Each year, the Friday of Catholic Schools Week is dedicated to faculty, staff, and volunteers. Many of our schools use this day to give gifts to teachers, write notes of thanksgiving to administrators, and lift them all up in prayer.
Thank you to all the educators, in particular those celebrating milestone years of service to Catholic schools. Thank you for your commitment to Catholic education and for saying "yes" to this important vocation! You are the backbone of Catholic schools and we are abundantly blessed to have you guide our children in the faith.
"...no Catholic school can be effective without dedicated Catholic teachers, convinced of the great ideal of Catholic education. The Church needs men and women who are intent on teaching by word and example – intent on helping to permeate the whole educational milieu with the spirit of Christ. This is a great vocation, and the Lord himself will reward all who serve in it as educators in the cause of the word of God.” – Message of John Paul II to the NCEA, April 16, 1979