury of our Catholic faith contained in our sacred arts and architecture can only be accessed through competent visual literacy skills. By learning to draw more carefully, we learn to see more carefully. This is a millennia-old truth forming a part of the education of gentlemen The Four Pillars Our programmes of study are structured around four and ladies throughout Christendom and as far away as pillars our Bishop, Steven Lopes, outlines as essential China. Accordingly, we ensure every student is visually literate and has an appreciation for the arts. That said, for our identity and mission as an Ordinariate school. sacred art is taught in the Ordinariate not just from I. Sacred Worship: Sacred Worship: Primacy is given to the standpoint of appreciation, but in the creation of the daily celebration of the liturgical life of the Church, it. Our programme centres on drawing and painting as since the first education of the soul is conducted not by important foundational skills. programmes, but by the Word of God and sacramental grace. The entire day and school year is therefore In the end, education through The Gilbertine Academy punctuated by prayer, with the Holy Mass as the ‘most and Holy House aspires to do what all good classical important class of the day’. It is celebrated according to Catholic educational initiatives seek to accomplish: the Ordinariate Form: the Venerable English Mass said assist parents in the handing-on of the faith to their ad orientem in sacral English. children towards sainthood, while equipping them for II. Sacred Wisdom: Our students are immersed in the adventure of life. the excellence of the Catholic Classical Liberal Arts tradition which fosters the intellectual and moral A person who is a good and true Christian should virtues needed for serious study, for living a Christian realise that truth belongs to his Lord, wherever it life of discipleship, and for sharing the Catholic Faith. is found, gathering and acknowledging it even in Academic rigour in the classical liberal arts is essential pagan literature... St. Augustine to the formation of rational, free, and virtuous persons, we therefore ensure a firm grounding in literature, grammar, science, and other core subjects.

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The Four Pillars in Action

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E put the Four Pillars of Catholic education in Sacred Wisdom. the Ordinariate into action in a way that engages Our programme of study is intellectually stimulating, the student spiritually, intellectually, physically and and is divided into the following subjects: emotionally.

History: Our history programme at The Gilbertine Sacred Worship.

Academy and Holy House provides the framework Daily Mass is at the centre of what we do, and more upon which all other areas of knowledge are hung. We important than any class. Catechesis utilises a four-year follow a four-year history cycle (Ancient, Medieval, classical programme of our Penny Catechism which Early Modern, and Modern), which is enhanced and deepens the experience of our life of prayer and worship. expanded upon through the use of primary sources and Prayers, chants and hymns in Latin and in sacral English timeless great books from each period. punctuate our day along with the recitation of the Daily Office. Gilbertines seek to pray unceasingly (1 Thess 5.16–18) and encourage our young people to do the same by understanding prayer and worship broadly as a life well lived in the love of God and neighbour.

Our school has a semi-monastic feel and pattern.

Latin: Our textbook series Libellus Latinus includes Latin dialogues, plays, poetry, proverbs as well as scripture passages and traditional prayers in Latin. This is optional in grade three and four and mandatory for all students in grades five and up.

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Literature & Poetry: Students study a broad range of carefully selected and time-honoured poems, novels, short-stories, fables, films, and plays which integrate with the historical time-line of the year.

Grammar, Spelling & Composition: Students follow classically-based curriculum to progress in their grammar, spelling, and composition abilities. Wherever possible, the concepts covered in these courses will overlap with other subjects. We teach cursive writing and encourage handsome penmanship.

Science: Using select lessons from the Berean Builder Science Series (Jay Wile), students are introduced to important scientists and their discoveries in each historical era through instruction and a daily science experiment. Careful attention is taken to ensure that all teaching is in alignment with the guidance and principles laid out by the Magisterium for the faithful.

Virtues: Knowledge without virtue isn’t wisdom.

Accordingly, we have thoroughly integrated the Disciple of Christ Education in Virtue programme, developed by the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, into the life of our school and parish. Every month of our four-year classical Catholic cycle emphasizes a virtue based on the cardinal and theological virtues (Catechism 1803–1845), their roots, branches and fruit.

Sacred Music.

The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House holds as vital, one of the oldest academic traditions in Catholicism: the singing school—schola cantorum. The tradition of the schola cantorum took deep root in the British Isles and finds its origins with St. Pope Gregory the Great. We cultivate this ancient tradition, alongside the patrimony of the celebrated English choral tradition, by chanting and singing during the liturgy, learning music theory, and by studying master-works that relate to our fouryear history cycle. Singers use their gifts unto the glory of God at Mass, and at several special events through the year.

