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Send your Spirit upon these students and their teachers and fill them with your wisdom and blessings. Grant that during this academic year they may devote themselves to their studies and share what they have learned from others. |
529 Or: Lord God, your Spirit of wisdom fills the earth and teaches us your ways. |
Look upon these students. Let them enjoy their learning and take delight in new discoveries. Help them to persevere in their studies and give them the desire to learn all things well. |
Look upon these teachers. Let them strive to share their knowledge with gentle patience and endeavor always to bring the truth to eager minds. |
Grant that students and teachers alike may follow Jesus Christ, the way, the truth, and the life, for ever and ever. |
530 The present order may be used by a priest or a deacon, and also by a layperson, who follows the rites and prayers designated for a lay minister. |
531 When the community has gathered, a suitable song may be sung. After the singing, the minister says: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. |
532 A minister who is a priest or deacon greets those present in the following or other suitable words, taken mainly from sacred Scripture. May the God of wisdom, knowledge, and grace be with you always. |
533 A lay minister greets those present in the following words: Let us praise the God of wisdom, knowledge, and grace. Blessed be God for ever. R. Blessed be God for ever. |
534 In the following or similar words, the minister prepares those present for the blessing. We gather here today to ask God's blessing on these students and their teachers (as they begin the new academic year). Studies are hard, yet the reward is great. They lead to a knowledge of the world and of God. May God enlight... |
6:32-37 If you are willing to listen you will learn. |
If you wish, you can be taught; if you apply yourself, you will be shrewd. If you are willing to listen, you will learn; if you give heed, you will be wise. Frequent the company of the elders; whoever is wise, stay close to him. Be eager to hear every godly discourse; let no wise saying escape you. If you see a man of ... |
536 Or: Wisdom 7:9-21--Learn wisdom. Sirach 4:11-18--The rewards of wisdom. 1 Corinthians 15:1-11--This is the gospel I preached to you. |
537 As circumstances suggest, the following responsorial psalm may be sung, or some other suitable song. |
R. Great are the works of the Lord. |
Psalm 111 I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the company and assembly of the just. R. |
Great are the works of the LORD, exquisite in all their delights. Majesty and glory are his work, and his justice endures forever. R. |
He has won renown for his wondrous deeds; gracious and merciful is the LORD. He has given food to those who fear him; he will forever be mindful of his covenant. R. |
He has made known to his people the power of his works, giving them the inheritance of the nations. R. |
The works of his hands are faithful and just; sure are all his precepts, Reliable forever and ever, wrought in truth and equity. R. |
He has sent deliverance to his people; he has ratified his covenant forever; holy and awesome is his name. R. |
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; prudent are all who live by it. His praise endures forever. R. |
538 As circumstances suggest, the minister may give those present a brief explanation of the biblical text, so that they may understand through faith the meaning of the celebration. |
539 The intercessions are then said. The minister introduces them and an assisting minister or one of those present announces the intentions. From the following those best suited to the occasion may be used or adapted, or other intentions that apply to the particular circumstances may be composed. |
The minister says: God is the source of all wisdom and knowledge. Let us ask him to bless those who seek to learn and their teachers. |
R. Fill us with your wisdom, Lord. |
Assisting minister: For students( as they begin this new school year), that the Spirit of God may grant them the gifts of wisdom and understanding, let us pray to the Lord. R7. |
541 A minister who is a priest or deacon says the prayer of blessing with hands outstretched over the students and teachers; a lay minister says the prayer with hands joined. |
Lord God, your Spirit of wisdom fills the earth and teaches us your ways. |
543 A minister who is a priest or deacon concludes the rite by saying: May God teach you his ways and lead you to the joys of his kingdom, now and for ever. R. Amen. |
544 A lay minister concludes the rite by signing himself or herself with the sign of the cross and saying: May God teach us his ways and lead us to the joys of his kingdom, now and for ever. R. Amen. |
545 It is preferable to end the celebration with a suitable song. |
