The Schools of Saint Mary Career Day Makes the Mark at St. Mary’s High School!

Saint Mary’s High School hosted its annual Career Day on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Career Day welcomes alums back to campus to give inspiring and informative presentations for the students. This year’s format change and selection process allowed for a much more intimate and interest-driven experience for both alumni and students alike. Students were able to choose from fifteen different careers and attended three separate 40-minute sessions packed with practical advice, words of wisdom, and moving anecdotes from the outstanding alums.

Alums ranged in graduation class from ’67 all the way up to ’17 and covered fields from art curation to veterinary medicine to financial services and everything in between. Principal Gerard Buckley stated, “Career Day is a day to be proud of the St. Mary’s product - for nearly 75 years, St. Mary’s High School has been a Catholic center of academic excellence, inspiring a diverse student body to pursue their interests while in high school, which later leads to successful and fulfilling careers.”

A sincere thank you to each and every alumni for spending invaluable time with the students. And a special thank you to Mrs. Kiera Walsh, Director of Alumni Relations, and Mrs. Sarah Griffin ’02, ’06, for their efforts in recruiting such an incredible and wide-ranging group of presenters for this event and creating a full schedule for the day. Students are already looking forward to Career Day 2024.

Dear St. Mary Religious Education Family,

Given the size of our student community, our catholic education program relies on younger adults desiring to share the Gospel each week. These dedicated volunteers come from within St. Mary’s Parish and nearby Long Island high schools. Working together as a two person team, they model a wonderful way to live the Catholic faith in service to others.

So what brings them? Each year, Lily Filipski (Grade 6) returns to carry the torch lit by her grandmother, who served as a St. Mary Catechist for many years. Mr. Bartul teaches grades seven and eight, and is now joined by his daughters who catechize our first grade students each Sunday. Caroline McKeon and Anthony Guzman also serve the program on Sunday, working with me to teach the fifth grade each week. And now we see long-time teachers Cate Leder and Lily Klimuszko heading to college in the fall. Both served our ministry for several years with beautiful dedication.

All have come from families committed to serving the Catholic Church. Their desire to share the Good News of Jesus has bloomed in the lives of their children. Truly, they shine the light of the young Jesus teaching in the Temple. “And all who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers” (Luke 2:47). Thank you – all of you!

Blessings, Mrs.

Granieri

Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

From Scripture for Lent

Psalm 134

O come and bless the Lord, All you servants of the Lord, Who stand by night in the house of the Lord, Lift up your hands to the holy place, And bless the Lord.

May the Lord bless you from Zion, Who made both heaven and earth.

Colossians 3:12-15

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you so must you also do. And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection. And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were called in one body. And be thankful.

Children’s Liturgy of the Word

Sundays at the 9:00 AM Mass

What Is It? After the Opening Prayer, children gather and are dismissed from the church with a blessing by the priest, proceed to the chapel for the Sunday Readings and a short reflection on the Gospel, all on a level that children can understand. They are returned to the church at the beginning of the Creed.