Sacred Art. Sacred Art is a core priority at The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House! We study master-works related to our four-year history cycle but, more than that, we teach higher visual literacy skills that enable our students to access the rich treasury of wisdom and information found in the visual world and most especially in the Catholic Church. Our course of study also gives all our young people the skills to draw and to paint competently.

It’s our view that no Western education can be considered complete if a graduate cannot illustrate his journal or paint a lively watercolour whilst on holiday.

In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art. Art must make perceptible, and as far as possible attractive, the world of the spirit, of the invisible, of God. St. John Paul ii

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Walking with the Saints

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IGH SCHOOL students attending The Gilbertine Academy for the 2025/26 school year will have the opportunity to take part in a North American pilgrimage with high school students from our sister

schools Villa Spiritus and Holy House of Our Lady and St. Benedict in 2026. The trip will include daily Mass, visiting churches, shrines and historic sites consistent with our curriculum.

What was wonderful about childhood is that anything in it was a wonder. It was not merely a world full of miracles; it was a miraculous world.

G.K. Chesterton

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HE Four Pillars of Catholic Education in the Ordinariate are studied in four historical time periods. Because each subject taught shores up the next, The Gilberine Academy and Holy House ensure a cohesive and thorough learning experience. The grounding in history helps the student understand and interpret his own age in a way that is informed, lively and intelligent. The repeating history cycle is as follows: Year I: Ancient, Year II: Medieval, Year III: Early Modern, and Year IV: Modern.

This year we engage students in the Medieval time period with the characteristic integration of academic and social excellence and faithful Catholicity throughout.

Mass & Prayers As always, the medieval-year curriculum includes the most important class of the day: Daily Mass said according to the Ordinariate Form. Our Gilbertine Priests use the homily as an important opportunity to engage students in the day of the Christian year, in theology, and in the application of our Catholic faith in daily life. The homilies are often challenging as our clergy encourage our young

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people to faithful and robust Christian discipleship—to be Catholics in the world, not of it.

The themes emphasised through the prayers, scripture selections, saints, and psalms align first with the Church Year, and reflect the catechetical themes of faith and the sacraments. We are blessed to have excellent continuing and new faculty and staff who joyfully promise to be faithful to the Magisterium through their Oath of Fidelity at the beginning of the year.

Catechism: Following our ancient-year St. Gilbert Catechism with its focus on the Old Testament and salvation history, the medieval-year focus will be on Volume one (of three) of the Penny Catechism. The Apostles’ Creed and the Seven Sacraments focus integrates well with the medieval year programme and is aligned, as always, with utmost faithfulness to the Magisterium.

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Schola Cantorum

ART STUDIO

By teaching vocal technique and sight singing as well as music theory and history, the choral music programme at The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House equips the student to capably sing the Lord’s praises.

The Schola Cantorum of The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House will consist of three choirs: the St. Godric Choir for pre-readers, the St. Aldhelm Choir for treble voices, and the St. Ethelwold Choir for Intermediate and Senior students.

Each choir learns both its own and common repertoire and practises choral skills as appropriate to its level. Choristers will be assigned listening homework which consists of listening to online links of the music they are studying. In addition, St. Aldhelm and St. Ethelwold choristers will have music theory homework and regular theory exams at the end of each of the four terms. Several times per year our school choir leads a service such as one of the Advent Lessons and Carols, and a full Ordinariate sung Mass.

Art is a course of study designed to help students become visually literate and to furnish them with skills in drawing and painting. Visual literacy is fundamentally important, not only to access the master works of Western culture and better engage and understand the Catholic visual world, but also to avoid the seduction of the devil who uses visual language to deceive. Students will be given the opportunity to develop the virtues of observation and attention to beauty as skills are developed to represent the world as seen or imagined.

Studio: Students are taught fundamentals such as line, shape, colour, texture, space, form and value and then practice integrating them cohesively. Goals include: 1.) narrowing the focus on drawing only, since drawing forms the basis of all visual art, 2.) addressing knowledge and skill deficiencies while eliminating bad habits, and 3.) building self-discipline in the pursuit of mastery. Studio sessions include sketching sessions, much like coaching sessions, whereby the teacher demonstrates various techniques and concepts. Students apply the lessons at school and at home with regular sketchbook pencil drawing. A major objective will be to bring all the students along the path to mastery, catching up new students, consolidating knowledge and skills, and always pushing just hard enough to keep improving without causing too much frustration. The net will be wide, attempting to inspire the students with a dormant level of interest in art while at the same time supporting the most serious artists to reach new heights.