546 All make the sign of the cross as the minister says: Blessed be the name of the Lord. |
548 Or: Wisdom 7:9-21--Learn wisdom. Sirach 4:11-18--The rewards of wisdom. 1 Corinthians 15:1-11--This is the gospel I preached to you. |
549 A minister who is a priest or deacon says the prayer of blessing with hands outstretched over the students and teachers; a lay minister says the prayer with hands joined. |
Look upon these teachers. Let them strive to share their knowledge with gentle patience; and endeavor always to bring the truth to eager minds. |
Lost Planet 3 happens in space. More specifically, future space. And it'll have the star-faring ships and unlimited-ammo pistols that make sense in a sci-fi series. But the threequel will also let you blast a centuries-old bolt-action rifle at those nasty Akrid. What's up with that? |
Even, if you account for the fact that LP3 happens way back in the timeline of Capcom's futuristic shooter series, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to have a weapon John Marston might've used against bears. But there it is, in the hands of LP3 protagonist Jim as he ventures onto the icy plains of planet E.D.N. III.... |
This is a different E.D.N. III, one less explored than in LP1 & LP2 and humanity's just beginning to find out what else is living on the frozen planet. The developers from Spark at the E3 demo made it seem like Jim's bolt-action rifle had been a weapon that had helped his forebears lay claims to stakes of land in the o... |
Fittingly, there's also a bit of gold rush mentality to LP3. The planet's stores of thermal energy are a valuable energy source that also serves as the in-game economy. As described before, Jim's a different sort of hero, just a regular guy scrapping for a living in the outer reaches of colonized space and he'll need c... |
The bang-shk-clank of the bolt-action rifle's shoot/reload sequence makes for a distinctly different sound effect when placed in LP3's eerily quiet environs. When waves of Akrid are attacking form multiple angles, each reload sounds like desperation. Capcom and Spark say that the game is "not horror" and "not survival"... |
Lost Planet 3, like more and more of Capcom's games, comes from the co-mingling of Japanese and Western sensibilities and that heirloom rifle is just a small sign of the kind of details that wouldn't otherwise be in the game. If Spark manages to create a sense of frontier spirit in this newest game, Lost Planet 3 could... |
Is Palmerston the cat set to be the UK's favourite politics staffer? |
The puss was taken from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home to his new job at the Foreign Office on Wednesday, and made quite an entrance. |
He's been brought in to tackle their mouse problem. |
The Foreign Office were quick to point out the new furry friend won't cost the taxpayer a penny. |
A spokesperson said in a statement: "Palmerston's domestic posting will have zero cost to the public purrse as a staff kitty will be used to pay for him and all aspects of his welfur." |
This is a real rags-to-riches story - the two-year-old black and white shorthair was found roaming the streets of London. |
Battersea's Head of Catteries, Lindsey Quinlan told Newsbeat: "He's a very confident cat, loves being with people, and enjoys a good chin rub. |
The cat is named after Lord Palmerston, who was apparently well-liked and was the oldest Prime Minister in history to take office for the first time, at the age of 71. |
Perhaps Palmerston will become friends with Larry, David Cameron's cat who lives in Downing Street. He already has his own official Twitter account! |
The Sarawak wushu team celebrate their achievement with Assistant Minister of Youth and Sports Datuk Snowdan Lawan (seventh right), Sarawak Sports Corporation chief executive officer Dr Ong Kong Swee (seventh left) Wong (fifth right) and WFS deputy president James Ting Ing Seek (eighth left) at the end of the Sukma XIX... |
IPOH: The Sarawak wushu team completed their campaign in 2018 Sukma with four gold, four silver and five bronze medals to finish second overall behind Melaka and ahead of Negeri Sembilan in the three-day meet that ended at Kolej Matrikulasi Perak in Gopeng yesterday. |
On the final day of the competition, the state team captured three more gold, one silver and three bronze medals to achieve their four-gold medal target. |
Elvic Bong Qian Zheng made a successful defence of his title in the men’s qiangshu when he scored the highest points of 9.57 to beat Si Shin Peng of Melaka by 0.01 points while Ang Qi Yue also of Melaka took the bronze medal with 9.43 points. |
National athlete Audrey Chan Yee Jo, who failed to win in the women’s taijiquan on Wednesday, bounced back with a solid performance to deliver the second gold of the day for the Sarawak team. |
