Principal's Corner

Good morning, parents! 

A happy Independence Day to everyone! 

Yesterday, the Catholic Church celebrated the life of one of Jesus' original Apostles: Thomas. Thomas did marvellous work for the Church, travelling as far as India to spread the Good News where he courageously died for the Faith. However, in Scripture, he's often known rather critically as Doubting Thomas. After our Lord appeared to Thomas, he asked to see Christ's wounds. However unfortunate Thomas' moment of doubt, Jesus' response is a beautiful one and an important reminder for us: 'Blessed are those that have not seen and believed!' Faith is a gift from God, one that doesn't come automatically to us. Let's pray to Thomas for the gift of faith, as our Church requires it! St. Thomas, pray for us! 

We are taking a more active role on social media, including our Instagram page. Please follow the school's page @olg_penndel. Thanks!

NEW MESSAGES

• The updated stationery link can be found here.
• This has been a busy and exciting week at school. We had two sets of companies here: one to install our new security wall and another to install our new cameras. The progress has been remarkable. 
• Financial aid awards have been posted to FACTS accounts. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. 

• In honor of Our Lady of Grace School’s 100^th anniversary coming up next year, we are starting a social media campaign, and we ask for your help. We are asking people/families if they can fill out our Google Form on why they love OLG. Along with that, we also ask if you can please send any pictures from any memories you have of OLG that we can include with the statement. Pictures can be sent to sareena@dlff.org. Responses and pictures will be posted on OLG’s Facebook and Instagram.Congrats to 
• I am attaching our tentative calendar for the 2022-23 school year. The calendar is subject to change before the school year starts and those changes will be communicated as they arise. 
• We are now accepting nominations to OLG's inaugural Hall of Fame Class! Nominations of OLG alumni who have advanced our school's mission in their personal, academic, or professional activities should be sent to nominationcommittee@olg1.org by August 15, 2022. 
• Please mark your calendars for September 11th, 2022. The 10:00 Mass will be the kick-off event for our 100th anniversary as a school! 
• Attached are three fliers with information on this summer's Vacation Bible School. The camp runs from July 25th-July 28th. If you'd like to register, please fill out the form and return to the IHM Center by July 18th. 
• Here is a link to Archbishop Wood's Summer Sports Camps. 
• The attachment has the summer office hours. 
• Just so our parents are aware, we have started to make a very concerted effort to beautify our campus in preparation for our 100 Year Anniversary! We are starting by cleaning up the building! Also, here is the logo for the celebration. 
• We are looking for any retired nurses interested in giving a couple hours a day to our school. The Neshaminy School District provides a nurse for two-half days but our school needs one the whole day, but having a nurse an additional couple of hours each day would go a long way! If you're interested, please contact Mr. Harper at principal@olg1.org. 
• We also have openings for lunch moms. The position is paid. If you're interested, please contact Mr. Harper at principal@olg1.org.
• Another way to help Our Lady of Grace is through smile.amazon.com. If you go to that website, 0.5% of your purchases can be donated back to support Our Lady of Grace. There are more instructions here. 

Go Gators! 

In Christ, 
-Mr. Harper