News - December 2022

Thursday, December 8, 2022 was the Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception and the 5th & some of the 6th graders participated at this Mass as Greeters, Readers and Brought the Gifts up to the Altar. They all did a great job! Our South Boston Catholic Academy Children’s Choir sounded wonderful especially as they sang “God is a Part of My Life, I rejoice, I rejoice, I rejoice! Father Christopher Boyle, our Parochial Vicar, was the celebrant at this Mass. All were welcome to come to this Mass. At this Mass, Father Chris, spoke about how this Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception is the day we honor the conception of Mary in her mother’s, St. Elizabeth’s, womb without original sin, in view of her future role as the Mother of Jesus. Father Chris, also spoke about the meaning of the four candles on the Advent Wreath and how last Sunday was the Third Sunday of Advent and we lit the pink/rose candle for Joy as we are getting closer to Christmas. As Catholics we are called in a special way to be JOYFUL anticipating the coming of Jesus at Christmas. This coming Sunday we will light the Fourth Advent candle and then the following Sunday we will light the Christmas Candle. “Jesus is the reason for the season”. Without Jesus, there would be no Christmas. New families are welcome to email our admissions team at: admissions@sbcatholicacademy.org for more info. about South Boston Catholic Academy.

On Thursday, December 1, 2022, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, OFM, Cap., visited South Boston Catholic Academy and Blessed the new Early Childhood Education Center and Playground at the former St. Brigid Convent, and then he visited the upper grades at SBCA. The children greeted Cardinal Sean O’Malley and Mr. Peter Lynch, of the Lynch Foundation. Thank you, Cardinal O’Malley, Peter Lynch, and all those who made this Early Childhood Education Center possible! Then at SBCA, the Choir sang beautiful songs for them and the entire school greeted them in the gym. We are very fortunate and blessed to have Cardinal O’Malley visit SBCA and give us a very special blessing, too. It was a great day! New families are welcome to email our admissions team at: admissions@sbcatholicacademy.org for more info. about South Boston Catholic Academy.

On Wednesday, November 23, 2022, our Student Council members led all of us at South Boston Catholic Academy in our Annual Thanksgiving Prayer Service before we left for our Thanksgiving Break. The President of the Student Council spoke over the school’s intercom system and welcomed everyone to this year’s Thanksgiving Prayer Service. The Opening Prayer was read by the Vice President… “O Heavenly Father: We thank Thee for food and remember the hungry. We thank Thee for health and remember the sick. We thank Thee for friends and remember the friendless. We thank Thee for Freedom and remember the enslaved. May these remembrances stir us to service. That Thy gifts to us may be used for others. Amen.” Followed by the other Student Council Members who read passages from the Bible and took turns sharing what we are Thankful to God for followed by all of us responding… “Thank you, Lord.” We are thankful to our newly elected Student Council Members for doing such a wonderful job with this year’s SBCA Thanksgiving Prayer Service. The SBCA Student Council is made up of students from grades 2 to 6 dedicated to making our SBCA Community the best it can be. They are the leaders of the school representing their classmates’ suggestions, interests, and goals. They are role models showing respect, kindness, and enthusiasm for all in our school community and for everyone they meet. Through their ideas and hard work, they help to make our school fundraisers and special events possible for their classmates and our community. The student council has also been busy working on keeping our school beautiful. We are very thankful for our student council members for raking the leaves out in the front making our school look even more beautiful and it’s all thanks to our class reps and council members! We are so lucky to have such a great student support team! We would also like to thank Ms. Stephanie Olsen, the 3A teacher, for all her help, support, and guidance with this year’s Student Council members. We hope and pray everyone had a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving. This past Sunday marked the First Sunday of Advent and we are getting ready for the Advent season which is the period of four Sundays and weeks before Christmas. The word Advent originates from the Latin word “Adventus” which means “coming” or “arrival.” “It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope.” - Pope Benedict XVI. The Advent Season is focused on preparing for the coming of Jesus Christ in all ways, from His birth in the past to His Second Coming in the future as the Messiah. The four Advent candles that we light on each of the following Sundays leading up to Christmas and celebrating Jesus’ Birthday, readily demonstrate the strong contrast between darkness and light, which is an important biblical image. Jesus referred to himself as the "Light of the World" that dispels the darkness of sin: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). New families are welcome to email our admissions team at: admissions@sbcatholicacademy.org for more info. about South Boston Catholic Academy.