Here's a well-written and touching school letter addressing the recent tragedy of the school shooting in Connecticut.
Dear Brebeuf Jesuit famiies,
I write to you today with both sadness and hope. The tragedy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut, is a heartbreaking reality that shocks us into asking so many unanswered questions about how and why this kind of tragedy continues happening in our schools and across our nation.
There are no simple answers. There is only loss and hurt beyond measure for the families and friends of those innocent children and adults who lost their lives so unnecessarily yesterday.
In prayerful tribute, I encourage the entire Brebeuf Jesuit community to take a few quiet moments today, and in the days ahead, and gently ask God to care for these dear ones who are now by His side. I ask your prayers for their parents, grandparents, sisters and brothers, and all who loved them. We cannot diminish their inestimable hurt and loss, but we can be in communion with them in our prayer and consolation.
In this holy season of Advent and Chanukah let us take time to acknowledge and appreciate - over and over again - the gift and beauty of our own family and community, and to be united in the sacred hope that God is not yet discouraged with humanity, but still becomes incarnate in each new life and moment of grace.
May the prayers that flow from our classrooms, hallways and hearts each day at Brebeuf Jesuit become our song of hope for the days ahead. A.M.D.G.
God’s blessings,
Fr, Jack Dennis , S.J.
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