“It’s a story of becoming lost, but then being found,” he said, reflecting on the journey that will lead him to ordination to the permanent diaconate. Kurt Peot’s story of faith is, in his own words, “a story of drifting.” Here are profiles of the four men who are joining the ranks of permanent deacons. As we now prepare for the Triduum in our parish communities, we give thanks for all the ways in which we’ve been inspired, enriched, and transformed by our Catholic educational ministry this Lent.The Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s Office of Diaconate Formation will see four men ordained as permanent deacons at 10 a.m. Jude School, Wauwatosa, chose “Bring Lent to Life” as its Lenten theme for 2012, a theme that beautifully describes the Lenten initiatives of all our schools this year. Weekly school-wide activities related to the upcoming Sunday’s Scripture readings at Our Lady Queen of Peace School, Milwaukee.įinally, St. Paul School, Genesee Depot, sacrificed five minutes of their social time at lunch to listen to sacred music and reflect on the things for which they are grateful. Students entered in silence and remained silent until the first bell, creatively communicating without words or sounds. “Given up” chatter at the beginning of the school day by students at St. Liturgical ministry involvement on four nationally televised “Heart of the Nation” Masses for Palm Sunday and the Easter season by Pius XI High School choirs, students, and parents. Illustrations of the Stations of the Cross digitalized in an ePub book by second graders at Lumen Christi School, Mequon. Students removed a “thorn” when they had done an act of kindness for someone else and placed it on a tray next to the crown.ĭramatization of various Scripture stories by sixth-graders at St. Mary’s School at Blessed Trinity Parish, Sheboygan Falls. Rafael School, Milwaukee.Ī “Crown of Thorns” made from toothpicks at St. Peter School, East Troy, and collecting money to purchase solar lanterns for La Sagrada Familia in the Dominican Republic by St. John the Baptist School, Plymouth, fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma “Pennies for Patients” Society by St. Service projects that included outreach to the Angkor Children’s Hospital in Cambodia at St. The depiction of a caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly with wings constructed from students’ good deeds and Lenten sacrifices at St. Francis Borgia School, Cedarburg, based on the theme, “I was in prison, and you visited me.” Joseph School, Wauwatosa.Ĭlassroom doors decorated with a spiritual or corporal work of mercy at Mary Queen of Saints School, West Allis.Ī Lenten prison ministry project at St. Mary Visitation School, Elm Grove, and St. Roman School, Milwaukee, Shepherd of the Hills School, Eden, St. Living Stations of the Cross performed by students in many school and parish communities, including St. Some of the special practices, activities, and themes for Lent 2012 in our Catholic schools have included the following: All our Catholic school communities have intensely tried to grow in relationship to God, each other, and the Church since Ash Wednesday and are currently engaged in any number of special Holy Week commemorations and events. The season of Lent 2012 has been a serious time to focus on prayer, self-sacrifice, and charity within the 119 Catholic elementary and secondary schools of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Catholic Education in the Archdiocese of MilwaukeeĬatholic Schools: “Bringing Lent to Life 2012”
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