THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS a weekly bulletin & newsletter July 29, 2018 • 17 th Sunday in Ordinary Time
PERSONALLY INVITED TO ST. LOUIS CATHOLIC SCHOOL I knew we were changing schools when I saw the name on the website. Catholic author and radio host Jennifer Fulwiler made a saint name generator to pick a saint of the year and the one I receive is usually prophetic. My patron for 2017 was Saint Angela Merici, founder of Ursuline schools and a patron of girls’ education. Around that time, Father James had come back to celebrate Mass as a fill in for our pastor at Saint Elizabeth in Pflugerville. He said my then 10-year old and 4-year old daughters should come to Saint Louis, and I told him we were committed to another Catholic school. “Rivals!” I called back. But his idea of switching remained. And then Cindy Gee, who has volunteered for years at Saint Elizabeth as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion with my husband, sent an email saying she signed on as SLCS principal and would be so glad if we came over with her. There’s something powerful about a personal invitation. It makes you consider things you wouldn’t have considered before. After the school tour we attended, we felt the Lord wanted us at SLCS. My oldest daughter, very unhappy with the change at first, entered 6th grade to find a very friendly class, gifted teachers and a principal who checked in on her all the time. My youngest entered as a tiny Montessori preschooler who soared as her guide helped her read and journal at her particular level and encouraged her to be a leader to younger peers. My girls would bounce into the car after school and tell me they did science experiments that blew things up, made up songs with a teacher who can write music and play any instrument (I was especially impressed when he broke out the accordion), made up skits to discuss real-world ethical dilemmas, talked about spirituality with seminarians and mixed age groups, read books on bestseller lists and from around the world, put together presentations on countries and science projects, and went to Mass every week – one time in Spanish. Continued on page 5... 1
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