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Jesus' Passion Inspires Students At Mother Teresa
Students learn the power of 'hope' through Jesus Christ. The Grade 6 students at Mother Teresa Catholic Elementary School in Oakville were recently given the opportunity to explore the Stations of the Cross and the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ from differing points of view. The students carefully looked at each station and discussed what others may have thought or felt while Jesus was being persecuted. They were encouraged to write about any point in Jesus' path and about anyone or anything that moved them. Alysha Church, Grade 6 student, was deeply inspired by the rising of Jesus from the dead. Through this inspiration she wrote a beautiful poem highlighting the perspective of hope and its power in coping with death. She also thought about how hope can help people during times of need and how it is a sign that Jesus is physically dead, but not gone in our hearts and souls. HOPE - Written by Alysha Church I help those who feel like they’re left in a blur, And give them some kind of mental cure. I give them a chance for growth or change, And bring them a feeling that was once not strange. I give them faith, happiness and joy, And leave a smile on each girl and boy. One day a man called upon me and started with a sigh, He prayed for his people for soon he must die. Once I heard his kind words I could do him no harm, And saw his loved ones filled with alarm. There is no sign in his face to show he has failed, He just carries his cross to where he’ll be nailed. On that very sad day I helped all cope, By giving them the wonderful gift of... HOPE http://www.hcdsb.org/News/Pages/2013-05-01-Jesus-Passion-Inspires-Mother-Teresa-Catholic-Elementary-School-Students.aspx

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Students at Mother Teresa showed an unbelievable amount of generosity during a book drive that recently took place to support libraries in Africa. In just a short amount of time the students at Mother Teresa were able to triple their book drive goal. Miss Travali was eager to help out a friend, Amanda Teixeira, who had recently taken part in helping build Elementary schools in Africa over the summer. Amanda noticed while there that their book resources were very limited and decided to help out by collecting gently used books for the African Library Project. Amanda's goal was 1,000 books which is one library. However, once Miss Travali announced this project to the school the students were eager to help out. In only two weeks Mother Teresa students were able to triple their goal of 1,000 books and collected 3,000 books, enough to fill three children's libraries! Every day there was a heaping pile of books brought to the donation pile with smiling faces, waiting to be sorted and put in boxes. The students were so happy to help out others in need, in fact they continued collecting after the drive was complete and will be donating those extra books to organizations in the local community. Way to go Mother Teresa students! You helped support the power of reading for children across the world by filling three libraries! Photo Attached Above: Mother Teresa students with Miss Travali with a portion of the books donated.