July 2, 2020
A Reflection from Fr. Seidel: Touchdown Jesus and Catholic Education
“Touchdown Jesus” is perhaps the second most iconic image on the campus of Notre Dame after the Golden Dome itself. This 134-foot high mosaic affixed to the school’s library can be seen arms raised from the football stadium. The mosaic is actually titled, “The Word of Life,” and is affixed to the school’s library as an icon of what Catholic education is all about—Christ, the Word, the Truth—and is the lens by which Catholics are called to know reality and to know what it means to be human.
Pontius Pilot, at Christ’s trial, asks Our Lord, perhaps seriously, perhaps derisively, “What is truth?” Our society is progressively asking the same question. More and more the world around us is saying two things: truth is whatever you make of it and truth is whatever the crowd makes of it.
Washington State's newly mandated sex education program is but one example of this ideological determination of truth. While the necessity of this teaching will be decided in November, the ideology that motivates this teaching still permeates the pedagogical models of our modern secular education system.
Contrary to this sophistry proclaiming, “Man is the measure of all things,” Catholic education acknowledges that the Truth is a self-existing reality that does not depend upon the voice of the crowd to determine what is right. The truth is knowable through rational inquiry into the world around us as seen by the natural sciences and arts, and it is known in a particular way through the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Many heroic teachers proclaim this truth in both the public and Catholic schools. However, it is only in the context of Catholic education that the proclamation be made openly and in its entirety. “The Word of Life” mosaic would be incomplete without Touchdown Jesus. An education lacking a centrality on Christ is similarly incomplete.
We are grateful for your support of Catholic education and wish you and your families a safe and happy holiday weekend.
-Fr. Curtis Seidel, president of Walla Walla Catholic Schools
May Crowning
We invite you to join us this Friday, May 1, at 8:30 a.m., for the tradition of May Crowning in the Assumption parking lot.
We ask that you remain in your vehicles and tune into 90.7 to pray with us to honor Our Patroness, Mary, Assumed into Heaven.
Print the program or view it on your mobile device to join us in prayer.
Join the WWCS Summer Reading Challenge!
Mrs. Guest will be hosting a Summer Reading Challenge for July and August. Readers can win prizes from Dairy Queen and Sweet Basil Pizzeria!
Thank you for supporting HOPE: IrishStrong 2020!
Wow! Thank you to all of our donors, sponsors and auction participants! We had some frenzied bidding as items closed on Saturday night. We exceeded our expectations in the amount we raised. We are busy tallying the results and paying auction expenses, but will have a number to share with you soon!
We still have a few Swag Bags left if you'd like to support the auction and come away with some cool IrishStrong stuff!
If you haven't been able to pick up your auction items yet, your final chance to do so is on Monday, July 6, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at DeSales. If you need other pickup arrangements, please email us at hope@thewwcs.com.
Thank you for supporting HOPE: IrishStrong 2020!
Wow! Thank you to all of our donors, sponsors and auction participants! We had some frenzied bidding as items closed on Saturday night. We exceeded our expectations in the amount we raised. We are busy tallying the results and paying auction expenses, but will have a number to share with you soon!
We still have a few Swag Bags left if you'd like to support the auction and come away with some cool IrishStrong stuff!
If you haven't been able to pick up your auction items yet, your next chance to do so is on Monday, July 6, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at DeSales. If you need other pickup arrangements, please email us at hope@thewwcs.com.
Office Hours and Scrip Sales
The DeSales Catholic High School office will be open from 8 a.m. to noon, Monday through Thursday.
Scrip Sales
Scrip will be available all summer at DeSales only, 8 a.m. to noon, Monday through Thursday. For orders of more than four of one kind, please call in your order by 12 p.m. on Wednesday for a 12 p.m. pick-up the following Monday.