On Holy Thursday morning the students come together to listen, watch, pray, and think about Jesus and His love for all of us. This day is a wonderful tradition at OLQA as we spend this last morning before the Easter Holiday with a children’s retreat to conclude the Lenten Season.

The day begins with a prayer service at church led by our Eighth Graders as well as a performance of Jesus of Nazareth by a professional acting company.  The students rotate from the church, to their classrooms, to the Junior High Courtyard, and to the blacktop. Students created a beaded bracelet that depicts the story of Jesus. The Seventh Graders depicted the “Agony in The Garden” in their Junior High Courtyard and the Sixth Graders led the living rosary on the blacktop. Father Kerry concluded the retreat when he talked about the Resurrection and glory of Easter Sunday.