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Glad to Be in Plaid

  Catholic Schools Week Reflection,  February 6, 2019   During Catholic Schools Week last week, I was scrolling through my Facebook feed – Facebook, if you aren’t familiar with it, is like SnapChat but for old people—anyway, I was scrolling, and I saw two posts appropriate for today.   The first was from one of our Catholic grade schools in Louisville.   It had two girls in their uniforms holding a sign that read, “So Glad to Be in Plaid.”   The second was a very appropriate meme for our snowy week.   It read, “Some of y’all never endured an entire winter in a plaid Catholic school skirt and it shows.”   Today, many of you are wearing sweat shirts from your grade schools.   If you went to a Catholic grade school, maybe you are remembering the plaid jumpers and skirts that you wore for many years before coming to Mercy Academy.   Your grade school plaid skirt, and your Mercy plaid immediately identify you as a Catholic school student.   You are part of several generations of Mercy