By CatholicVote | Created at 2025-01-30 23:00:55 | Updated at 2025-01-31 02:50:46
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CV NEWS FEED // Elementary school students and parishioners from St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Leawood, Kansas, on Jan. 26 sent a truck full of school and cleaning supplies to a Catholic school in Altadena, California, that was damaged in the Eaton Fire earlier this month.
The truck dropped off the supplies for St. Elizabeth Catholic School Jan. 28 at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic School in Pasadena, where many of the displaced students from the Altadena school now attend.
The Good News Room reported that St. Elizabeth Catholic Church and School has been under a mandatory fire evacuation since the Eaton fire began Jan. 7.
According to the Daily Breeze, Father Modesto Lewis Perez, the pastor of St. Elizabeth, sent an email to his parishioners expressing sadness over the loss of the structures while providing hope.
“We will rebuild because we still have one another,” he wrote.
Three teachers and 26 school families lost their homes in the devastating fire, according to Pasadena Star News.
The delivery of the supplies coincided with National Catholic Schools Week (CSW).
“Students at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic School – Leawood, KS put this year’s National Catholic Schools Week (January 26 – February 1) theme ‘Schools: United in Faith and Community’ into action by giving back to their fellow Catholic schoolmates affected by the Los Angeles wildfires,” a press release from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles stated.
According to the National Catholic Educational Association’s website, schools celebrate CSW with Masses, events, activities, and assemblies by Catholic schools to show families, donors, and communities the importance of Catholic education.
CatholicVote previously reported that during Catholic Schools Week, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles schools have been giving back to families affected by the wildfires through blanket drives, making thank-you cards for first responders, and assembling kits for homeless shelters.
