St Patrick Day

 

Today for Saint Pius X we had a very special mass. This mass is special because we celebrated three important occasions for our school. They are, St Patrick's Day, Soul Friends and Ash Wednesday. As we journey in the fourth week of lent, today we honour St. Patrick who is the patron saint of the Irish people and The Holy Faith Sisters who started our school, more than sixty years ago, who were from Ireland. They brought with them the beautiful idea of Soul Friends. In the early Irish Church people chose someone wise to be their soul friend. This friend is a person they can talk to and share their experiences in life. They seek his or her advice and share their joy and worries. They often prayed together. They looked out for each other. They make a commitment to do this yet live their own lives separately. We model this relationship in our school. It was introduced to us by the Holy Faith Sisters who started St. Pius X School more than 60 years ago. It is a beautiful relationship, where the older students look out for the younger ones and vice versa. We had our Ash Wednesday ashes today because we were supposed to do it on the first wednesday but it was locked down. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.