Ten students from Mary Sample’s History of the Catholic Church
class at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries visited diocesan offices Jan. 17.
The seniors toured the offices of Catholic Schools, Multicultural
Ministries, Child Protection, Facilities and Construction and Communications.
They had the opportunity to share lunch with Bishop Michael F. Burbidge. After
lunch, they visited the Vocations Office.
Students enjoyed the experience. Senior Justin Daigle found it
interesting. “I specifically loved the architecture portion (in the Office of Facilities
and Construction),” he said.
“I didn’t know about the chancery or think about it until our
professor brought it up,” said Ryan Nicol. “It’s been very interesting, and I
learned a lot.”
Sample said she wanted her students to see “that we
are living church history now and that it is alive and well, so they have
better vision of what the church is doing while living the faith today. I hope
they have a better appreciation for their faith and for all the efforts of the
church to evangelize and spread the Gospel.”