First day of high school, round 1 I will never forget the day when my mom drove me up the Hill for the first day of freshman orientation in 2008. In the car ride, my nerves were getting the best of me, and all these absolute thoughts were entering my mind. What if I don’t … Read more…
By Michele (Friese) Stephens ’83 When Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy‘s religion department announced that a trip to Italy was in the works, I immediately signed my daughter Hannah up. Now mind you, she was an incoming freshman, and I knew I would hear, “I am not going if none of my friends are going.” Sure enough, … Read more…
A few years ago, when Sr. Celeste Botello, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy‘s principal, interviewed me for the position of twelfth grade religion teacher, she asked me why I wanted to teach at a Catholic all-girls school. I told her that, as a product of a Catholic all girls high school, I believed in the mission of girls’ … Read more…
Earlier this month we shared writing by the students in Sister Mary Therese’s freshmen religion class as they reflected on their summer reading of Father Greg Boyle’s book “Tattoos on the Heart.” We continue today with two additional students contemplating what they learned from reading about Father Greg’s life and work at Homeboy Industries, the gang intervention program based in … Read more…
“Let us make as our model a fierce desire to serve the young, the poor and the vulnerable.” –Mother Maria Pia Backes, O.P. Foundress Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose As this month of October opens up, I am eager to share about our Dominican Mission on the Hill! For the past five years, we have … Read more…