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“Yours ways, O God, are holy,
What god is as great as our God?
You are the God who works wonders.
You showed your power among the peoples.
Your strong arm redeemed your people,
the sons of Jacob and Joseph.” - Psalm 77

In speaking with an old friend earlier this week, I was reminded of how hard Holy Week can hit. It seems like every Lent, our resolve to really put our full effort in preparing for the Triduum is confronted with the reality that we can’t choose our crosses. He commented to me that he felt he was in a good place going into this week, and then boom - Monday ha...

Grade 6

Headmaster’s List: Allison Cass

Honors: Eva Dowd, Ella Gifford, Clayton Herrick, Charles Lee, Kathryn McLaughlin, Liam O’Brien

Grade 7

Headmaster’s List: Sophie Chimienti, Kylie Cole, Katherine Messmore, Lindsey Smrkovski

Honors: Maia Dow, Eva Gannon, Brody Jeanson, Nicholas Lavertue

Grade 8

Headmaster’s List: Lucja Fryckowska, Franciszek Fryckowski,

High Honors: Matthew Bissah, Elyse Bowers, Will Kalpakgian

Honors: Warren Bugbee, Serenity Cole, Maria Fraioli, Taylor Goodspeed, Lucy Lee

Grade 9

Headmaster’s list: Marianne Dowsett, Luke Moorehouse, Gemma Josephs

Honor...

What is Truth?

“You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”  “What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said,
“I find no basis for a charge against him.”-- John 18:37-38

Day after day, as I criss-cross campus, I am struck anew with the beauty that is classical education. It is a distinctly human education in that it respects the three stages of learning that all children pass th...

"Let us give thanks to the Father
for having made you worthy
to share the lot of the saints
in light." - Colossians 1:12

This has been a fantastic school year thus far, and the future is even brighter! I have to confess that years ago I began the intentional habit of more concretely using the third person in speech and in writing. This is our school. We all play an instrumental role, here and at home. We rely on the gifts and guidance of others to carry on this mission, in both the daily and consequential decisions we make. 

As many of you know, the Tremblay household is growing a...

"Frost and chill, bless the Lord,
Ice and snow, bless the Lord."
- Daniel 3: 69 - 70

Winter is not my favorite time of the year.  Unlike the three young men in the fiery furnace (Daniel 3) I often neglect to bless the Lord for frost, chill, ice, and snow.  I tend to plod along through the winter, counting the days until spring.  

The festivities of Christmas are long past and liturgically we find ourselves in “ordinary time.”  It might be natural to think of ordinary time as a bleak, boring season in the church, but that is not what ordinary time is about.

During my training in Catech...

Reflections on the March for Life

This past Friday I was fortunate enough to attend the 49th annual March for Life in Washington D.C. The March is always a powerful and encouraging experience. Being surrounded by thousands of pro-life advocates (largely teenagers and young adults), is encouraging in a way nothing else can be; the joy and zeal for life is palpable.

It is easy to be pro-life at the March for Life, making our voices heard in a very real way and bearing witness to the beauty of life. At the March, it is easy to see Roe’s end. Bringing an end to abortion seems almost easy, but as ...

Dear Mount Royal Academy Community,

It’s not often that I take the time and opportunity to address the school and its community.  I’d like to begin by saying that I’m extremely proud of our school, the MRA community (Board, Administration, Teachers, Students and Families) and how we’ve not only weathered the last couple of years but have set the example and lead our community.

With the philosophy that “there is always room for improvement” and that it is better to be proactive rather than reactive, the Board has decided that we should review and update the schools long-term “Strategic Plan”.  

“The living, the living give you thanks,
as I do today.
Fathers declare to their sons,
O God, your faithfulness” - Isaiah 38

What does it mean to be ordinary? Are we made to assert our own individuality radically separate from others? What is freedom for? Are we free so we can tell others how different we are?

How do we help children balance the tension between developing a sense of self and the reality that our communal life requires at times a denial of self?

These questions come to me frequently and I suspect it has to do with the vocation I live. I imagine paren...

“A voice proclaims
In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD!
Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!” (Isaiah 40:3)

Another Advent.

How can this one be different from prior Advents? Will I succumb to the frenetic pace that obstructs my capacity to immerse myself in the prelude to the ultimate waiting season, life itself? Is not life itself one massively ultimate preparation for the coming of Christ? Will I be ready? Am I doing enough to ready my loved ones? Will my loved ones be ready even when my efforts fail? When I get to that point where Christ is com...