From the Principal’s Desk 2.30

Dear Parents and Friends,

In this most Holy of Weeks, I will just take a moment to discuss why we as Catholics and Christians make such a big fuss over sin.   Even a common passerby might understand why a school cares about cheating, lying  and rude behavior as these directly affect the mission of the school,  but why do we care about pride and vanity and sloth and gluttony and all the rest of the deadly sins?  Here is why.  Sin has three major effects on you, 1) it damages your relationship with God, 2) it clouds the intellect, and 3) it harms yourself and others.  The examples of this are legion so allow me just two scenarios to demonstrate how it might work.   

Student A is proud and won’t admit they need help, therefore they study by themselves and as the fear of failure starts to rise in them, they start to ignore and treat rudely those in their family.  This strains the familial bonds and when the student takes the test, and fails, they blame God for the result.

Student B is humble and realizes they need help, so they study hard and find their teacher and others who can help them learn.  They speak to their parents about the need to study and accommodations are made.  The student may or may not do well on the test (probably will) but in the end they thank God for the result knowing they did their best.

There are many other ways this might play out.  It is clear in all of them that a life of virtue is a successful life.

Finally, as I have mentioned before there is a particularly poignant moment in “The Passion” that I often think of during Holy Week.  If you have seen the movie you will know of what I speak. It is the part where Mary, seeing Jesus fall, runs to him with open arms as a mother does when comforting her child and as she reaches out to him, he turns to her and says, “See, I make all things new.”  I find that so often it is through Mary I can better understand Jesus.  May we all be aware of what Christ Jesus did for us and as our sins are buried with Christ may we rise to new life with him on Easter.

I thank you for all of us for entrusting us with your children.

God bless,

Timothy Gallic

Principal, Holy Family High School

303-410-1411

p.s. any questions, cares, comments or concerns? They are always welcome