Community engages in Reconciliation service

Amy Phipps, Reporter

April 9, 2019

WEB EXCLUSIVE Students gathered for Reconciliation service in the Little Theater during Collab today. “I think what’s important about Reconciliation is that it is about forgiveness, and that often gets lost,” Egan said. “One of the most challenging acts of kindness that you can give to y...

Community celebrates Ash Wednesday

Jordan Russell, Senior Reporter

February 14, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE Students from Convent & Stuart Hall gathered this morning before first period for Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of the Lent season. The service was led by Rev. Eddy Gutierrez who guided ceremony and placed the traditional crosses made from ashes on the foreheads of students a...

Holy Week chapel invites reconciliation

Olivia Mohun, Reporter

April 10, 2017

Convent students and teachers came together this morning for the community’s weekly chapel service. Spiritual L.I.F.E. Director Sergio Vasquez gave students time to reflect on their lives and in what areas they could seek forgiveness, before writing their thoughts down on pieces of paper and depositing t...

Ash Wednesday service invites community to refocus on values

Grace Ainslie, Assistant Sports Editor

March 1, 2017

The Convent and Stuart Hall high school community gathered in The Dungeon for an Ash Wednesday service this morning. Ash Wednesday signifies the beginning of the Catholic liturgical season of Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Easter. “Lent is important because it gives us an opportunity to stop...

Ash Wednesday chapel addresses sacrifice, otherness

Liana Lum, Editor-in-Chief

February 10, 2016

Voices chanting “hold us in your mercy” reverberated around the Chapel today during the Ash Wednesday Service. The service, which did not occur last year due to overlap with Winter Break, included biblical readings and a student testimonial from each grade about the meaning of Lent. “I ...

Lenten lessons lately learned

March 31, 2010

Jovel Queirolo Managing Editor My first post-Easter Mass egg hunt began with a face-plant and a mouth full of grass. Struggling to get up in my loose rain boots I finally stood, dizzy with boys and girls in suits and dresses flying by me, and sprinted toward the closest bush, squinting for a hint o...