Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board

Friends, we enter now into the Easter season, and here is the thing I want you to know: We misunderstand Easter dramatically when we think primarily of spring festival time, the weather getting nicer, and Easter bunnies and bonnets. All of that is great; but if you don't understand Easter as a revolution—as an earthquake that has changed the entire world—you have not understood it.

April 25th is Educational Assistants’ Appreciation Day. The Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board is proud to designate the last Friday of April as EA Appreciation Day. This is a moment to honour the hard work, dedication, and commitment of our Educational Assistants. They play an important role in realizing our philosophy of “Each Belongs,” and they provide invaluable support to students with special education needs, helping them to achieve their God-given potential.

By Larry Moko. It's early in the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic senior girls' high school soccer season, but the Bishop Tonnos Titans have already shown signs of being a contender for the championship. Tonnos remained unbeaten in its two starts with a 2-0 victory over the Braves at St. Jean de Brébeuf Tuesday.

April 23 is Administrative Professionals’ Day. Held every year on the Wednesday of the last full week of April, April 23rd marks a special occasion within our community – Administrative Professionals' Day. It's a time for us to extend our gratitude and appreciation to the dedicated individuals who serve as the backbone of our educational institutions.

By Larry Moko. It was a special kind of preseason for some of St. John Henry Newman's high school soccer players. "We did an eight-day journey to Italy with a group of junior and senior players," Newman Cardinals' coach Gerry Moretuzzo said.

Eternal rest grant upon him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. We join in the prayers of millions of people throughout the world in giving thanks to God for the faith filled service and goodness of His Holiness Pope Francis.

"Once I was dead but now I live – forever and ever.” ~ Revelation 1:18 Easter Monday is a statutory holiday for students and staff in the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board. Easter Monday marks the beginning of the season of Easter which lasts for seven weeks, ending with Pentecost.

Christ is Risen! "He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay." Matthew 28:6 Wishing you a blessed and joyful Easter! Schools are closed on Good Friday (Apr 18) and Easter Monday (Apr 21)

Friends, happy Easter! Many of you probably know that I’ve spent much of my life reading philosophers and spiritual writers—Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius, Anselm, Aquinas, Kant, Hegel. What all those figures have in common is a kind of calm, musing detachment as they talk about high ideas. Well, there’s all of that—and then there’s the Gospel, the “Good News.”