History/Theory: Wherever possible the two domains of Art Theory and History are linked in order to drive home the importance (and relevance) of each. The main goals are to develop an historical frame of reference from which to draw inspiration as well as providing students with monthly focal pieces of medieval art to increase their appreciation for the beauty, truth, and goodness of venerable culture in long development. In particular, there will be a medieval-year focus on the Creed and the sacraments of our Catholic Faith in relation to key images of the medieval period.

History The history of the medieval period is the age of faith wherein Holy Mother Church preserved and rebuilt civilisation following the fall of the Roman Empire. This dynamic period encompasses a wide range of geographic territory, figures, events, and ideas. As the faith spreads throughout Europe, the intertwining of spiritual and temporal matters creates a unique tapestry that features popes and monks, emperors and kings, scholars and mystics. Studying the events of the period alongside their spiritual significance fosters a deeper understanding of the way the time period affected the development of Christ’s body on earth and can still offer both a foundation for and a challenge to events, figures, and attitudes present in both religious and secular society today. The Medieval world serves as an epic backdrop for exploring the tensions between growth and stability, temporal and eternal power, and faith and reason, making it a compelling subject for families seeking to enrich their knowledge of both history and faith.

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etc. with the specificity and rigor necessary for success The Literature course will be conducted via the Socratic on provincial achievement tests, diploma exams, and for seminar method. Students will learn how to read great texts university readiness. well, paying attention to both form and content, as well as Latin the interplay between the two, and to discuss the works Latin will now be offered in-person as we continue our in a manner which cultivates not only understanding of commitment as the only school in Alberta that requires the text at hand, but also virtues such as self-control, good all students to study the beauty, truth, and goodness of the judgement, respect, courage. The course will study the official language of our Holy Mother, the Church. Medieval greatest literary achievements of the medieval period in year Latin emphasis will be on medieval Latin idioms both poetry and prose, as well as later works which are and developments in language germane to the period, as heavily influenced by them, with a special emphasis on ecclesiastical Latin was developed into a language capable texts which reflect and shaped the Church’s growth in of expressing complex theological and secular truths with England and beyond, including novels, poetry, and plays, both precision and beauty. Special attention shall be given alongside historical or theological treatises which show to the translation of the Ordinary of Mass, the Creed, and particular literary merit. some of the venerable prayers of Medieval Christendom such as the Memorare of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the The Language Arts Tantum Ergo of St. Thomas Aquinas, and the venerable While exploring the beauty and richness of the English language, students will be guided systematically toward antiphons of Blessed Hermann of Reichenau, the Salve mastery of English grammar, spelling, and composition. Regina and Alma Redemptoris Mater.

The highest examples of medieval literary genius will be Physical Education integrated as appropriate. Note that English Grammar will Physical activity and active participation in sport is an no longer be offered online but will be provided in-person. important part of the education of the whole person.

Our physical education programme has a strong focus on Science The ultimate curricular goal of the science class is to provide practising virtues in the context of both individual and students with scientific knowledge, principles, procedures, team sports, with attention to building up specific elements and historical developments. Science will be studied in a of physical skill and good moral habits. As Plato argues, way compatible with the teachings of the Catechism. In gymnastike builds the cardinal virtue of fortitude. To push particular, respect for human dignity in scientific research, ourselves in sport is to work hard and with joy to overcome the guiding hand of God in creation and salvation, the difficulties in pursuit of personal excellence. Fortitude responsibility of our ethical dominion over God’s beautiful built in athletic training helps us to serve God with creation, and the holy obligation to seek truth wherever humility and self-overcoming. What we learn in the gym it is best found. During class, students will continue to strengthens our resolve to take the harder narrower path of benefit from empirical activities, demonstrations, and choosing to faithfully do what we know is right and noble, rather than yielding to the temptations of immoderate experiments.

In elementary grades (1-8) a carefully-chosen or uncharitable appetites. Each student is encouraged to sequence of lessons will highlight the advancements of the achieve personal excellence while supporting their team in medieval period and the great men and women who made friendly competition. Students will grow to appreciate the those discoveries. Students will place these discoveries in importance of athletic activity, cooperation, leadership, fair play, and teamwork. the context of the advancement of science as a whole.

