Blog Category: President’s Blog

The virtue/strength this week is devotion. The strength to give due honor, worship and service to God. Devotion to Jesus and His Sacred Heart is all about the practice of selfless love toward selfish people. It is giving ourselves to persons that do not give themselves to us. RESOLUTION Make a visit to Jesus in […]

Alleluia He is Risen – The Easter season is in full swing and the world rejoices the Jesus has died and risen to save us from our sins. The virtue theme for April is justice – Giving God and others what they deserve. The virtue of Justice is the strength that consists in the constant […]

Dear Assumption Catholic Schools As we prepare to enter Holy Week, let us remain strong in our desire to get closer to God.  Holy Week is a most sacred time of the year and when you can try to experience it at Church. This week our strength building on the virtue of FORTITUDE is MAGNANIMITY. […]

Dear Assumption Catholic Schools The strength for the week is perseverance – the ability – strength and desire to keep going and never quit. Perseverance-2023-2024-Mini-PDF Jesus did not give up even to the point of dying on the cross to save us.  In our lives we will face hardship and adversity but by perseverance we […]

Building on the virtue of fortitude is the strength of mortification Mortification-2023-2024-Mini-PDF Mortification, based on Faith, is the strength to deny oneself through penance and austerity to strengthen the will in the practice of virtue and grow in the likeness of Christ. The mortification is never an end in itself, but a means by which […]

As the calendar turns to March we will focus on the virtue of Fortitude The virtue of Fortitude, or Courage, is the strength to do the right thing in the face of fear and/or difficulties. Fortitude-2023-2024-Mini-PDF From The Catechism of the Catholic Church #1808 Fortitude is the moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and […]

The strength this week is kindness – The strength to be friendly, thoughtful and welcoming to others. Kindness-2023-2024-Mini-PDF DEFINITION Treat others the way you want to be treated. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Matthew 7:12 Lord, thank You for allowing us to learn about the virtues. Strengthen our wills and […]

Dear Assumption Catholic Schools, This week our strength building on the virtue of LOVE FOR NEIGHBOR is COMPASSION. The strength to be aware of the needs of others and the desire to help them. DEFINITION Treat others the way you want to be treated. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” […]

Dear Assumption Catholic Schools Switching to Mondays for the weekly message from Virtue=Strength. The strength this week is Respect – This builds on the virtue of Love for Neighbor.  Respect means to treat others as you wish to be treated. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Matthew 7:12 Respect-2023-2024-Mini-PDF “Look […]

For the month of February the virtue is Love for Neighbor also known as charity. The virtue of Love for Neighbor, or Charity, is a divinely infused virtue, that gives us the strength to love God above all things for His own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God. As Jesus […]