Audrey scored 9.56 points, followed by the silver medallist from Penang Chan Lu Yi (9.51) and bronze medallist from Kuala Lumpur How Yu Yang (9.45). |
Clement Ting Su Wei won his second medal when he grabbed the gold medal in the men’s daoshu after scoring 9.63 points, finishing ahead of Melaka’s Tan Cheong Wan of Melaka and Liang Khai Siang of Pahang. |
Muhammad Asri Abdul Wahab capped his final Sukma campaign with a silver medal in the men’s taijijian with 9.50 points, losing to the gold medallist from Melaka Tan Zhi Yan by 0.07 points. |
This made amends for the disappointment in the men’s taijiquan a day earlier where he ended up in fourth place. |
Sarawak’s bronzes yesterday were contributed by Stephanie Ngu Chai Ern in the women’s qiangshu, Lee Hui Xuan in the women’s nangun and Chiew Sow Hong, who is also making his final Sukma appearance, in the men’s nangun. |
Wushu Federation of Sarawak president Allen Wong Siew Poh was one very happy and relieved man, saying it was a heart throbbing experience. |
“I am very happy that we have achieved the medal target, it was very exciting and luckily our athletes performed well today and brought in the gold medals. |
“It was ups and downs on the first and second day where most of the national athletes were in action but today everybody did well. |
“I must congratulate our athletes, coaches and officials for a job well done,” he said. |
Earlier, contingent chef-de-mission Datuk Snowdan Lawan had once again reminded the athletes not to be over confident or underestimate their opponents in their respective events at the Games. |
“Sometimes, over confident can ‘kill’ you. I have told the coaches and athletes to be confident but not too much. They also must not be complacent,” he said. |
The Assistant Minister for Youth and Sports is not duly worried with Sarawak’s current sixth placing in the medal tally as the competition is still in early stage. |
“Our main strong sports haven’t started yet and strong teams like defending champions Selangor, Sabah, Pahang, Kelantan and Kedah have yet to win any gold. We are also hoping to win more golds from Sept 15 onwards,” he said. |
As at 10pm yesterday, Terengganu still topped the medal table with eight gold medals, followed by Penang and Melaka with seven each. Sarawak are sixth with four gold, four silver and six bronze medals. |
Latisa Kindred is a 22 year member of IBEW Local #134 who currently teaches Electricity to high school students. She serves on the board at Chicago Women In Trades, where she is the chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Latisa is a very active member of the women in labour community. |
Women in construction experience some of the highest rates of sexual harassment and gender-based violence. Let’s not forget women like Outi Hicks in the current #MeToo moment. |
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Public Schools sued Illinois on Tuesday claiming the state’s method of education funding discriminates against its largely black and Hispanic student body. |
The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, uses the state’s Civil Rights Act to seek to invalidate Illinois’ school funding system. The district wants to avoid the fate of previous school funding lawsuits that faltered in Illinois, which like CPS is reeling from deep financial problems. |
“It penalizes poor kids in poor school districts and rewards wealthy kids in wealthy school districts - just the opposite of what we should do,” Emanuel told reporters. |
CPS officials have been critical of a move last year by Republican Governor Bruce Rauner to veto a bill that would have provided the district with $215 million in state money for pensions. The move punched a hole in the district’s already shaky budget, leading to spending cuts and unpaid furlough days for teachers. |
The nation’s third-largest public school system is struggling with pension payments that will jump to $733 million this fiscal year from $676 million in fiscal 2016, as well as drained reserves and debt dependency. The fiscal woes have pushed its general obligation credit ratings deep into the junk category and led inv... |
The lawsuit also seeks to invalidate Illinois’ system for funding teacher pensions. CPS has railed against how it must maintain and fund its own teachers’ pension system, while districts in the rest of Illinois are in a state-wide retirement fund that is heavily subsidized by the state. |
The lawsuit comes on the heels of a recent attempt to revamp the way Illinois funds schools and the willingness by state Senate leaders to include a new funding formula in a bill package to end the state’s nearly 20-month budget impasse. |
School funding has been a politically volatile subject in Illinois for decades, pitting low property tax-generating school systems or those with mostly minority students against well-funded systems in wealthy Chicago suburbs much less reliant on state funding. Since the 1970s, the sides have played to a political stale... |
