Week's Events

During Catholic Education Week and Mental Health Week, we invite families to watch and participate in the following events to celebrate Catholic education. View the calendar below for more information and links.

  • System-Wide Mass and Distinguished Catholic Educator and Leader Award Ceremony: This year, recipients of the Distinguished Catholic Educator Awards, Distinguished Catholic Leader Award, and 25 Years of Service in Catholic Education will be honoured following the System-Wide Mass at St. Bernadette Parish (21 Bayly St., E., Ajax) beginning at 4:30 p.m. 

  • National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two‑Spirit People, supported by age‑appropriate learning focused on truth, remembrance, and awareness.

  • Student trustee leadership team at the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association will host a virtual Ontario Catholic Student Youth Day. All Catholic secondary schools are invited to attend.
  • The Catholic Education Week Provincial Mass will be live-streamed from the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains beginning at 11:00 a.m. Please click here to join the live-stream.
  • DCDSB students and families are invited to attend the Celebrating Children and Youth Mental Health Community Fair at Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., hosted in partnership with DCDSB and Youth and Family Program at Lakeridge Health Oshawa. Please click here to learn more and register.

  • Secondary student mental health and well-being leadership team, BWell, will gather to commemorate the work they have implemented in the 2025-2026 school year.

  • Wear green in support of mental health.