High school courses will teach the subdisciplines of modern science such as physics, chemistry, biology,

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How we’re structured...

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HE Gilbertine Academy is intentionally small and is characterised by a homey but orderly environment. Classrooms are found at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Gilbert House, and at Cross Hall next to the Church. We have a gymnasium and are close to parks and trails. Our students are divided into two Houses (that encourage team work and a spirit of friendly competition) that span the different grades.

Our Shared Responsibility Division (Holy House) is two-days a week in person activity and instruction for grades one to eight with some remote learning at home options. Our High School Division is four-days a week in person activity and instruction, with one day a week remote learning at home.

Badges worn on clothing became popular (especially in England) in the late Middle Ages as a way of showing an association between individuals. Today this tradition has survived perhaps most notably as a badge on school uniforms. While some schools use a Coat of Arms for this purpose, The Gilbertine Academy follows the more traditional para-heraldic practice.

Our badge brings together three visual elements: the Canterbury Cross, the heraldic arms granted the Gilbertine Priory at Sempringham, and the circle which presents the design and motto in a visually harmonious way. The red and blue school colours subtly remind us of the blood and water which flowed from the Lord’s side at His crucifixion, while the gold and silver in the design remind us of the costliness of our Catholic faith.

Perhaps the most prominent component of the badge is the Canterbury Cross set upon a blue field. Discovered in 1867 during excavations in Canterbury, England, the original Anglo-Saxon broach dates from AD 850. This particular cross reminds us of our obligation to celebrate, protect, and hand-on the patrimonial gifts of the Ordinariate as a treasure to be shared. Of course, every Cross ultimately symbolizes the Christian Faith and reminds us of Christ crucified.

The historical arms granted the Gilbertine Priory at Sempringham sits upon the cross and further informs the design. The blazon reads: Barry of six, argent and gules; over all in bend sinister, a pilgrim’s crutch or. The pilgrim’s crutch is sometimes rendered as a long cross and this is the case here as we are a Catholic School and the cross is our hope and deliverance.

St. Gilbert was a medieval Priest and teacher who believed both boys and girls should be educated. He, in 1131, founded the only medieval Religious Order indigenous to the English people when seven of his female students asked him for a Rule, habit, and a cloister. The communities would grow to include Nuns, Sisters, Brothers and Priests and flourished until the dissolution of the monasteries in England in the mid 1500s.

The cross and shield are presented upon a circle — a universal symbol with meanings that include unity, wholeness and eternity. We strive for a kind and generous unity of the student body at The Gilbertine Academy towards an integrated education that we hope will lead to eternal life in the presence of God the Holy and Undivided Trinity.

Our motto, rendered in Latin, is that of the Gilbertines “Factum Est”—a message from St. Gilbert himself, made during a vision of him after his death, which means “it is accomplished”. The words also remind us of the Gospel of John, the first chapter, the fourteenth verse: “Et verbum caro factum est” — “And the Word became Flesh”.

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(Gr.9–12)

HE Gilbertine Academy seeks to help our teenagers transition to adulthood as ‘apprentice adults’. We therefore have high expectations of our young people as they mature as whole persons. We support families in what is often a challenging time of life, encouraging our High Schoolers to embrace the Catholic faith for themselves as thoughtful, virtuous, and faithful disciples of Christ.

At The Gilbertine Institute, students will have the opportunity to study English literature and grammar, as well as an array of topics in Humanities. They will also be provided with Physical Education, Art, Music, and Religious Studies, with access to all major Mathematics (9, 10 common, 20–1, 20–2, 20–3, 30–1, 30–2, 30–3) and Science streams (9, 10, 14, 20, 24, 30), including Biology 20/30, Chemistry 20/30 and Physics 20/30 on a threeAlthough high school students attend classes on a year rotational cycle. full-time basis, taught by certificated teachers, the It is important to note that to qualify for an Alberta responsibility and role of the parents as educators must Diploma, students will need to finish high school with remain. We therefore expect high levels of engagement a minimum of 100 credits. (Our students can finish between parents and their children as they learn at the with more than enough credits for a diploma.) Note Academy. Our intentionally small student body helps that students must complete the CALM high school us better attend to the various needs of our students course (Alberta Education requirement) under the as they engage with the world around them, growing instruction of their parents and must prepare to write in independence, but is also useful for better and the Social Studies 30–2 (or 30–1) Diploma exam to more regular communication between parents and ensure a Province of Alberta High School Diploma. instructors.