The social ramifications of the debate came to a head in 2008, when nearly 2,000 Chicago school students boarded buses bound for one of Illinois’ wealthiest, highest-achieving school districts in Chicago’s north suburbs and demanded to be enrolled. |
The move orchestrated by advocates of Chicago’s public schools and several ministers made its visual point clearly but did nothing to advance the cause for more equitable school funding in Springfield, Illinois’ capital. |
“The governor remains focused on moving forward these recommendations and hopes that CPS will be a partner in that endeavor,” Purvis said in a statement. |
Language on how to achieve that adequacy or how to come up with an additional $3.5 billion for schools over 10 years, as the report recommended, has yet to surface in the legislature. |
General state aid to CPS in fiscal 2017 totals $952.5 million, about the same amount as in fiscal 2016, according to the district’s budget. |
For 40 years, Illinois courts generally have ruled that arguments to change how public schools are funded should play out before the Illinois legislature, not in the state’s courtrooms. Based on that string of rulings, a prominent public education advocate in Illinois described the Chicago school litigation as a legal ... |
“I think any time you have this kind of history, it suggests that it’s a very difficult bar to overcome. Having said that, I think we’re always hopeful something will happen that will cause the inequity issue to be addressed,” said Roger Eddy, executive director of the Illinois Association of School Boards and a former... |
Civil rights group the Chicago Urban League along with some parents from various districts including Chicago also sued the state over school funding using the Civil Rights Act. That lawsuit has languished in Cook County Court since 2008. |
“I’m not aware of another case like it because I’m not sure there is any place in the country in which the state government itself choosing to fund public education says we are going to give significantly less money to African-American and Latino children in the largest school district in the state and we are going to ... |
J P McManus has an early-morning routine that differs widely from most who travel to the Caribbean seeking the warmth of the winter sun. |
National Hunt racing’s biggest owner likes to start his day watching satellite coverage of his horses running on tracks in Britain and Ireland, an exercise that can often set the mood for the day ahead. |
On Wednesday, one can imagine, McManus had a spring in his step walking to breakfast in Barbados after viewing races from Ayr, where Tap Night, one of his recent purchases, made a sparkling debut over fences in the famous green and gold silks. |
The six year-old impressed when winning by five lengths without too much trouble, which brought praise from trainer Lucinda Russell, who said: “He was entitled to win on his hurdles mark (he had 20lb in hand on BHA ratings) and he jumped really well in the main. AP [McCoy] was pleased with his attitude. |
For more than three decades, McManus has annually assembled a strong team of contenders for the Cheltenham Festival. There are other important races throughout the season that he both supports and wants to win, but all efforts are essentially directed at trying to put together the best possible squad for the four days ... |
I put it to him when we spoke on Wednesday that for the start of 2013 he had, arguably, more strength in depth among his ranks than he had in past years, particularly with Darlan and Binocular primed for the Champion Hurdle, as well as a string of promising novice hurdlers and chasers working their way through the rank... |
“I hope so. They are more widespread [in different yards], and if they stay sound, that would be nice. I was pleased with the way Tap Night won at Ayr. We have a few young ones around, and now we’re hoping we get them to the next level,” he explained. |
“I would have to say Darlan,” he replied enthusiastically. |
The strapping gelding is either outright favourite or sharing the top line in betting on the Champion Hurdle with most firms, and McManus clearly has great admiration for this serious contender for the crown. |
“I was very pleased with his win in the Christmas Hurdle [at Kempton Park on Boxing Day]. I’m not sure how good the race was, or how it was run, but he couldn’t have been more impressive, in my view. What he has going for him is that he’s young – he’s just turned six – and there is a lot of size and scope about him. |
Trainer Nicky Henderson has listed several options for Darlan, but the McManus-owned Binocular, the 2010 Champion Hurdle winner, is being aimed at the Irish Champion Hurdle en route to Cheltenham. |
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