During Catholic Schools Week, the O'Connell community offers this special morning prayer:
God our Father, we offer prayers today for Catholic elementary schools across our country, especially parish schools in our diocese. May they be warm and welcoming communities where children learn to love God and to love and serve others. May teachers in the primary grades help their students to learn to read and open their minds to the excitement of learning. May students in the middle grades explore history and science and the arts with wonder and curiosity. May older students, expecially those preparing for Confirmation develop leadership skills and be well prepared to continue their studies in high school.
May those who support these schools be blessed for their generosity. We pray, as always, in the Name of Christ our Lord. Amen.
Thank you for these words, Sister Catherine Hill, I.H.M., our academic dean and member of the class of 1966.