It is important for parents to consult yearly with the The Gilbertine Academy offers a rigorous course load, Headmaster to ensure all requirements are properly which students can use toward a Province of Alberta being met for their child.

High School Diploma. In order to be successful, each student in The Gilbertine Academy will require a high degree of self-motivation and parents who are willing to oversee all parts of their course work.

In person schedule: Tuesday to Friday 8.00 am – 4.00 pm Remote learning at home: Mondays 8.00 am – 4.00 pm

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Elementary School H OLY HOUSE is the Gilbertine Academy’s Shared Responsibility Programme for Elementary students. Classrooms are intimate, with a homey feel which integrates well with their homeschooling.

Instruction takes place on Tuesdays & Thursdays. Holy House is divided as follows:

Primary Division: Grade 1 & 2

(Gr.1–8)

children’s songs, games, and dances while learning the fundamentals of music literacy. Time is also provided for physical activity with daily PE class.

Science, History & Latin: On a weekly basis, Science concepts and experiments integrate with the learning taking place in the older grades. History lessons and foundational geography skills may be related to local, provincial or national history and community understanding or could be taken from texts such as The Story of Civilization and The Story of the World, supplemented with colouring pages and other activities.

Latin is introduced using Song School Latin from Classical Academic Press.

Classes for Holy House’s youngest students introduce them to the rich liturgical and academic rhythms which characterise The Gilbertine Academy, to foster an awareness of history and a love of literature and learning in general. We support parents in teaching foundational literacy and numeracy skills and students are introduced to basic science, music and art concepts Beginner Division: Grade 3 & 4 through age-appropriate adaptations of the skills and The Beginner Division provides a transition period for knowledge being taught in the older grade levels. students who are not yet reading and writing with the Growing in Faith: Primary students attend Morning fluency necessary to accomplish the goals of the Junior Prayer, Mass, and Evening Prayer along with the Division, yet who have the maturity to begin engaging older students, and focus on the same monthly virtue with the same classic literature and historical themes throughout the liturgical year. They learn stories from as the older students. Students in this division will the Bible and study the lives of the saints. build their spelling, printing/cursive, and pre-writing skills through direct instruction, literature studies, and Emerging Literacy Skills: Our students read and listen guided narration. to a variety of classic children’s literature as well as stories related to the historical time period currently Junior & Intermediate being studied. Students work on reading & writing with Divisions: Grade 5-8 the use of phonics readers, letter practice, copy-work, Students in the Junior (Grades 5–6) and Intermediate and grammar and writing activities. Calendar skills, (Grades 7–8) divisions are expected to read and write counting, and other math skills form part of the daily fluently so they can explore, discuss, and respond to schedule. literature, history, and science texts with a high level of independent engagement. Junior and Intermediate Arts, Music & PE: Primary students enjoy weekly students likewise may share some classes together and art lessons related to the styles and techniques being separate into smaller groups for other classes, depending studied by the older students and also participate in on their experience and skill level in each subject.

Schola Cantorum, singing and playing time-honoured

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The badge used by our younger students (Holy House of Our Lady & St. John) brings together four visual elements: the Marian cypher which represents Mary the Mother of Our Lord, St. John’s chalice for the patron of our parish in Inglewood, the Alpha and Omega representing Christ but also alluding to our classical educational tradition, and finally the arms of St. George, recalling the Anglican patrimony as a treasure to be shared.

The Marian cypher or monogram is located in the top quarter and is composed of the letters ‘M’ and ‘R’ which means “Maria Regina (Queen)”. This design can be traced back to the eleventh century. The three points on each of the ends of the monogram remind us of the Holy Trinity.

Below is the chalice with the snake emerging from it — a symbol of St. John (the patron of our parish of St. John the Evangelist and Jesus’ beloved disciple). It too is an ancient symbol and can be traced back to the thirteenth century. Christians have been persecuted right from the start, but this symbol shows us that we have nothing to fear. It comes from an old legend that tells us about someone who tried to poison St. John. The Evangelist was preserved by a miracle: the poison came out of the chalice in the form of a snake and St. John drank the cup unharmed.

The left and right quarters have within them the Alpha and Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. These are appropriate for any Christian school because it reminds us most of all of the Lord Jesus’ words in Revelation 1:8, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.”

