Pizza & Prayer night at Canterbury School
Tonight, Campus Ministry's Pizza and Prayer group met for the first time this year. I had hoped that by putting off our inaugural meeting until October, the student body would be settled in and would be able to fully commit to a night devoted to love
and service. I was wholly and completely unprepared for tonight's turnout. Over 50 students attended tonight's program which was devoted to making rope rosaries in support of Kennedy's Project, a project introduced to the Canterbury community last year
by Guy Simonelli and Liz Carter '91. Anticipating only 20-30 students to attend, I could hardly believe my eyes when I walked through the Brodie room doors with (only) 10 pizzas to a crowd of over 50 students. Thank goodness the pizza guys know me well
and were willing to make another 10 pies in 20 minutes! The students were amazing! They learned quickly. They were so enthusiastic. They never stopped tying knots. They ate in intervals, usually between the decade and the Glory Be. We walked around
serving seconds and thirds out of the box because it was obvious no one wanted to get up for more and risk losing their tying groove. I felt like Martha or Mary feeding the disciples. What a great way to end the week!
Highlight of the night for me? Grace, a third form student, texting Kennedy's mother during the program to let her know that 50 Canterbury students were gathered together in a room tying rosary's for her daughter's project. Can you imagine? Kennedy and her family
were there in the room with us, in love, in spirit, and in purpose.
Tonight, I was awed by our students. We began the program with a blessing from Father Sebastian and a prayer from St. Theresa of Avila. The 50 Canterbury who participated in Kennedy's Rosary project tonight embodied the message of St. Theresa and what
makes this community so special.
Christ has no body now but yours
No hands, no feet on earth but yours
Yours are the eyes through which He looks
compassion on this world
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
-St. Theresa of Avila
By Amy Omana - Acting Chair of the Theology Department of Canterbury School
Click here to visit Canterbury’s article with a photo of the work in progress..
and service. I was wholly and completely unprepared for tonight's turnout. Over 50 students attended tonight's program which was devoted to making rope rosaries in support of Kennedy's Project, a project introduced to the Canterbury community last year
by Guy Simonelli and Liz Carter '91. Anticipating only 20-30 students to attend, I could hardly believe my eyes when I walked through the Brodie room doors with (only) 10 pizzas to a crowd of over 50 students. Thank goodness the pizza guys know me well
and were willing to make another 10 pies in 20 minutes! The students were amazing! They learned quickly. They were so enthusiastic. They never stopped tying knots. They ate in intervals, usually between the decade and the Glory Be. We walked around
serving seconds and thirds out of the box because it was obvious no one wanted to get up for more and risk losing their tying groove. I felt like Martha or Mary feeding the disciples. What a great way to end the week!
Highlight of the night for me? Grace, a third form student, texting Kennedy's mother during the program to let her know that 50 Canterbury students were gathered together in a room tying rosary's for her daughter's project. Can you imagine? Kennedy and her family
were there in the room with us, in love, in spirit, and in purpose.
Tonight, I was awed by our students. We began the program with a blessing from Father Sebastian and a prayer from St. Theresa of Avila. The 50 Canterbury who participated in Kennedy's Rosary project tonight embodied the message of St. Theresa and what
makes this community so special.
Christ has no body now but yours
No hands, no feet on earth but yours
Yours are the eyes through which He looks
compassion on this world
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
-St. Theresa of Avila
By Amy Omana - Acting Chair of the Theology Department of Canterbury School
Click here to visit Canterbury’s article with a photo of the work in progress..