{"id":38477,"date":"2024-11-27T17:42:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/?p=38477"},"modified":"2025-02-07T11:07:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:07:03","slug":"thanksgiving-the-arrival-of-advent-transforming-lives-through-catholic-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/es\/uncategorized\/thanksgiving-the-arrival-of-advent-transforming-lives-through-catholic-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving, the Arrival of Advent &amp; Transforming Lives Through Catholic Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Time to Give Thanks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Thanksgiving! Following, please find my 2025 Thanksgiving message in <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CNa6yAK-vtE\">English<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/r_NZaQexQ1g\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/r_NZaQexQ1g\">Portugu\u00eas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Thanksgiving Message 2024\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CNa6yAK-vtE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Thanksgiving Message 2024 in Spanish\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W4DMxKqPE2A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Thanksgiving Message 2024 in Portuguese\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r_NZaQexQ1g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> <strong>Espa\u00f1ol<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Portugu\u00eas<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, we celebrate a day of gratitude formally proclaimed a holiday in 1789 by President George Washington. Similar to the different celebrations of Thanksgiving that had preceded it, there are also different ways we celebrate this holiday. Most gather with family and friends to enjoy a meal and the company of one another. Some will gather for the first time with empty seats at the table. Others will begin the day with Mass to thank God for all bestowed upon us. However you celebrate, many will pause before eating to pray, giving thanks for one another\u2019s company, their health, and the food before them. Here is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/prayers\/thanksgiving-day-prayer#:~:text=We%20thank%20you%20for%20our,our%20thanksgiving%20on%20this%20day.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prayer of Thanksgiving<\/a> from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that I invite you to share before your meals.\u2019  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Brown-and-Orange-Simple-Floral-Thanksgiving-Facebook-Cover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38481\" width=\"957\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Brown-and-Orange-Simple-Floral-Thanksgiving-Facebook-Cover.png 851w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Brown-and-Orange-Simple-Floral-Thanksgiving-Facebook-Cover-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Brown-and-Orange-Simple-Floral-Thanksgiving-Facebook-Cover-768x284.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Brown-and-Orange-Simple-Floral-Thanksgiving-Facebook-Cover-240x89.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Why do we thank God on this day of Thanksgiving? Because it is through God that all things are made possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honoring Catholic Education Advocates Patricia and Tom Marmen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Wednesday, we enjoyed our annual FACE Fall Scholarship Dinner.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.face-dfr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> FACE -the Foundation to Advance Catholic Education<\/a>&#8211; works to make financial assistance available to families who want to send their children to a Catholic school in the Diocese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-12-1024x672.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-12-1024x672.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-12-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-12-768x504.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-12-1536x1008.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-12-240x158.png 240w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-12.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s gathering marked two milestones: it was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anchornews.org\/2024\/10\/31\/milestone-30th-anniversary-for-the-face-fall-scholarship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30th annual Fall Scholarship Dinner <\/a>and it was celebrated during the 120th anniversary year of the Diocese of Fall River. It was wonderful to see so many advocates for Catholic education whose presence at the dinner demonstrates their belief in the mission of our Catholic schools. Again, I want to thank them and all who contributed to the event for the support they continue to offer to so many children who benefit from FACE. Since its founding in 1991 as the St. Mary\u2019s Education Fund and continuing as FACE, more than $21 million in aid has been distributed across grades K-12 in our schools throughout southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-18-1024x819.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-18-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-18-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-18-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-18-1536x1229.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-18-225x180.png 225w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-18.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As it was the 30th anniversary of the Fall Dinner, I shared with those attending that I would be remiss if I didn\u2019t remember and recognize those who were instrumental in launching the St. Mary\u2019s Education Fund and the annual Fall Dinner to benefit it. Many of those people have gone on to their eternal reward, but their example continues to shine as a light to all of us. They were determined to find a way to help families address the challenge of tuition, to make our Catholic schools available to more children. Now these many years later, it is heartening to see many of their children now involved, working to support the Fall Dinner and FACE. Clearly, the legacy of the founders of the St. Mary\u2019s Education Fund lives on in and through their children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was my pleasure during the event to present the Timothy J. Cotter Friend of Catholic Education Award to Patricia and Tom Marmen. Their contributions to strengthening Catholic education are many and go back decades. Most recently, they are three-time Chairs of the FACE Summer Gala on Cape Cod, where they reside and are parishioners of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.assumption-capecod.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Osterville<\/a>. Pat served as principal of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Worcester and upon coming to the Cape became the founding principal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spxschool.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. Pius X School in South Yarmouth<\/a>. Through the years, Tom has been an active member of several Catholic school boards. I congratulate them both and thank them for their generous service to Catholic education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arrival, or Advent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Advent.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Advent.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Advent-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Advent-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fallriverdiocese.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Advent-240x176.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to Halloween, many stores were already displaying Christmas decorations, and perhaps you\u2019ve noticed homes adorned with Christmas lights as early as a few weeks ago. This year, with Thanksgiving falling so late, it seems the season has been moving forward with great anticipation. Yet, these early decorations remind us of something more profound\u2014the beginning of Advent on Sunday, December 1, just days after Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advent is a season that coincides with the shortening of daylight and the lengthening of darkness in our days. This darkness symbolizes a world without Christ\u2014a world longing for hope, peace, and salvation. Yet, from this darkness comes the great light of Christmas: the birth of Jesus Christ, the Light of the World. His light shines into the shadows of our lives, bringing hope, renewed purpose, and unconditional love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The homes decorated with Christmas lights, even long before the season officially begins, serve as a reminder of that divine light\u2014of the love and redemption Christ offers through His birth and resurrection. As Scripture tells us: \u201cI am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.\u201d (John 8:12)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, let your Christmas lights shine brightly! Let them be a witness to the light of Christ in your hearts and homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this Advent season, I encourage you to open your heart to Jesus. Take time for prayer, Eucharistic adoration, or the many events happening in our parishes and schools. 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