Finally, at the centre, we have a shield with the cross upon it. By this symbol we are reminded that our only protection is Jesus Christ Himself. The style of the shield recalls St. George, who was martyred during the Diocletian persecution of AD 303. He refused to recant his Christian faith and his earthly life was taken from him, though of course not his eternal life. St. George’s cross and shield have become associated with the English Church and the Anglican patrimony which we preserve and celebrate at St. John’s.

There are three other crosses found on the badge that remind us both of the Holy Trinity and of Calvary, where Jesus was crucified with the two criminals. We are reminded that Jesus said, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me” (Matthew 16.24). Each of us, like the two criminals, has a choice to make: do we reject Christ, or do we choose Him as the good criminal did? “Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, to-day shalt thou be with me in paradise” (Luke 23.43). This is our ultimate hope for all of our students and is really the goal for the education they receive at The Gilbertine Academy: that they would choose to follow Jesus and live with Him forever in joy and felicity.

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House Leagues & Awards H OUSE Leagues are designed to instill in our children a sense of student ownership & responsibility, foster community, and nurture student leaders. At the beginning of the year all students are placed in one of two Houses: St. Becket or St. Edward.

Each House has a student Prefect and is presided over by a faculty member. The Houses engage in friendly competition in three categories to win end-of-year championships: House Champions in Service.

Magister of the Companions of St. Gilbert upon the recommendation of the Headmaster, to recognise particular devotion to prayer and memorization of Holy Scripture. One prize for girls and one for boys is to be awarded annually.

One boy each year may be chosen by the Magister of the Companions of St. Gilbert upon the recommendation of the Headmaster, on (or near to) the Feast of St. Nicholas, to be appointed Boy Bishop for the day. He will be vested by the clergy at Evensong during the recitation of the Magnificat. He will make an address and will preside over a celebration with his fellow students after school.

Students maintain simple aspects of the physical environment by completing the “Daily Duties” One girl each year may be chosen by the Magister of the (sweeping, dusting, kitchen crew, etc.) or other Companions of St. Gilbert upon the recommendation volunteerism, especially at the Church. of the Headmaster, on (or near to) the Feast of St. Lucy, House Champions in Athletics. to be crowned with candles during Evensong. She will Students compete in optional but highly-encouraged make an address and will preside over a celebration with her fellow students after school. intramural games.

House Champions in Arts and Academics.

Instructors may award points for exceptional written or artistic work or contributions to class discussion and activities. They may also award points in this category for outstanding public presentations by students.

Additionally, individual students are eligible to win the Magister’s Cup, awarded by the Magister of the Companions of St. Gilbert, upon the recommendation of the Headmaster, for over-all student achievement and excellence. Only one cup is to be awarded annually.

Individual students are also eligible to win the Bible and Prayer Book Prize Card of Merit, awarded by the

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Fr. Robert-Charles Bengry gsmp

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Clergy & Headmaster The Very Rev’d Robert-Charles Bengry, EV, GSmp is the Magister of the Companions of St. Gilbert of Sempringham, the Pastor of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and the Chair of The Gilbertine Institute. Father Bengry was born and raised on the Canadian prairie but has lived and served in British Columbia and Manitoba as well. He earned a Bachelor of Design, Diploma of Christian Studies and Master of Divinity in Vancouver and served a three-point rural parish in the Anglican Diocese of Brandon for seven years. He completed a course of study and formation through the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter and was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest in 2018.

Besides his priestly and parish duties, Fr. Bengry tutors Art for high school students at The Gilbertine Academy.

The Rev’d Kenneth Noster serves as the Head of School of The Gilbertine Institute. Convinced that parents are able to have the greatest of formative effects upon their children and, recognising the many forces at work against family life, Dcn Kenneth Noster has spent three decades supporting home educating parents. He has advocated for parent rights, negotiated home education regulations, and provided direct help to parents through mentorship, articles, presentations, and workshops.

He and his wife, Marlane, taught their very diverse six children at home through grade twelve. Dcn Noster was ordained a permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of Edmonton in 2008 and remains active in ministry in spite of a full schedule with our schools. Having worked from 1975 to 1988 as professional actors, Dcn and Marlane provide Drama coaching to our students.

As a deacon, Rev’d Noster is on loan to the Ordinariate.

The Rev’d Sean-Patrick Beahen, GSmp is the Parochial Vicar at St. John’s. Father hails from the nation’s capital via Vancouver and most recently via Brandon, Manitoba.

