H4 Grad Mass Homily

H4 Grad Mass Homily

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

453. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas.

480. If a street

performer makes you

stop walking, you owe him

a buck.

99. Nothing good ever happens after 3 am. I promise.

505. Your career in politics should end in high school.

103. Offer to carry a

woman’s bags. Especially your

mother’s.

9. Stand up for the little guy. He’ll remember you.

466. Bend your knees.

437. Never post a

picture online you wouldn’t

feel comfortable showing your mother, your

boss, and the dean of admissions.

Learn to ask the right questions. #lifeafterXS

Sometimes asking the right

question is much more important

than finding the right answer.

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The way we frame the problem makes all the difference.

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

What if?Why not?

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

What if?

Why not?

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

“What if we send our students to study for six weeks in China, to learn the language, to embrace the culture, and to learn to live with one another

and grow up in the process?”

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

Xavier China Experience Guangzhou - Grade 8Yunnan - Grade 10Beijing/Shanghai - High 4

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

What if?

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

Why not?

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

“What if we have a different breed of Jesuits running the school?”

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

Fr. Art Fr. Xave Fr. Guy

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

“What if we also have a different breed of teachers? Encourage them to be daring and to experiment, grant them permission to commit mistakes in order to learn from them?”

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

MAGISCreativity. Innovation.

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

Call of DutyRelief Operations

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

1000 bags of relief goods50 sacks of rice

60 boxes of biscuits3000 bottles of mineral water

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

LipDub

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

What if?Why not?

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

2001

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l Baccalaureate Mass Homily

What ifs and Why Nots X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l

Baccalaureate Mass Homily

NightclubA poem by Billy Collins

What ifs and Why Nots X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l

Baccalaureate Mass Homily

“a large man with the tenor sax that hangs from his neck

like a golden fish”

NightclubA poem by Billy Collins

What ifs and Why Nots X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l

Baccalaureate Mass Homily

He moves forward to the edge of the stageand hands the instrument down to meand nods that I should play.So I put the mouthpiece to my lipsand blow into it with all my living breath.

NightclubA poem by Billy Collins

What ifs and Why Nots X a v i e r H i g h S c h o o l

Baccalaureate Mass Homily

We are all so foolish,my long bebop solo begins by saying,so damn foolishwe have become beautiful without even knowing it.

NightclubA poem by Billy Collins