December 8, 2025 – The Solemnity of The Immaculate Conception “If Christ is the day that never fades, Mary is its dawn, shining with beauty.” ~ St. John Paul II Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, pray for us!

2nd Sunday of Advent “At this Christmas when Christ comes, will he find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving others with God’s own love and concern.” ~ St. Teresa of Calcutta #onted

“ The giver of every good and perfect gift has called upon us to mimic God’s giving by grace, through faith, and this is not of ourselves.” ~ St. Nicholas of Myra Pray for us #onted

“ O my God, I love you! Not because You have the power to grant heaven or hell, but simply because You are my God” ~ St. Francis Xavier The OCSTA wishes all a blessed Memorial of St. Francis Xavier. #OntEd

“In Advent, we await an event which occurs in history and at the same time transcends it.” ~ St. John Paul II #onted

In celebration of Ontario’s Catholic schools, we were pleased to welcome Cardinal Leo, @archtoronto to the Catholic Education Lobby Day reception at Queen’s Park, attended by the provincial Catholic Student Trustee leadership team and many of Ontario’s MPPs - thank you MPPs

Catholic School Trustees, Ontario’s Catholic Bishops and Catholic Teachers @OECTAProv are pleased to be meeting with MPPs and staff at Queen’s Park to celebrate the success and strength of Ontario’s Catholic Schools. @PaulCalandra #onted

“You say that I am King. For this I was born and for this I come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.” ~ John 18:37 Wishing all a blessed solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. Michael Bellmore, President;

“The Son of God became man for our salvation but only in Mary and through Mary.” ~ St. Louis Marie de Monfort #onted

“ It is my hope, then, that this Jubilee Year will encourage the development of policies aimed at combating forms of poverty both old and new, as well as implementing new initiatives to assist the poorest of the poor.” - Pope Leo XIV On this the 9th World Day of the Poor we

Celebrating Student Voice is the theme of the @OSTAAECO 2025 Fall General Meeting and OCSTA Executive Director Patrick Daly was pleased to bring greetings to this provincial student leadership event and to discuss key priorities with the Catholic Board Council and OSTA-AECO

Discussing Crisis Communications with veteran, award winning Catholic education communicator Pauline Stevenson (Simcoe-Muskoka CDSB) and Nurturing Hope through Internal Communications with Halton Catholic DSB Manager Andrea Swinden - OCSTA 2025 CDSB Communications Seminar. #onted

Communications Staff from across Ontario convene at the @DPCDSBSchools for the annual CDSB Communications Seminar to examine key topics and best practices in Catholic education communications.