He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Vancouver and was educated in theology through The School of Theology, Sewanee: The University of the South, supplemented

with courses in homiletics, Greek, ethics, Anglican Ethos, and History at the Vancouver School of Theology; he also completed a course of study and formation to become a Roman Catholic Priest. Father Beahen was ordained to the transitional diaconate at our Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham, Houston TX on the Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica, 2017 and ordained to the Priesthood on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter & Paul, 2018. Fr. Beahen is a Companion of St. Gilbert and serves our school as a Chaplain.

Mr. Yvan Beaudoin is the Headmaster of the Gilbertine Academy. He was born and raised in a small French community in Beaumont, Alberta. After graduating from high school, he pursued a Bachelor of Education at Faculté St. Jean at the University of Alberta. He began his teaching career with Edmonton Catholic Schools and spent close to ten years in their French immersion programmes both at the elementary and junior high school levels. His desire to return to a small town brought him to St. Paul, Alberta, where he was given the opportunity to teach for St. Paul Education Division at the junior high and high school levels. Soon after his arrival he became the religious coordinator for their Catholic schools, as well as the catechetical director for the Diocese of St. Paul. Yvan initiated and organized five mission trips and started a Lifeteen programme for the cathedral parish. He has always been involved in parish life and with his love for coaching sports, in the community at large. His journey finally led him to become principal of a Catholic Francophone school.

After 33 years in Catholic education, Yvan retired in December, 2023, quickly coming out of retirement to join The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House of Our Lady & St. John in March, 2024. Yvan has been married to Aline for forty years, and they have seven children and twenty-six grandchildren. Yvan enjoys spending time at the lake with his kids, grandkids, extended family and friends.

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Symptoms of our educational crisis, such as the fragmentation of the disciplines, the separation of faith and reason, the reduction of quality to quantity, and the loss of a sense of ultimate purpose are directly related to a lack of historical awareness on the part of students. An integrated curriculum must teach subjects, and it must teach the right subjects, but it should do so by incorporating each subject, even mathematics and the hard sciences, within the history of ideas, which is the history of our culture. Every subject has a history, a drama, and by imaginatively engaging with these stories we become part of the tradition.

Stratford Caldecott, Beauty for Truth’s Sake

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Tuition Fees O

UR annual tuition fees are all-inclusive which means they include all costs associated with class materials such as textbooks and consumable workbooks This does not, however, include other considerations (below).

Resource Funding. This funding is non-transferable after September 29th.

*As The Gilbertine Institute is a registered charity, and a significant portion of our instructional time is devoted to religious instruction, we are able to issue each family a taxAnnual Tuition per child: deductible receipt for the full tuition amount they have Gr 1–4: 2-day—$1,650* paid. Parents qualify for up to a 50% tax refund. Tuition Gr 5–8: 2-day—$1,650* Assistance is available for families who do not benefit Gr 9–12: 4-day + on-line support—$4,250* from the tax receipt. Note that tax refunds apply to the Please note that “Tuition per Child” for the Shared calendar year tuition was paid, so please select “Option Responsibility Programme (Holy House) is in addition 1 (one instalment of 100% of the total family tuition—1 to all available Alberta Education funding per student, Sept)” in the Part II documents when registering, if you including Home Education funding. As part of the wish to obtain the full potential rebate amount on your registration process, parents will sign-over to The next tax return.

Gilbertine Institute their Home Education Parent

Other Considerations School Uniform (up to $180 for base items + socks, and academic vision of The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House, should, in confidence, apply for assistance. dress shoes, gym-strip, and gym shoes.)

Contact: tuitionassistance@gilbertineinstitute.com for a confidential, simple, but formal application. We encourage parents to apply early if they believe they Tuition Assistance need tuition assistance; ideally before any of the year’s The Gilbertine Academy is committed to providing tuition is paid. That said, a family may apply for tuition tuition assistance for families who may not benefit assistance at any point during the year, should their from the tax deductible receipt and/or who would find financial situation change. Additional assistance is our tuition fees a barrier to an otherwise successful available for active members of our parish, St. John the admission to our programme. Parents who have limited Evangelist. financial resources but are committed to the spiritual Basic School Supplies (a list of school supplies will be provided in August.)

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Fundraising & Community T UITION fees comprise only one source of revenue for The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House; therefore, all families (parents and students) are expected to contribute to fundraising initiatives with their support and presence. This provides an excellent opportunity to model and practise the virtue of generosity, and to demonstrate to the students the importance of cheerful giving for the good of the community.

