Pastoral Plan
2015-2016
PASTORAL PLAN
School Name:
School Mission Statement:
The Mission of Father Daniel Zanon Catholic School is to ensure our children receive a Catholic education that is rich
in both academic excellence and Christian values.
As educators, we must seek and create a secure, warm, welcoming and safe environment, which is conducive to
developing the maximum potential of each child.
Father Daniel Zanon Catholic School has established itself in this community as a center of learning, where our faith
is practised daily and students are challenged to grow in the image of Christ. This is possible due to the collaborative
effort of our staff, our students, our parents, our trustee, our parish community and our board officials. It continues to
be our goal to encourage our children to acquire the values, beliefs and knowledge that will allow them to grow in
Christ as they journey from the early years to vocation.
School Motto: Let His Light Shine
Pastoral Plan Links to Strategic Plan/Catholic Board Learning Plan:
 Link: Strategic Plan 2014-2019 Strategic System Plan
 Link: Catholic Board Learning Plan CBLP 2013-2016
Our Parish: St. Catherine of Siena
Pastor: Rev. Camillo Lando, C.S.
Parish website: www.stcatherine.ca
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Message from the Pastor:
Our school is under the pastoral care of St. Catherine of Siena Parish. We
encourage our families to register with the parish, and to join us for mass:
Saturday Vigil at 6:00 pm; Sunday mass at 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 am, 1:00, 4:30, 6:00
pm.
Message from the Catholic School Council:
The Catholic School Council meetings start with prayer. The decisions and
guidance of CSC is motivated by students’ growth in the Image of Jesus
Christ. Each member seeks pastoral guidance through the Holy Spirit.
The council direction is captured in the prayer by parish patron Saint Catherine of
Siena:
Holy Spirit, come into my heart; draw it to Thee by Thy power, O my God, and grant me
charity with filial fear. Preserve me, O ineffable Love, from every evil thought; warm me,
inflame me with Thy dear love, and every pain will seem light to me. My Father, my
sweet Lord, help me in all my actions. Jesus, love, Jesus, love. Amen.
Catholic Education Week Theme: Opening the Doors to Mercy
Throughout Catholic Education Week, we ask you to reflect on the significance of Catholic education’s
presence and contribution in our Church, and in our society.
May 1 – 6, 2016 is Catholic Education Week.
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Crowning Of Mary
Welcome to Junior Kindergarten Night
Parent Visits to Classrooms
School-Wide Well-Being Retreat
ShareLife Walk-a-thon/Dance-a-thon
Closing Liturgy
Faith Formation:
Forming ourselves in our Catholic faith is a foundational element in helping each of us
understand and live in the example of Christ.
Virtues Program and monthly assemblies
Monthly Focus on Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations
Bullying Awareness and Prevention Program
Advent Mass for the Community at St. Catherine of Siena Parish
Sacramental Preparation:
As Catholic we understand sacraments to be "outward signs instituted by Christ to give grace."
Together in partnership with our parish, we support the preparation of God’s children in
receiving the sacraments.
Event
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Sacrament of First
Communion
Sacrament of Confirmation
Sacrament of Confirmation
Confirmation Retreat
Confirmation Retreat
Grade 2
March 8, 2016
April 30, 2016
Grade 7 and 8
December 3, 2015
June 2, 2016
November 18 – 20, 2015
May 5, 2016
Grade 8
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 7
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Liturgical Celebrations:
The Liturgical calendar is marked by the gathering in community to celebrate the Eucharist and
share in prayer.
Celebration
Opening Mass
Thanksgiving Liturgy
Remembrance Day Liturgy
Advent Mass
Weekly Advent Liturgies
Patron Saint Mass
Ash Wednesday Liturgy
Stations of the Cross
Crowning of Mary
Year End Mass
Date
September 17, 2015
October 9, 2015
November 11, 2015
December 1, 2015
weekly
January 8, 2016
February 10, 2016
March 24, 2016
May 2, 2016
June 24, 2016
Social Justice / Outreach Activities / Charities:
Catholic Social Teachings of the Church root our actions in supporting human dignity and the
preferential option of the poor which calls us to serve the most vulnerable in the world.
Thanksgiving Food Drive, Terry Fox Run/Walk, Christmas Food Drive, Christmas Giving Tree,
Christmas Baskets, Lenten Pretzels, ShareLife Walk-a-thon/Dance-a-thon
Recognizing Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations:
Framed by the Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations (OCSGE), our graduates will be
effective communicators, reflective thinkers, lifelong learners, collaborative contributors, caring
family members, responsible citizens and discerning believers formed in the Catholic faith
community.
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Focus on one of the OCGE each month and incorporate in cross-curricular instruction.
Celebrating Virtues:
A virtue is a habit or established capacity to perform good actions according to a moral
standard. When we practice these virtues we strengthen them and thereby make the presence
of God more and more visible in the world around us.
Focus on one virtue per month through morning prayers and announcements
and in classroom programs. Classes organize monthly virtue assemblies. Our
music group creates a monthly virtue song. Selected children from each class
receive a virtue certificate. Their group picture is taken and displayed in our
front hallway.
Visible Signs of our Faith:
Through symbol and service, we are instruments of God’s love whose work within our
communities stands as a witness to our faith.
Our chapel provides a welcoming place for prayer and quiet reflection for
children and staff. Often teachers choose to have their Religion and Family Life
lessons in the chapel.
Each classroom has a prayer table.
Each room in the school has a crucifix.
Statue of Our Lady in the front entranceway.
Ontario Catholic Graduate Expectations displayed in the front entranceway.
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Virtues bulletin board in the front entranceway.
Altar, bible and cross in the front entranceway.
Picture and dedication to Father Zanon in the front entranceway.
Picture of our patron – Saint Andre Bessette in the office.
Stain glass window in the library.
Picture of Pope Francis is the main office.
Resource List for Parents/Guardians:
 Religious Education Curriculum - Ontario Religious Education Curriculum
 Family Life Curriculum - Ontario Family Life Curriculum
 Fully Alive Program information - Ontario Bishops' information on Fully Alive
Resource List for Schools:
Board
 Vocations Units
We have Vocations units as part of the Grades 2, 5, and 8 curriculum. The goal of these
supplementary units is to deepen one’s understanding of God’s call – the “vocare” – to
various forms of life within the Church.
 History of the Parish
Through the resource book Our Story, Our Tradition, Our Journey, grade 7 students have
the opportunity to learn about the history of our parish.
 Enduring Gift Video
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