“United in Faith and Community.”

That’s the theme of this year’s Catholic Schools Week, which takes place between Jan. 25 and Jan. 31. In 1974, the National Catholic Educational Association, or NCEA, established this tradition to typically fall during the last full week of January to coincide with the beginning of enrollment season.

NCEA states its mission on the front page of its website: “In service of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, NCEA strengthens Catholic school communities by convening all stakeholders and providing professional development, data, public policy, and resources to support faith and intellectual formation.”

Each day of the week, every Catholic elementary school across the country will join the same schedule of celebrating their Catholic identity. The schedule of themes for each day are:

Sunday: Celebrating Your Parish

Monday: Celebrating Your Community

Tuesday: Celebrating Your Students

Wednesday: Celebrating the Nation

Thursday: Celebrating Vocations

Friday: Celebrating Faculty, Staff, and Volunteers

Saturday: Celebrating Families

The breakdown of how schools will celebrate their identity........

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