Past fundraising initiatives at various campuses have included: No-drive Bottle Drive Murder Mystery Banquet Advent Procession Family Gaudete Ball Spring Performance or Spring Tea Plant Sale, Cookie/Chocolate Sale Soup & Bun Sale

Volunteer expectations:

Families are expected to participate in campus fundraising efforts, and to invite a minimum of 6 couples or individuals to school tours throughout the school year.

Next Steps: Discernment

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EMEMBER, the decision to enrol your child(ren) with The Gilbertine Academy is a spiritual decision as much as it is temporal or practical. Take time to pray and ask God to reveal His most gracious desire for you and your family. It’s important to familiarise yourself with this Prospectus and our website—especially the Calendar published online—then follow these steps: 1. Make an appointment to meet with the Headmaster, Mr. Yvan Beaudoin. Both children and parents must attend; 2. Make an appointment to visit The Gilbertine Academy and Holy House on a Tuesday or Thursday to see it in action; 3. If you are not already members of St. John the Evangelist, attend a Sunday Mass at 10.00 am to

witness our liturgical patrimony; 4. Pray, asking the Lord for clarity; and 5. Fill out an Application Form, and if needed, fill out a Tuition Assistance Form.

Please note, in the case where there is a waiting pool, returning students are taken first. Then, parishioners of St. John the Evangelist are moved to the top for first consideration. That said, because the education we offer is so unique, even children of parishioners must be a complete fit. The decision to enrol must make sense for the family, parish, and the school.

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telephone: 403.265.5072 email: office@gilbertineacademy.com web: gilbertineacademy.com

Calendar 2025-2026 Academic Calendar

2025-2026 Academic Calendar Gilbertine Academy & Holy House of Our Lady & St. John

Gilbertine Academy & Holy House of Our Lady & St. John

Civic Holiday 4 Bishop Visit 14 Derwent Days - Aug 20-22 20 Local Staff Inservice - Aug 26-28 26

Michaelmas Term (Sept 2 - Oct 23) Labour Day 1 First day of School & Term 1 2 Parents Meet the Teachers Social Event 8 Schola Montis HHC Outdoor Activity - 7-12 12 Perpetual Adoration 16 Our Lady of Walsingham - School-Wide Activity 25

Thanksgiving 13 Term I End 23 Professional Development Day 24 Hallowmas Break Oct 27-31 (1 wk) 27

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Martimas Term (Nov 4 - Jan 16) Term II Start 4 St. Martin's Lantern Walk 9 Remembrance Day 11 Michaelmas Progress Report 13 Advent Lessons & Carols - Nov 29 HHC, Nov 30 HHE/VS 29

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Perpetual Adoration 2 Professional Development 5 Gaudete Ball Workshop 12 Gaudete Ball Dance 13 Dec 22 - Jan 2 Christmas Break (2 wk) 22

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School Restarts 6 Term II End 16 Term III Starts 19 St. Hilary Term (Jan 19 - March 26)

3 Candlemas Report Card St. Gilbert - School-Wide Activity Parent Teacher Interviews Professional Development Feb 16-20 Lenten Break (1 wk) Family Day

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St. Patrick's Ceilidh Dance St Joseph Solemnity - School-Wide Activity Tri-Campus Event - 4:30pm Mass (Edm) Term III End 27 Professional Development 30 Mar 30-Apr 10 Easter Break (2 wk)

3/6 Good Friday / Easter Monday Tentative: Houston Trip? April 6-10 or 13-17?

Trinity Term (Apr 14 - Jun 11) 14 Term IV Starts 23 St. George's Progress Report

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Britannic Majes Tea & Exhibition Victoria Day May 24-27 Schola Montis Tentative tri-campus afternoon Evensong Professional Development

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Perpetual Adoration Term IV End Year-End Mass GAHHC Year-End Mass HHE Jun 15 - 26 School Open St. Peter Report Card Late Jun: Provincial Achievment Tests & Diplomas

Term Start/End Dates Holiday (no classes) School Break (no classes) Professional Development (subject to change) School Event Progress Reports Other considerations - school choir visits to senior's residence, community outreach

O Heavenly Father, whose blessed Son hath said, Suffer the little children to come unto me: Prosper with thy blessing all teachers and scholars; and grant that, as the minds of thy children are enlightened with knowledge, so their hearts may be daily drawn by the Holy Ghost to the love of thee and of thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

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