Dear SJV Family,

I hope you're enjoying the beautiful weather. Even though we're apart, the SJV spirit is alive and well in the homes of our families and staff.

SJV is truly a supportive and loving community, and nowhere was that more evident than in your responses to last week’s survey. Here are just a few of the comments that we received:

• “The communication has been wonderful!”
• “We appreciate how quickly and effectively the school made the transition to distance learning.”
• “Thank you to all the staff at SJV.”
• “Greatly appreciate the recommendations, prepared lessons, videos.”
• “I’m impressed!”
• “All distance learning has been great!”
• “It has been a great learning experience.”
• “We have been impressed with how quickly and thoroughly SJV adapted to this situation.”
• “We have been very happy to have assignments and homework available and appreciate all the effort being made by staff to keep the momentum of learning going during this time.”
• “I’m thankful for all the direction and communication for ALL our teachers.”

The entire SJV staff thanks you for your continual encouragement and support. We will be taking all your constructive input from the survey and using it to improve our continuous learning program.

Tomorrow evening begins the summit of the Church year, the Sacred Triduum, from the evening of Holy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday. Though they are chronologically three days, they are liturgically one sacred day unfolding for us Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection.

In order to allow people to watch the cathedral's Holy Thursday Mass live, packet pick-up tomorrow will end at 4:00 pm. If you are dropping off work from last week or picking up packets for next week, please be sure to arrive between 7:00 am and 4:00 pm.

I encourage you to participate as much as you are able to in the livestreamed Holy Week liturgies. You and your family can participate by visiting https://www.dioceseofspokane.org/mass-at-home or by visiting the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes Facebook page. Here is the schedule:

• Thursday, April 9, 5:00 pm - Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper
• Friday, April 10, 12:00 pm - Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
• Saturday, April 11, 8:00 pm - Easter Vigil
• Sunday, April 12, 9:00 am - Easter Sunday Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord

As we draw closer to the celebration of Easter, I pray for your continued good health.

In Christ,

Nick Senger, Principal