Members of Moose Jaw’s Roman Catholic community plan to gather soon to celebrate the start of the new school year and support one of the city’s most important charities.
All families and staff of Holy Trinity Catholic School Division are being encouraged to attend mass at either Church of Our Lady on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. or St. Joseph Parish on Sunday, Sept. 18 at 11 a.m. as part of the annual Commissioning Mass to honour the beginning of the 2022-23 school year.
Everyone is then encouraged to attend the second annual Moving in Faith walk/run on Sept. 18 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Vanier Collegiate at 324 Macdonald Street West. Event organizers are also inviting participants to bring non-perishable food items to support the Moose Jaw and District Food Bank.
Holy Trinity started the Moving in Faith event last year because division administration wanted to create more engagement between the division and the two Catholic parishes and give back to the wider community, explained education director Ward Strueby.
“At these events, we welcome students and families, as well as parishioners and community members to come forward,” he said. “We go for a walk, which is great for physical fitness levels and overall well-being. We collect some items for the food bank … and we just get a chance to engage in some fellowship.”
Holy Trinity is holding similar Moving in Faith events in Shaunavon and Swift Current, while it plans to hold a family event at the Oval in Wakamow Valley in January.
“So we’re really excited to get our families together and get back to where we were pre-pandemic working together with families,” Strueby remarked.
Holy Trinity chose the food bank as its charity of choice because it’s a way to support the wider community, he added. Many families are struggling because of inflation and rising interest rates, so the division wants to support them via the food bank.
