Dear HFCS Families and Friends,
On behalf of our faculty and staff, I extend warm Christmas blessings and prayers for a grace-filled New Year. We are truly blessed to welcome several new families into our school community. As disciples of Christ, I encourage each of you to reach out to these families, embracing them with the same loving spirit that defines our Catholic fellowship.
This past Sunday, as we celebrated the Feast of the Holy Family, I was deeply moved during Mass reflecting on how we are all united as brothers and sisters in Christ. As we enter this new year, may we draw inspiration from the Holy Family of Nazareth, and may the Holy Spirit continue to guide us with wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord as we journey together in faith.
I am humbled by the tremendous generosity shown throughout the Advent season, and our faculty and staff are deeply grateful for your thoughtful Christmas remembrances. Holy Family Catholic School is truly blessed with a community that radiates Christ’s love through their faith and actions. May Our Lord shower you and your families with abundant blessings of health, peace, and joy throughout 2024.
A New Year Prayer
God of all time,
help us enter the New Year quietly,
thoughtful of who we are to ourselves and to others,
mindful that our steps make an impact
and our words carry power.
May we walk gently.
May we speak only after we have listened well.
Creator of all life,
help us enter the New Year reverently,
aware that you have endowed
every creature and plant, every person and habitat
with beauty and purpose.
May we regard the world with tenderness.
May we honor rather than destroy.
Lover of all souls,
help us enter the New Year joyfully,
willing to laugh and dance and dream,
remembering our many gifts with thanks
and looking forward to blessings yet to come.
May we welcome your lavish love.
May we cast off the small, vindictive god our fears have made.
May the grace and peace of Christ bless us now and in the days ahead.
Amen
Pax et bonum,
Sue Styren, M.Ed.