St. Mary’s School provides a Christ-centered learning environment that provides the opportunity for spiritual growth, strengthens the bonds with our Catholic community, and produces students who realize their full potential as children of God.
How did your parents respond to you as a child when you were upset?
Can you see the impact of their imprints in your life as an adult?
What is the magic ingredient when raising an emotionally intelligent child?
This talk explores all these questions along with how the lack of emotional literacy in our culture has significant power when it comes to the way we parent. It explores how compassion, empathy and mindfulness have a place in raising children – as well as in our education system. If connection, listening, and heart were at the center of every relationship, how different could our world be?
Working with thousands of families for over 16 years as an educator and counselor, Lael has seen the impact that trauma and disconnection have on a family. As an Aware Parenting Instructor, she facilitates workshops and support groups that empower parents to create connections and stronger relationships with their children. She is also the co-creator and Director of Woodline Primary School which is due to open in 2021 – a school based on emotional wellbeing and connection, set on a magnificent 20-acre farm in the Geelong hinterland in Victoria, Australia.
Lael co-hosts The Aware Parenting Podcast, is a regular contributor to several online publications and is a sought-after public speaker who talks candidly about her experiences and her great passion; helping to create wellness in families through connection and communication.
The current St. Mary's Strategic five year strategic plan was created in the 2017-2018 school year. It is the result of feedback, research and hard work of school administration, parents, staff, students and parishioners. This is a living plan that will be updated as goals are accomplished and new goals added. The plan aligns with the Archdiocese of Washington Plan.
On December 9, 2023, people from around our Archdiocese and the entire world united to take part in the annual Walk with Mary Procession and Mass in Washington, DC, to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe.
On December 9, 2023, people from around our Archdiocese and the entire world united to take part in the annual Walk with Mary Procession and Mass in Washington, DC, to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe.
On Tuesday, November 21, 2023, Cardinal Wilton Gregory joined The Poor Roberts Mission to distribute Thanksgiving turkeys at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
The Poor Robert’s Mission's group of over 75 volunteers is comprised of mostly young Catholic men and women, and the organization has been assisting families for over 40 years.
This year, the group distributed over 7,000 turkeys to families that have been identified by more than 150 local Churches and community groups as a in need of some assistance to celebrate Thanksgiving.