Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy Celebrates Veritas Week with Dominican Liturgy

On Wednesday, October 2, students and faculty at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy gathered together for their first liturgy of the school year. Bishop Gerald E. Wilkerson , along with Deacon Bob Seidler, presided over the service. During Bishop Wilkerson’s homily, he encouraged the students to “know [their] goodness,” and to “allow goodness to flow out of [them].” After the liturgy, three of the student campus ministers, Brikk Bralley, Claire Sigler and Katherine Laco, shared their experiences from the Dominican Preaching Conference they attended over the summer in Michigan. Some of the many lessons they took back with them included the idea of LULO, “Look Up, Look Out,” instead of the popular slogan YOLO (“You Only Live Once”). As Brikk explained, ”One of the awesome speakers at the conference, Michael Petro, challenged us to look up to God for guidance in our lives while also reaching out to the needs of our world.”

The liturgy was part of Veritas Week, a week that celebrates the Dominican heritage of FSHA. [Optional: Other events throughout the week included a daily morning reflection and a bake sale, whose proceeds went to Father Tom’s Kids, a Dominican charity that supports education in Kenya. There was also a free dress day for students who paid $1 for the opportunity (proceeds also going to Father Tom’s Kids).

For more information, visit www.fsha.org.