St. Finn Barr Weekly Bulletin
Week of March 8th - March 12th
Dear St. Finn Barr Families,
It's hard to believe that we mark one year of Remote Learning this week. To think of where we were one year ago and see where we are today, I am overwhelmed with gratitude that we have been able to walk through everything together.
We have all witnessed something we could not even imagine a few months before moving to 100% Remote Learning. Yet, with no previous experience in this learning model, our teachers worked so hard to make it as seamless an adjustment as possible.
Perhaps the most astounding takeaway is how flexible and resilient our community truly is. Our students looked for ways to engage with school and one another. Our parents were willing to step in and help out in any way they could, whether completing surveys or helping their students arrive on time to class in a completely new way.
We have come a very long way. From 100% of our students learning remotely to welcoming our students back to campus through our Hybrid Learning Model in October, I'm so impressed with how we continue to grow.
While we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, let's stay diligent in making sure we end this year looking out for one another by following all of our safety protocols so that we can end this school year stronger than we started.
I want to remind all of our families that we ended the Second-Trimester this past Thursday, March 4th. Report Cards will be administered to students on Wednesday, March 10th (Cohort A), Thursday, March 11th (Cohort B), and mailed to Cohort C students on Thursday, March 11th.
We will have a formal Second-Trimester Award Ceremony on Tuesday, March 16th, at 1:30pm. Like before, this ceremony will be a live webinar, and all are invited.
Save the Date!
Author's Fair Submissions
Don't Forget!
Our Page Number Challenge ends today!
REMINDER: Last Week of the SFB Book Fair!
The Fourth Week of Lent
This post is part of the Lenten series “From Ashes to Glory.”
The Word
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax-collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’ But the tax-collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”
—Luke 18:9-14
Reflect
The Examen asks us to pinpoint our failings and turn to God. What God wants of us is not sacrifice and oblation, a big religious deal. God doesn’t want a heart satisfied with itself like the Pharisee’s, closed and tight; but one that cries out because of what it does wrong, open to God, like the tax collector’s. Looking holy rarely helps anyone know God. The presence of an honestly repentant sinner helps everyone know who God really is.
- Give Thanks. I thank God for this day, for my life, for all I am and have, and for His Word.
- Pray for Light. I ask the Father to let me see my day as the Holy Spirit sees it, and to show me what I need to see.
- Find God. I look at my day in the light of the Spirit. I look at what I have done and not done. Am I putting up with a bad habit? Have I found God in the quiet?
- Anything Wrong?
- Have I ignored God? Have I neglected God’s gifts? Where have I pleased others instead of pleasing God? Where I have fallen short, I repent and offer thanks.
- What Now? I look forward in hope. What am I to do now? What do I have to avoid?
Prayer
How You can love me, loving Father—
You who are the storehouse of all good—
how You can love me, a stack of flaws and failings,
I struggle to know.
Yet in all my days, You have run to hug me
every time I turn away from my selfishness.
Patient Father, I beg that my sin
be like dirt on my skin
to wash away with clean repentance.
Never let sin poison the marrow of my heart,
which I hold out to You in the bright hope
that You have loved it from the start and all along.
Amen.
Schoolwide Storytime
We are excited to welcome alumna, Emma (Class of '18), current Junior at St. Ignatius High School, and Makena, also a Junior at St. Ignatius High School, to St. Finn Barr Catholic School on a weekly basis for a schoolwide virtual storytime.
This week, Emma and Makena introduce us to This is the Dream by Diane Z Shore. This story celebrates the Civil Rights movement and the power of non-violent change.
Best,
Ms. Megan Kimble
Principal
St. Finn Barr Catholic School
Preparing young, diverse minds for the future
St. Finn Barr Catholic School
Email: m.kimble@stfinnbarr.org
Website: https://www.stfinnbarr.org
Location: 419 Hearst Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone: 415-333-1800
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