“DO NOT BE AFRAID”, said Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma as he opened the celebratory mass for SSC Catechists from P3 about to take their First Holy Communion and P6 for their Confirmation rites last 14 March 2020, a Saturday.
Archbishop Palma was told it was to be SSC’s last school event squeezed in as government ordered all schools to be closed in Cebu. Indeed, we were a little afraid and screened all attendees from their temperature to travel history, including the Archbishop himself!
It was a befitting end before campus closure, with the voices of the young children filling the Sacred Heart Chapel, singing:
Do not let your hearts be troubled
Do not stay afraid
It is really I who you see
I offer you all my peace
I have waited for this moment
To be with you again
In my heart you’ll remain
In your heart I’ll stay
I am with you, till the end of your days
I am with you, have faith
That I hold you
Even when you let go
And I love you,
You must know I am here. I am ever with you.
While SSC is a non-sectarian international school, we do run optional religion classes like Catechism and Bible Class starting in Primary School. And amid this pandemic, may we not only be reminded but act upon what families should likewise prioritise, and that is having a strong faith.
#SSCpray.
#SSCyeswecan.
