Catholic Education Week 2021: May 2-7

Resources for Catholic Education Week 2021 are now on the OCSTA website.

The theme for Catholic Education Week 2021, “Nurturing Hope,” reminds us that publicly funded
Catholic education is a call to service. Regardless of our position or our responsibilities within
Catholic education, our role is a call, birthed in our Baptism, to bring the saving message of Jesus
Christ into the lives of those students and their families whom it is our privilege to serve.

OCSTA from the School Resource Memo

School Resource Memo

Suggested Family Activities for Nurturing Hope

Also see the website for Community Resources, Elementary, Secondary and Liturgical Resources

Download this prayer card

ADVANCE KIT

The Advance Kit consists  of monthly prayer services leading up to next May’s Catholic Education Week.

Advance Kit for Catholic Education Week 2021

From the Advance Kit:

The Advance Kit has five prayer and reflection activities for the five months preceding Catholic Education Week, each activity reflecting one of the five sub-themes of Catholic Education Week:

How can the Advance Kit be used in a local Catholic educational community?

Each service may be used to begin a meeting or gathering, or to provide an opportunity for the adult partners in a local Catholic education community to discuss the themes. Each prayer service includes:

  • Prayers that reflect the theme
  • A scripture reading that connects with the theme
  • A personal reflection related to the scripture reading
  • A theme-related reading taken from the contemporary Catholic spiritual writings
  • Questions for discussion or reflection based on that reading

The Advance Kit has five prayer and reflection activities for the five months preceding Catholic Education Week, each activity reflecting one of the five sub-themes of Catholic Education Week:

Advent:          Preparing the Earth … Préparer la terre

January:        Sowing Seeds of Gratitude … Semer la gratitude

February:      Cultivating Relationships … Cultiver nos relations

March:           Harvesting New Fruit … Récolter de nouveaux fruits

April:              Marvelling in Wonder … S’émerveiller


PowerPoint files for each prayer service:

Advent 2020 – PowerPoint

January 2021 – PowerPoint

February 2021 – PowerPoint

March 2021 – PowerPoint

April 2021 – PowerPoint

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