Newsletter: March 7, 2016
Happy Easter; Report cards; Track and Field; Retreat Day;
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MAIL CHIMP SUBSCRIPTION TO TLA NEWS
We are happy to continue to send hard copies of the newsletter to parents, but as a step towards more
effective communication, we encourage all parents and guardians to sign up for our TLA newsletters via
email. Simply click on the link on our website, www.traditionallearning.com, at the bottom right hand
corner of any of its pages.
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!
We wish all our students and families a very happy & holy Easter, and a relaxing and enjoyable threeweek
holiday which begins after school on Friday. We look forward to seeing students back at school
on Monday, April 11.
MAIL CHIMP SUBSCRIPTION TO TLA NEWS
A reminder is given to all parents and guardians to sign up for our TLA newsletters via email. Simply
click on the link on our website, www.traditionallearning.com, at the bottom right hand corner of any of
its pages.
TAX RECEIPTS
Unclaimed tax receipts for last year’s tuition will be included in the report cards issued tomorrow.
WINTER TERM REPORTS ISSUED FRIDAY
Report cards for the winter term will be handed out to students tomorrow. They should arrive home
unopened. The acknowledgement forms must be returned to the school on Monday, April 11.
TLA GROUSE SNOW PROGRAM SUCCESS!
Five sessions on the mountain ended this past Friday with students having honed their skills on the
slopes. We look forward to another session in the 2016/2017 Academic year.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS – THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 7:00 PM!
Dr. Marcel Hediger, Forensic Psychiatrist, and TLA parent, will address TLA staff and parents regarding
the perils and consequences of addiction and today’s youth. We urge all parents to join the staff for this
informative session in the new term. More news to follow.
ELEMENTARY TRACK AND FIELD MEET FRIDAY MAY 6
All students in grades three to seven are encouraged to take part in this year’s track and field season at
TLA. Practices will take place at TLA on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school beginning the week of
April 18. Our Catholic Friendship Meet will take place at Coquitlam Town Centre, on Friday, May 6.
TLA LENTEN SPIRITUAL BOUQUET
TLA Students and families offered the spiritual bouquet outlined below, during the past months at
school. Our intentions included the general health of our TLA community but also for various specific
intentions
337 Masses 277 Rosaries 429 Invocations 76 Sacrifices 128 Spiritual Communions
27 Holy Hours 24 Novenas 1700 Prayers 130 Chaplets 57 Holy Communions
7 Ways of the Cross 36 Visits to the Blessed Sacrament
OUR LADY, HEALTH OF THE SICK, PRAY FOR US!
RETREAT DAY AT TLA
Our annual Lenten Retreat Day took place today at school. Students took part in activities and
reflections in preparation for Holy Week and in anticipation for Easter. Mass was offered in the chapel
for high school students by our TLA Chaplain, Fr. Daniel Geddes, FSSP. Dr. Marcel Hediger gave a
talk to the high school students in the afternoon, concerning illegal drugs and addiction.
MIRACULOUS MEDALS FROM FRANCE
Our TLA pilgrims brought hundreds of Miraculous Medals for our TLA students and staff from the Rue
Du Bac in Paris, where St. Catherine Laboure had visions from Our Lady in 1830. Fr. Geddes imparted
the blessings and installed all our students and staff in this sacramental.
BISHOP ROBERT BARON ON THE DESERT AND LENT:
The Biblical authors knew all about the desert, for they were desert people.
How often the great heroes of the Biblical revelation have to spend time in the desert: Abraham has to
cross it to get to the promised land; Moses and the Israelite people have to go through it to get home;
Joseph is sent into Egypt and prison before he is ready for his mission; John the Baptist is a voice
crying in the desert; Paul goes into the desert of Arabia after receiving the revelation on the road to
Damascus. Even Jesus himself spends forty days and nights in the desert before commencing his
ministry.
What does the desert symbolize? A number of things: confrontation with one’s own sin, seeing one’s
dark side; a deep realization of one’s dependency upon God; an ordering of the priorities of one’s life; a
simplification, a getting back to basics. It means any and all of these things.
But the bottom line is that all of them had to wait through a painful time, living a stripped down life,
before they were ready for mission. They were compelled to wait, during a time and in a place where
very little life seems to be on offer.
But it is precisely in such deserts that the flowers bloom. Moses becomes a great leader; Abraham is
the father of many nations; Joseph becomes the saviour of his people; John the Baptist is the
forerunner of the Messiah; Paul is the apostle to the Gentiles. And of course, Jesus becomes our
Saviour.
This Lent, perhaps God is calling you into the desert—not to punish you, but to prepare you.
WISHING ALL OUR FAMILIES
A WONDERFUL HOLY WEEK, A JOYFUL EASTER,
AND A PROFOUNDLY RESTFUL SPRING BREAK!
