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This year we welcome two new formation instructors
Br. Brett Taira LC and Kate Jamicky
As we welcome our 2012-2013 formation instructors, we also want to wish the best to Brother Dustin and Ms. Sonia Baldwin who served last year. While we may still see Br. Dustin on campus, this fall he will begin his new work of traveling before
his year of studies in Rome next year. Ms. Sonia will also be on campus from
time to time; however, she will be working full time at the home of the Consecrated
members in North Lake tending to management of the house (in which 12 other
consecrated members live) as well as technical support.
Formation instructors work to provide our
students the personal attention required for their integral formation with an
emphasis on spiritual and character formation. They seek to get to know all of
our students, and work with each one, primarily in grades 3-8, to achieve their
personal formation goals and to become the best they can be. You may see our formation instructors helping with arrival and dismissal, playing at recess with the students, running the contests and campaigns,
preparing students for Mass, teaching students how to pray, teaching Catholic
Formation classes, preparing the liturgies for special occasions, assisting
faculty members, as well as numerous other areas in the school (e.g., hosting
the Mother Daughter event or the Father Son Camp Out). We are blessed to have
them as part of our faculty and staff at Everest Academy.
Br. Brett Taira was born in Santa Barbara,
California and raised in sunny Orange County. He graduated from Mater Dei High
School in Santa Ana in 2000. From 2000-2004, he double majored in Philosophy and
Electrical Engineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas. While studying at
Rice, he was employed part-time by the university as a programmer and web
developer. On the Easter Vigil of 2002, Br Brett entered the Catholic Church. He
began working with Mission Youth, and college campus ministry. In the summer of 2004, he entered the
Novitiate of the Legionaries of Christ in Cheshire, CT. In 2006, he made his
religious profession, taking solemn vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
From 2006 to 2007, he studied classical humanities in Cheshire. While in Cheshire,
Br Brett taught CCD for 5th grade at St. Bridget’s parish, and also
organized and participated in door to door missions in various parishes in both
the Hartford and Bridgeport Dioceses. From 2007 to 2011, Br Brett studied in
Rome at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, obtaining both a
Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in philosophy. While in studying in Rome, he
served as a tour guide for St Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican Museums,
participated in founding the International Leadership Semester study-abroad
program, and served in the of the General Secretariat of the Legionaries of
Christ.
In 2011, Br Brett returned to the
United States working initially in Florida and later in the Midwest. He has
resided in Chicago since October 2011. He will be serving as formation
instructor for Everest Academy and East Lake Academy as well as working with
local Conquest boys’ clubs, and running youth retreats and camps in the Greater
Chicago Area.
Kate Jamicky is a consecrated woman of Regnum Christi. She has been consecrated for five years. She grew up in New Jersey and is the second oldest of five children.
In 2011, Kate received a Bachelor of Arts degree in religious and pastoral studies from Mater Ecclesiae College in Greenville, Rhode Island. During the 2011-2012 school year, she traveled throughout the Midwest working as a formation guide for Challenge Clubs. She will be joining us as formation instructor for the girls at Everest Academy. Kate will also be working with the local Challenge girls club, and running youth retreats and camps in the Greater Chicago Area.
The Pilgrim Queen
Pray together as a family and honor Mary as a special guest in your home.
Prayer for Everest
Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for making Everest Academy a reality. With the aid of the Holy Spirit, may we touch the lives of many people and bring to our community the joy of knowing and loving Jesus Christ. We thank Our Mother Mary for her help and ask for her continued care and protection. Amen.
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Lean on Me Holy Hour
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