Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated a schoolwide Mass, met with students and had lunch with school staff and parish priests during a visit to St. James School in Falls Church last month.
Students in kindergarten through eighth grade attended Mass Oct. 8, seated alongside their prayer partners.
In his homily, Bishop Burbidge shared three “C’s” for keeping God at the center of life: chosen, courage and celebrate.
After Mass, he visited with students. When the eighth graders asked Bishop Burbidge about his life as a bishop, he shared that his confirmation saint is St. Francis of Assisi and that his episcopal motto is “Walk humbly with your God” (Mi 6:8).
After praying the rosary together in the gym, students sang the school fight song and gave Bishop Burbidge handmade cards and gifts. He then joined faculty, staff, and priests for lunch in Heller Hall.
