Catholic Studies

There have been changes again in the department.  We say a fond farewell to Mr. Grossi.  Good luck in his future endeavours.  In his place we have Ms. Diponti.  She has fit right in with the students and has helped them make a very smooth transition.   Ms. Gaffan's class has been working on creating their own personal credo's.  They have done a great job.  Kudos to them for finding the words to state what they believe in.   ISU's have begun in some of out classes.  The students are exploring bible themes such as forgiveness and faith.  They then adapt them to their life experiences.  The grade 12 classes have been looking at broader social justice issues such as sex selective abortion and suicide.  They have done a very  professional job so far dealing with these sensitive topics.  Thanks to all of them for sharing their personal stories. Earth day is tomorrow, April 22nd.  How can we start making sma...

The department sends a very warm welcome to Mr. Gossi who has taken over for Ms. Kyryliuk.  He has fit right in with the students. It has been very busy around here.  The students have had a great many guest speakers in Ms. Marcuzzi's classes.  They have been learning alot about nurtrition and healthy living.  Ms. Giorlando's grade 12 students have met with Engineers without Borders and learned about how lack of access to water can affect a community.  On Holy Thursday Ms. Giorlando's period 2 grade 12's students volunteered at the Downtown mission.  It was a lot of manual labour but they learned about how a little help can go a long way.  Ms. Marcuzzi's classes created cards for the Hospital  peds unit.  They were able to brighten up a child's Easter.   Ms. Giorlando's class sent cards to Phionah, the schools sponsors child, for her birthday and Easter.  Mr. Gossi's class volunteered to pack the lunches for the Downtown mis...

The department has had a few changes for this semester. Congratulations to Ms. Kyryliuk on her retirement. Good by to Ms. Quaglia who did a great job taking over for Mr. Shust while he was off. Welcome back to Mr. Shust. Welcome to Ms. Gaffan, Mr.Bauer and Ms. Balsamo who have been teaching classes this semester. They are doing a great job.

Hello, Classes are in full swing now and everyone is busy.  We would like to welcome a student teacher to the department.  Mr. Kavannaugh is with us for the month of February.  He is teaching the Grade 12 University/ College class and all is going well.  Ms. Quaglia has been with the department taking some classes for Mr. Shust.  She has helped the students out tremendously.  Thank you to her for all her hard work. With this Lenten season fast approaching take this time to reflect on ways that we can make small positive differences to the lives of those around us. Next week the grade 10 classes will start retreats. Pray for them as they reflect on their relationships. God bless.

 Students and teacher in the department had a very busy day on the 27th.  They assisted the Goodfellows organization and  raised over $600 dollars and around 350 cans.  The cold weather did not dampen their spirits as they went door to door in the local neighbourhood asking for the donations.   This was not the only charity shown by the students.  Ms. Marcuzzi's religion class also helped to create many knitted hats for newborns earlier this month. This is the Caritas spirit at work.

The students are in the full swing of things now.  Some students are working on ISU's and Prayer Services.  Other students are going to be attending retreats.   Ms. Marcuzzi's class has had guest speakers teaching students about their rights and responsibilities as workers.  Soon midterms will be upon us so students should get in those assignments.