Students Attend Mass of the Holy Spirit with Bishop Hicks
Barb Dawson • September 6, 2024

They prayed for wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety, and fear of the Lord

Several students at Montini Catholic in Lombard represented the Lasallian college preparatory high school on Friday, September 6, 2024 and celebrated Mass of the Holy Spirit at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet. Montini President Kevin Beirne accompanied the students.


Through the Mass of the Holy Spirit Bishop Ronald Hicks inaugurated the 2024-25 academic year.  All students attending Catholic schools in the Diocese of Joliet, along with their principals, teachers and school pastors, were invited to attend.

“What better way to launch the new school year than by gathering our entire academic community to pray for guidance from the Holy Spirit,” said Bishop Hicks. 

Catholic education institutions worldwide – particularly those led by the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits – have carried on this annual tradition since 1548, when the initial Mass of the Holy Spirit was celebrated at the first Jesuit school in Messina, Sicily.

Participants pray to be brought into fuller communion with God through the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety, and fear or awe of the Lord.


Image above:  l to r: Zoe Rohrich, Olivia Kosarek, Julia Neustadt, Gabrielle Colagrossi, Maddie Caruso , Zoe Gangas , Louis Gatling , Jonny Kosinski and President Kevin Beirne


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