Lessons on Faith + Virtue

This Week's Virtue is Loyalty

Meaning: Accepting the bonds implicit in relationships; defending virtues upheld by Church, family and country.

Ways to Cultivate Loyalty

Ages 6 and up:

Speak positively about family and friends. "My brother/sister/friend is good at..."

Ages 10 and up:

Make your actions correspond to your words and promises.

Ages 12 and up:

Seek to do your best to help others; fulfill your responsibilities; be faithful to your commitments.

Prayer for Loyalty

Dear Jesus, Help me to be steadfast in my relationships and faithful to the duties those relationships entail, even when this may be difficult.

Called to Be Saints

At Corpus Christi School we love celebrating the lives of the Saints! A patron saint has been assigned to each class by Fr. Pat. These class patron saints will remain the same for each class during their entire time at CCS. The chosen saints offer our students more chances to interact with our Catholic faith by learning about their class saints. This year we are going to share more about our class saints via the Cougar Compass. We hope you will enjoy learning about them too!

St. Padre Pio

Feast Day: September 23rd

Pio of Pietrelcina was an Italian Capuchin priest known affectionately as "Padre Pio." God gave him several extraordinary graces and favors. He received the stigmata (the wounds of Christ), could read souls, bi-locate, and work many miracles. Not everyone believed that Padre Pio's abilities came from God. there were several rumors and false accusations. For a time, his superiors forbade him from doing the two most important tasks of a priest; saying public Mass and hearing confessions. He obeyed without complaint and did all that was asked of him. Soon his superiors recognized the falseness of the accusations and restored his faculties as a priest.

Each class is assigned a male and female patron saint. St. Padre Pio is the male patron saint for the Class of 2029.

Learn More About St. Padre Pio