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Growing in Faith
ENHANCING SPIRITUALITY IN OUR LIVES
• Year two of two with our spiritual theme: We are People of Faith.
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• Virtual commissioning service for staff on the first PD Day.
• Faith Development Day was virtual in the morning and in person in the afternoon. Father Rob Galea spoke about the importance of faith in difficult times and the power of prayer in healing. Dr. Jean Clinton spoke about wellness and the value of relationships. We finished the day with an uplifting eucharistic celebration.
• The Catholic Education Week theme was: Rebuild, Restore, Renew Together. It fit very well with the theme for Mental Health Week. Rather than the themes competing and educators feeling like they had to choose, we compiled resources for both themes that educators could use in their classrooms throughout the week. • A digital library was created with various learning activities. We continued our social media campaign to share our learning and celebrate Catholic education with a broader audience using hashtags.
- Teaching Faith in our Schools -
• Our Faith Ambassador Program continued with a fall workshop theme: Faith and Wellness. Ambassadors were encouraged to bring resources back to their staff and students.
• RE Consultant visited schools and worked with teachers on implementing the Grade 7 Growing in Faith, Growing in Christ Program, supported teachers with Best Practice Documents for teaching Theme 3 in the Fully Alive program and offered in class support, particularly for grades 7 and 8.
• Continued to build capacity with prayer service by creating and sharing various templates for themes throughout the school year.
- Mental Health -
Our Catholic Faith continues to be at the centre of our efforts to support the social, emotional and spiritual lives of our students.
• We continue to implement resources and training from School Mental Health Ontario, including the Faith and Wellness Everyday Classroom Resource, for elementary teachers (K-8) and the MH LIT lessons in our secondary system.
• We continue to develop mental health resources for use within our system which emphasize the connection between wellness and a strong Catholic Faith.
