Here are some great photographs, above and below, from yesterday’s Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit, held at Saint Mary Cathedral in Lansing on September 23 to mark the new school year. In attendance were nearly 500 students, staff, and clergy representing all schools from across the Diocese of Lansing. The principal celebrant was Bishop Earl Boyea, with more than a dozen school chaplains concelebrating. Veni, Sancte Spiritus! Come, Holy Spirit!
“What a wonderful and fitting way to start the new school year,” said Tom Maloney, Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Lansing.
“All that we do in our schools begins with prayer, begins with asking the Holy Spirit to inspire our hearts and infuse our souls with divine wisdom and love as we strive to help our students grow in knowledge and virtue, to become the scholars and saints they are called to be.”
“It was also providential that this year’s Mass fell upon the Feast of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina. As Bishop Boyea advised in his homily, our young people should entrust themselves to the providence of God as they discern their way forward in life or, in the words of Padre Pio, they should ‘pray, hope, and don’t worry.’”
The Diocese of Lansing contains 36 Catholic schools spread across 10 counties, including four regional high schools. In total, diocesan schools educate more than 8,000 students. To find out more, go to: https://dolcatholicschools.org/
Holy Mary, Seat of Wisdom, pray for them!
