From the Principal’s Desk 2.37

Dear Friends,

This is the last Tuesday Note for the year and there is so much to say, but I shall simply make a few comments that I hope resonate with all of you.  First off, life is a gift.   We do not know how long we have on this earth, so each day we need to remember how special it is.  When I was a boy my father got into a serious accident that should have killed him yet he was unhurt.  I remember how happy he was to be alive; in fact I think he bought us donuts for what seemed to be a month.   He lived the rest of his life rejoicing every morning for the gift of that day.   No matter the struggle and the strife, the pain and turmoil, our redeemed lives are precious and worthy of rejoicing.   

In the parish of my youth one of the priests would start each mass by saying, “Good Morning, it is a good day to be alive!”  I wholeheartedly agree.

Secondly, we have a new Archbishop! Bishop Samuel Aquila was appointed by His Holiness Pope Benedict.   Thanks be to God!  Bishop Aquila was formerly the Superintendent of Catholic Schools in Denver; I shall be looking forward to working with him.

Finally, Graduation was wonderful and I thank all who helped us stage that event.  Being outside was simply beautiful, if a bit windy.   The final step in a high school career is a fun one and there is and should be a great deal of rejoicing.  And like so many things one ends and the next begins.  As the graduates go off to college and careers please keep us informed it allows us to track our successes and discover areas we need to grow in.

God bless,

Timothy Gallic

Principal, Holy Family High School

From the Principal’s Desk 2.36

Dear Friends,

This week we graduate 142 students from Holy Family High School and it is quite a milestone for them.  In many ways it is the capstone of their formative years as children and the beginning of their adult walk.  We have been through so much with them, their joys and sorrows, triumphs and failures, disappointments and successes, and all that lies in-between.    Our children start so small and humble, helpless and vulnerable, not able to even lift their heads and now they can run and shout,  study and play and live the life of grace offered to them.   No one knows the whole of the story, no one is privy to all the details and yet anyone can see the result.

They graduate into a world that is filled with trouble, a veritable hornet’s nest of difficulties, and also a world filled with promise and hope.  If our children, graduates, keep their eyes on Christ and cling to Him, they shall be more than good, they shall be great, they shall be saints.

Thank you for trusting us with the education of your children,

God bless,

Timothy Gallic

Principal, Holy Family High School

From the Principal's Desk 2.35

Dear Parents,

Last night I was pleased to attend the spring concert in which the band played their instrument and the choirs sung.  It is always a pleasure to hear the fine performances of our students and to be amazed at their choreography as they sing.  Clearly a bit of fatherly pride comes out as I cheered my daughter solo (very nicely done from my point of view).  This comes on the heels of the Improv Club’s final show for the year,  the musical,  Honor Society induction and Color Day/May Crowning!  Not to mention our girls soccer team recent successes, the baseball team headed up to State Finals and the numerous students going to the State track meet.  We are blessed with an embarrassment of riches.

Should we expect any less?

This is a tricky question, but I believe the answer is we should not.  If we raise our children to know who they are, if we educate them with the truth (which sets them free,  John 8:32) and we encourage them to lead lives of virtue, should we be surprised that they excel? Or should we be surprised when they don’t?   This does not mean that every child will win every contest but it does mean that all of them can make us proud, and even more importantly bring honor to our family and to the God that made them and loves them.  They can achieve the  true excellence which comes from knowing the love of God.   Scripture says it best (surprise!)  

Romans 8:37-39

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, ³⁹ neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

   

So as the year enters its final stages let us encourage our students to be more than conquerors, to achieve all that they are capable of,  and to bring honor to our family and our school.

Thank you again for trusting us with the education of your children.

Timothy Gallic

Principal, Holy Family High School

From the Principal’s Desk 2.34

Dear Parents and Friends,

As we near graduation I would like to share an observation with you.  Perhaps you noticed that the world around us does not encourage a life of grace (holiness) but actually mocks following God.  The claim is that to follow God you will become a boring person with a life that has all of its joy taken from you.  Instead a hedonistic life is offered promising freedom and excitement and endless pleasure.  Reality is however, quite the opposite.

Have you ever noticed there are no two saints who have lives that are similar?  Each is enormously complex and varied, but you may have noticed that sinners have almost no originality; their lives are almost always the same. (think of how unoriginal supermarket checkout tabloids are for instance).   Sin promises us freedom but delivers chains.  Holiness asks us to freely give our lives to Christ, and we find that Christ gives us even more freedom in return.    A saint, which we are all called to be, will tend to the sick, educate the ignorant, care for the elderly, raise families, work honestly, build cities and civilizations, explore, engineer, produce great works of art, and leave behind a world that is greener, healthier and more wholesome.

So as our students near college and the greater world, let us use the last few moments that they are with us, to encourage them to be great, to be noble… to be saints.

God bless,

Timothy Gallic

Principal, Holy Family High School