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JANUARY 24, 2025 THE CATHOLIC WEEK PAGE 7 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK January 26 - February 1 Christ the King  Corpus Christi  Little Flower  McGill-Toolen  Montgomery Catholic Preparatory Resurrection  St. Benedict  St. Dominic  St. Ignatius  St. John Montessori  St. Mary St. Michael, Auburn  St. Michael, Fairhope  St. Patrick  St. Pius X See Pages 8-16 UNITED IN FAITH AND COMMUNITY "Catholic schools consider essential to their mission the service of permanent formation offered to families, to support them in their educating task and to develop an increasingly closer bond between the values proposed by the school and those proposed by the family" (Congregation for Catholic Education, 2007). As the world increasingly seems polarized and more fragmented, the above quote is a good reminder that Catholic Schools and families share a different and holy relationship. As we enter into Catholic Schools Week, we celebrate our partnership with parents and students and pray that the Holy Spirit strengthens our journey together. One of the blessings of my vocation is to observe this movement of the Holy Spirit in the thousands of families who sacrifice to be a part of our schools. In addition to the FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT Catholic Schools, families share a Holy relationship See RELATIONSHIP, Page 8