Catholic Education Week: Celebrating Our Teachers
Posted on 05/05/2025
The theme for Catholic Education Week 2025, Pilgrims of Hope, drawn from the Holy Jubilee year, invites us to journey together in faith, hope, and love, trusting in the promise of Christ’s presence and action among us. Regardless of our position or our responsibilities, it is a calling to bring the message of Jesus Christ into the lives of those who we are privileged to serve in the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board.
There will be many opportunities this year as we celebrate Catholic Education Week to recognize the many blessings that the gift of Catholic education affords each of us. During this week, it is fitting to express my thanks and gratitude to the people who work collaboratively and collectively to provide our staff and students with a strong, vibrant workplace and faith-based education in a safe and caring environment.
Each day this week, I am honoured to express my appreciation in the form of “thanks” to all those who play an integral role in the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board family.
As teachers, you have demonstrated your faith and unwavering commitment to provide students with learning opportunities in a faith-filled environment. Your work inspires hope, ignites imagination and instills a love of learning in relation to the theme “Pilgrims of Hope”. Your passion for teaching and your dedication to your students is obvious in everything you do. God bless you for the work you do every day. It is such an honour to be on this journey with each of you as we accompany students and foster their growth in faith and hope, that they may become instruments of God’s transforming grace in the world.
Yours in Faith,
Frances Bagley
Director of Education and Secretary-Treasurer of the Board