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March 19 is the Feast of St Joseph Day. St Joseph is the patron saint of the Universal Church, families, fathers, expectant mothers, travelers, immigrants, house sellers and buyers, craftsmen, engineers and working people, among others. Today we celebrate all staff and students who work and attend Ecole St. Joseph School in Whitecourt. St. Joseph was chosen by God to be the father of Jesus. He was a carpenter and he watched over Jesus and protected him. Just as God chose Joseph to care for Jesus, we are called to care for one another and for that we are truly grateful.

On March 10th, all staff across the division came together in Whitecourt to celebrate a day of learning. The learning of our staff is as important as the learning of our students. Our great division was so blessed to have the following presenters at the learning day providing their expertise, wisdom and care to our learning community: Dr. Cindi Vaselenak, Laurie McIntosh, and Mr. Tim Coates.

Our Divisional Religious Education Team worked on planning and organizing the Student Faith Retreats that each Living Waters school will host in the coming months. Some of our schools have planned a speaker for their retreat day and other schools have organized various hands-on activities and sessions for their students. This is an exciting new opportunity for our students in Living Waters. They will be able to spend a day strengthening their faith community within their schools as well as participating in fun sessions focused on the Catholic faith.

Living Waters sent a delegation of six people to the Religious Education Congress 2023. We were blessed with the opportunity to renew our faith by attending faith-based sessions led by a variety of renowned Catholic speakers from across the world. The Congress is one of the few available conferences focused on the Catholic faith where teachers, administrators, leaders, trustees and other members of school and parish communities can pray, learn, and celebrate together as one world Catholic family. Some of the scheduled speakers were Father Tony Ricard from New Orleans who we had the pleasure of hosting in Living Waters several years ago as well as Sara Hart, Father Casey Cole, and many more talented speakers and musicians. One of our delegates stated that he “could not wait to get back to school to teach Religion” after being at this conference. What a fantastic opportunity to learn about our Catholic faith and how we can be mentors and Gospel witnesses for our students, staff and parents within Living Waters Catholic Schools.