From the Desk of Mr. Mike Shukis
For a Christmas present I received a wonderful book titled, To Love and Be Loved: A Personal Portrait of Mother Teresa by Jim Towey. There are a number of outstanding characteristics of Mother Teresa in the book that I believe can impact a life. One of those is her thoughts and concern for humility, which I think we can all agree seem to be in such short supply. The virtue of humility for Mother Teresa was the surest path to sanctity. Her goal was for her sisters to practice the art of self-emptying and surrendering. In a 1975 letter to her sisters, Mother Teresa shared her thoughts on how to cultivate humility:
There are a few ways we can practice humility:
To speak as little as possible of oneself.
To mind one’s own business.
Not to want to manage other people’s affairs.
To avoid curiosity.
To accept contradiction and correction cheerfully.
To pass over the mistakes of others.
To accept insults and injuries.
To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked.
Not to seek to be specially loved and admired.
To be kind and gentle even under provocation.
Never to stand on one’s dignity.
To yield in discussion even though one is right.
To choose always the hardest.
Personally, some of these I feel a good comfort level with, others, seem very difficult and I am not even in the ballpark. However, further in the book there is a chapter on A Joyful Christian. Her quote to begin the chapter, “The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.” While I am sure she is talking about the work of the Missions of Charity, I believe we all can put what we do every day and every minute of every day in that quote. To Mother Teresa, “joy is the net by which we catch souls.” She knew full well that there is a happy ending to our earthly days and that God’s promise of eternal life is reliable.
Mike Shukis
Superintendent
Chicago Wolves Game - THIS SUNDAY
Come out and join Marian Central Catholic High School students, families and friends for a day of fun at a Chicago Wolves game on Sunday at 3pm! Everyone will be seated together in the same section and will receive a Chicago Wolves hat. The Marian Central band will be performing in the concourse before the game. Let's enjoy this family-friendly hockey game!
Purchase tickets for $16.50 each here: https://fevo.me/mariancentralcatholichs
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Super Raffle
Updates on student competition for day off school:
Freshmen/Sophomores
(day off on April 6, before Easter break)
Freshmen - 9
Sophomores - 20
Juniors/Seniors
(day off on April 28, PROM)
Juniors - 18
Seniors - 10
It's still anyone's day off! The competition goes through next Friday so you have ONE WEEK to still sell tickets! More tickets can be picked up in the main office or purchased online at https://marianauction.givesmart.com.
