Schools throughout the Diocese of Grand Rapids honored military veterans this week, ahead of Veterans Day on November 11, 2017.
Ceremonies included an event at St. Patrick Catholic School in Portland. Veterans were invited to the school on November 10, for an event thanking them for their service. The ceremony celebrated good citizenship and the sacrifices veterans and their families have made for our country. Students led everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance and taught the symbolism behind properly folding the United States flag. They also shared their reflections on good citizenship and appreciation for veterans and active duty personnel, reading award-winning essays and praying by name for military personnel from St. Patrick Parish. See photos of the event in the gallery at this link.
As the ceremony concluded, secondary students on their way back to class lined up and shook the hands of the veterans in attendance. As the veterans themselves made their way from the assembly to a lunch for them in the parish hall, they were met with younger students along the hallway, cheering for them and proudly waving flags.
See how else Catholic schools observed Veterans Day in the posts embedded below.
#VeteransDay mass @SchoolABVM #VeteransDay2017 pic.twitter.com/eNuXl4Xsfn
— Fr Tony (@FrT_ABVM) November 10, 2017
Additional Catholic schools, including Holy Trinity and St. Michael, also held events honoring veterans.
Learn more about the Catholic schools in the Diocese of Grand Rapids at this link.