Students of Grace Awards- February 2023

We are honored to present our sixth set of Students of Grace awards! This sixth trait is a beautiful one: faithfulness.

This month, Fr. Pedro Arrupe helps us to learn about this trait. Fr. Arrupe was the superior general for the Jesuits for eighteen years. He led the Order through Vatican II, in particular. Unfortunately for Fr. Arrupe, he suffered a debilitating stroke, rendering him unable to talk and partially paralyzed. Fr. Arrupe understood what it meant to surrender ourselves to God’s will.  We cannot understand God’s will in the moment sometimes, especially when things don’t go our way. We are tempted to think that God doesn’t care about us, or that he’s even punishing us. But it takes a saint to trust that God can use a bad break or an unfortunate event to exercise his will. Fr. Arrupe understood this. He prayed this prayer from his spiritual inspiration, St. Ignatius.

All of our teachers were paying attention to students who were living out our call to be faithful. We are so happy to formally recognize our Students of Grace for this month for the virtue of faithfulness.

1st: Colin Wheaton

In school Colin shows faithfulness to God and his classmates. He loves to share his love of Jesus during religion class and lives faithfulness all day long.

2nd: Cassandra Bonadonna

Cassandra’s faithfulness shines through as she lets go of fears and trusts that she’ll be successful. She tries to not let challenges worry her.

3rd: Harrison Torpey

Harrison has been meeting with Mrs. Flack to prepare for his 1st Reconciliation.

He has been faithful in his studies to prepare for this and is excited to get caught up with the other students making their First Communion soon.

Harrison is a loyal friend and a very caring person. He is always willing to help others out.

4th: Michael Roybal

Michael always has faith and trust in God. He often sees the purpose in completing tasks and doing the right thing. Even when he’s faced with doing tasks he does not enjoy, he approaches them with a smile.

5th: Lilly Torpey

Lilly puts her faith in God and is a positive light in our classroom. She takes feedback with grace and handles challenges with a smile.

6th: Gwyn Dalton

Gwyn continues to show her faithfulness through her service as an altar server. She lives out her faithfulness in school through her daily activities.

7th: Aubrie Demi

Aubrie does everything 100%. Even when things go wrong she is faithful to God’s work in her life. She is an excellent role model for our school.

8th: Machenzie Huckel

Mackenzie demonstrates how even when we are unsure, that some how, some way things work out. She remains faithful even when the path we are on, seems unclear at times. She continues to have faith that even if things don’t work out, then it was a lesson learned.

Teacher: Ms. Anita

This teacher surrenders herself to taking life as it comes to her. She never feels slighted when she has to cover preschool but does so willingly. She does all the things asked of her as a gesture of helping out our school. We appreciate your willingness to help and that she does so knowing she is helping out OLG always!