Catholic Studies

 Even though we could not go out into the community to help out the Goodfellows organization we still held the spirit at school. Thank you to those who donated to the organization through Brennan.

 During this time to remember Ms. Cozzolino Giorlando's classes participated in the postcard for peace through veterans affairs.  The students wrote messages of thanks and encouragement to veterans.  The cards were given to a local legion. 

 Ms. Hanna's class doing a balloon release in memory of those who suffered in residential schools. 

 Religion Classes have been reflecting all week on the issues that impact First Nations peoples in Canada.  During Orange Shirt Day, the First Nation Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Ms Lopez and Ms Di Matteo's classes coloured feathers and made a display to remember children who lost their lives and were impacted by residential schools.  Ms Cozzolino Giorlando's class researched the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action and discussed them as a class.  After they made small cards and posted them outside the classroom to reflect on Orange Shirt Day.  

  Welcome everyone to a new school year!  It is wonderful to hear the halls and classrooms bustling with students again.  I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the department for this year. Grade 9 teachers for this year are: Laura Lopez Deanna Di Matteo Stephanie Quaglia Monica Taylor Grade 10 teachers for this year: Elizabeth Peacock Susan Hanna Sue D'Amelio Stephanie Quaglia Grade 11 Cari Meneghini Peter Straub Grade 12  Antonella Cozzolino Giorlando These are some amazing teachers that are bringing a lot of talent to the department.  We look forward to a wonderful year!

 The year is coming to a close and with that, the YPI event has also wrapped up. This event has grade 10 students in the religion classes research and visit a local charity in a bid to win funds for that charity.  These funds go a long way to help out the people of Windsor Essex.  This year has posed a challenge for the teachers and students in grade 10 who participated in YPI.  However, they still rose to the challenge and produced amazing work. This year we would like to congratulate:  Maya Williams for Noah's House  Donnovan Bennett for Family Respite Services  Raein Zara, Noah Hammett, Haydin Blain, Ben Farina, Louis Tessier, Hunter Moore for Ronald McDonald House Maryam Sako, Hailey Mallett, Sedra Yousif for Windsor Women Working with Immigrant Women Also a huge congratulations and thank you to Beth Peacock and Dawn Ibrahim who have worked with these students to help them produce such amazing work.   This could not function without you b...

 Last week the students in Ms. Cozzolino Giorlando's grade 11 and 12 classes participated in a meet with a survivor of the Holocaust.  After reading the novel "The Weight of Freedom" the students met with the author Nate Leipciger.  Through a Q&A the students furthered their understanding of the Shoa.  They were very attentive and asked very poignant questions. 

 Today the grade 12 class had a retreat today!  Ms. Beausoleil gave the students time to reflect on their time here at Brennan and their future.

  Hello Everyone, Christmas is coming!  A wonderful time of year.   Today we decorated the classroom doors in Ms.Cozzolino Giorlando's class to brighten up the hallways for the season.  The students wrote some uplifting messages for their peers to add to the doors.  Have a very Merry Advent and Christmas season.

Have a great weekend everyone.  November 8th is Indigenous Veterans Remembrance day. During this time of November take time to remember all those who served for our country.  The information in this e-mail is intended solely for the addressee(s) named, and is confidential. Any other distribution, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply by e-mail to the sender and delete or destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.

We couldn't take the grade 12 students out to Holy Family Retreat house this year but Mrs. Beausoleil still managed to give them a retreat on October 27th.   They reflected on their time at Brennan and looked towards their future.  Here is a picture of the students doing an activity with paper airplanes during their retreat.  

Well, a month has gone by and we have been working very hard to provide a smooth transition for our students in the Catholic Studies Department.   We have been using a variety of different resources to help students feel connected while learning in class and from home. Some of these resources are Nearpod, Quizzez, Quizlet, EdPuzzle, Kahoots, Jamboard, and more. Each one provides a way for students to practice their skills and have fun.  The new Webcams are also a way we are trying to give our Cohort D students the feeling of being in class.    This Quadmester the Department consists of: Ms. Meneghini teaching grade 11 world religion. Ms. Ibrahim teaching grade 10 religion. Ms. Cozzolino Giorando  teaching grade 12. We would like to welcome  Mr. Senjanin teaching grade 9 this Quadmester.  He is new to F.J. Brennan and is doing a great job.    We all look forward to helping our students succeed in this new environment.   God Bless. The information in this e-mail is intended...

Grade 11 world religion students from Ms. Cozzolino Giorlando's class and some of our NON profit SHSM students learned a great deal about issues facing First Nation peoples at the REEL Canada Indigenous film festival.  They watch Kayak to Klemtu about a girl fighting to save the water and Rise about pipelines and their impact.  The information in this e-mail is intended solely for the addressee(s) named, and is confidential. Any other distribution, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply by e-mail to the sender and delete or destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.

In solidarity with the Goodfellows our Brennan 1st semester Religious Students went our to collect cans. They collected over 500$ and over 300$ worth of cans.  Great work everyone! The information in this e-mail is intended solely for the addressee(s) named, and is confidential. Any other distribution, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply by e-mail to the sender and delete or destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.

Well our new school year has started and courses are well on their way.  We have many exciting and informative events planned for your students.  There are guest speakers planned for some classes.  Retreats will be starting soon as well through Campus Ministry .  We thank you for entrusting your children to us to help further their faith journey and their journey to be responsible citizens .  These are the teachers for this semester: Ms. DiPonio is teaching grade 9   Ms. Fragoso is teaching grade 9 and 10. Ms. Liburdi is teaching grade 11 Ms. Meneghini is teaching grade 11 Ms. Cozzolino Giorlando is teaching grade 11 and 12 This will be a great semester for your children! The information in this e-mail is intended solely for the addressee(s) named, and is confidential. Any other distribution, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply by e-mail to the sender and delete or destroy all copies of this messag...

The students made a Hope and Encouragement board to reflect on positive messages to live by. It gives a mosaic type feel to helping others find motivation during the day! Great Work! Preview attachment IMG_8820.jpg IMG_8820.jpg Shared in Drive The information in this e-mail is intended solely for the addressee(s) named, and is confidential. Any other distribution, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply by e-mail to the sender and delete or destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.

Mrs. Di Matteo's class created palms for Palm Sunday.  They made some beautiful work. What a great way to mark the start of Holy Week. Preview attachment 20180322_110812.jpg 20180322_110812.jpg 4.6 MB The information in this e-mail is intended solely for the addressee(s) named, and is confidential. Any other distribution, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply by e-mail to the sender and delete or destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.

Yesterday students in all religion classes participated in the Goodfellows canvasing.  They did great work and collected over 400 dollars and hundreds of cans.  Congratulations to Mr. Bauer, Ms. Di Matteo, Mr. Greco, Mr. D'Amore, Ms. Manocha, Ms. Meneghini, Ms. Riach and Ms. Cozzolino Giorlando's classes for representing Brennan so well out in our community. Mr. Barichello was very appreciative that we have kept this 40 year tradition alive and​​ well here. 

Father Chris came to speak to Ms. Cozzolino Giorlando's grade 12 class about Natural Law and other topics.  They had many questions that he gave great answers to. 

Here is another attempt to show the picture of the students and the presentation.