Ringing in the Year of Faith

On Thursday, October 11, students and staff of St. Brigid School gathered to literally ring in the Year of Faith.

Pope Benedict announced the special year last October, describing it as "a moment of grace and commitment to an ever fuller conversion to God." The observance begins on the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. The same date marks the twentieth anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Year of Faith concludes on the Feast of Christ the King on November 24, 2012.

As passers-by looked on, St. Brigid School students and faculty rang celebratory bells at exactly noon on the opening day. Students brought bells of every kind; even the church bells rang at the appointed moment. Hundreds of schools and churches shared in this worldwide event, ushering in a year of renewed evangelization and charitable efforts.