By Andres Rivera
Staff Writer

 Six priests assigned to parishes with a parochial school in the diocese participated in the School Pastors’ Institute offered through the University of Notre Dame at the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos Sept. 29 – Oct. 1. 

PALM DESERT—For the third year in a row, Sacred Heart School, Palm Desert’s Junior High will be actively involved in supporting the Coachella Valley’s cancer survivors and victims through two important events. Paint El Paseo Pink allows students the opportunity to hear stories from survivors and walk alongside of them while raising money for cancer research.

By Manel McMillan
Kindergarten Teacher

SAN BERNARDINO—Beginning in October, the kindergarten students at Our Lady of the Assumption School become prepared for the great feast of All Saints by learning the lives of many saints and the works which led them to sainthood.

By Nicholas Janzen
Geometry Teacher

RIVERSIDE—A group of Notre Dame High School students interested in math and engineering applications have been given the opportunity to collaborate with California Baptist University students and faculty. 

 In the program called Bridge to Supercomputing, 14 students in grades 10-12 have been exploring the inner workings of the computers that have become so important in our everyday lives. As a CBU math department alumnus, I am excited to have introduced the students to the world of computer engineering and provided Notre Dame students the opportunity to work with experts in the field. 

By Victoria Beehler
Grade 12

RIVERSIDE—October was Breast Cancer Awareness month, and at Notre Dame High School, this wasn’t to be taken lightly. 

 My exceptional classmates on campus raise money every year for breast cancer research, in an outpouring of love and generosity that is pretty darn amazing in a high school. 

By Anne Alhadef

 The teachers and staff from all Catholic schools in the diocese met for their annual in-service on Oct. 17 at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini parish in Yucaipa with Bishop Gerald Barnes as the keynote speaker. Perhaps, not surprisingly, one of the most striking things that stayed with me was the Bishop’s thoughts and observations on Pope Francis. 

 “Pope Francis,” Bishop Barnes said, “is causing a lot of reaction, people react to what he says.”