NEWS RELEASE
February 1, 2021
For immediate release
Media contact: Cara Scarola Hansen, Marketing Director
561-345-3103
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Prayer in Motion for a Cure: Rosarian Students Honor Breast Cancer Awareness
Rosarian Academy started the school week of Monday, February 1, 2021, with Prayer in Motion for a Cure as the school community gathered over Zoom to pray together for the cure to breast cancer and other special intentions. Prayer intentions and 30-second intervals of exercise were incorporated into praying a decade of the Rosary. Students dressed in pink in honor of breast cancer awareness and this weekend’s Susan G. Komen Florida Race for the Cure.
Cate Frerichs, eighth-grader and National Junior Honor Society member, organized a Rosarian Academy virtual Race for the Cure team. Cate and classmate Eleanor Hall (also in grade 8 and NJHS) led all pre-kindergarten through 8th-grade students, faculty, and parents in the Prayer in Motion for A Cure activity to kick off Catholic Schools Week and serve as the school team’s virtual race. Students participated from their classrooms or homes, depending on who was present in school or home doing online school.
Prayer intentions included: all those battling breast cancer and all other cancers; the Adrian Dominican Sisters (the founders of Rosarian) who have died from COVID-19; the homeless; all those who currently have COVID-19; protection over those who are quarantined from exposure to the coronavirus; for our school family; for all who are sick; for the leaders of our country; for peace in our world; for protection over our troops; for all of our family member; for the lonely and the elderly; for a cure for cancer and the greater advancement of medicine; for everyone’s own personal intentions.
Prayer in motion for a Cure was a strong start to Catholic Schools Week, January 31 – February 6, 2021. Catholic Schools Week is celebrated annually on a national level, the last week in January/first week in February. Catholic schools observe the week with Masses, open houses, service projects and gatherings. Through these events, schools focus on the values of Catholic education. The COVID-19 pandemic is making Catholic schools rethink ways to celebrate the week. Click here for information on the activities Rosarian Academy has planned for Catholic Schools Week .
Rosarian Academy, founded in 1925, is celebrating its 95th year educating students in Palm Beach County. The independent, Catholic school serves students from early childhood through eighth grade and offers an exceptionally strong academic program enriched by athletics, visual and performing arts, and community service opportunities. STEM, coding, art, drama, music theory, and Spanish classes begin in kindergarten. Rosarian is located on Flagler Drive in downtown West Palm Beach and is sponsored by the Adrian Dominican Sisters. For more information, visit www.rosarian.org or call 561.345.3106.
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