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"Be Not Afraid" Bracelets to Benefit Cathedral Academy in New Orleans
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Aquinas Student Council President sells a blue wristband bracelet to a 2nd grade student. Proceeds will benefit the Cathedral Academy in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana. |
Aquinas 8th grade students support the "Be Not Afraid" fundraiser by purchasing and wearing the blue wristband bracelets. |
Second grade teacher Sister Anne Joachim, O.P., and her class create cards and notes to send to the students at Cathedral Academy in New Orleans, Louisiana. |
The St. Thomas Aquinas Regional School students, faculty, and staff learned about the extensive damage and closing of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini School and the Cathedral Academy in New Orleans, Louisiana due to the hurricane flooding. It was announced that on October 17, 2005, St. Francis Xavier Cabrini School and Cathedral Academy opened as a combined school in New Orleans and will twin for the remainder of the school year. Cathedral Academy was the first school, public or private, to open in the city. It is staffed by the Dominican Sisters of the St. Cecilia Congregation and a lay faculty.
To help support the Cathedral Academy in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, the Aquinas Student Council is selling blue wristband bracelets inscribed with Pope John Paul II's words, "Be Not Afraid." The bracelets are designed in royal blue to represent Aquinas' school colors. As a result of the bracelet sales by the Aquinas Student Council and a bake sale by the Aquinas Cheerleaders, Aquinas students raised $1,050 to benefit the Cathedral Academy.
In addition to this donation, Aquinas students also sent 250 "Be Not Afraid" bracelets to the Cathedral Academy students with cards and notes. "Each day, we pray for the victims and the relief efforts. The people of these areas will be in distress for some time," said Sister Maria Christi, O.P., principal of St. Thomas Aquinas Regional School.
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