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... and Congratulates the Following in Their New Roles Kirsten (Bain) Johnston will

Carol Todd has moved from

moving from Grove House to

include the role of Academic

Accounts Receivable to Payroll

replace Glen Hamilton as Head of

Guidance in her portfolio this fall,

and Benefits Administrator and

Ryder House; Garret Hart is

replacing Glen Hamilton who will

Kathy Green's role as Director of

completing his two-year term as

be moving to Counselling. Janet

Development will be expanded to

Residential Don (Ondaatje House)

Markus will be stepping down as

include Board Secretariat.

and steps in as the new Head of

Assistant Head: School Life and will be joining the Admissions Office as the new Admissions Officer; John Runza will move from the role of School Chaplain and Director of Residences to Assistant Head: School Life; Bruce McMahon will leave his role as Coordinator of Residential Dons;

There will also be some changes in Residential Life. Amy Hollingsworth will replace Debbie Buckley as Head of Moodie House; Amy will be replaced as the Head of Upper Colebrook by Margaret Blanchette (past parent); Dan Moore will be

Grove House; Julie Moyer is leaving the Grove and is replaced by Ally O'Grady as the new Head of Memorial House. Also, Laura Tobin will be leaving her role as Head of Wadsworth House as she becomes the new Dean of Students at Grenville Christian College.

LCS Welcomes Bishop Ann Tottenham for Confirmation Excerpt from her Homily, April 26, 2004 I want to say a few words … about a verse from the

reality." Humble people are those who are

Apostle Paul's letter to the Christians in Rome.

grounded in reality, who can accept themselves for

"Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment." That's not the advice I would give you. It seems to me that, far from thinking too highly of yourselves, most of you do not think highly enough of yourselves. Even those of you who appear cocky and confident and seem to have everything under

who they are and, because of this, can accept other people for who they are. This acceptance is not something that happens overnight but something you grow into with God's power and grace working in you. It is a productive way to live because we can relax our efforts to make people think we are perfect when, in reality, not one of us is.

control are probably working like crazy to keep up

…So, as St. Paul says, "think of yourself with sober

a good front because you're afraid someone will

judgment" because we all have different gifts and

discover your inadequacies.

our community, our society and our world need

…I'm not going to exhort you—in opposition to Paul's message—to think more highly of yourself. My message to you is to learn humility. This doesn't sound very appealing because we aren't sure what it means to practise humility, to be humble. "Humility" comes from the same root as the word "humus" meaning the kind of good soil you put on your garden. Talking about humility is an old-fashioned way of saying "grounded in

those gifts. Erica Allingham, Carly Denure, Spencer Hodgins, John Orr, and Anjie Ober after confirmation with John Runza (L) and Bishop Tottenham (R)


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