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Jean Vanier School in Regina now has a new name.
The Catholic School Division announced the school for those with intensive needs will now be known as St. Maria Faustina School.
Vanier was a highly respected Catholic figure who founded L’Arche, an organisation to help those with intellectual and physical disabilities.
Following his death in Paris last year, L’Arche began an inquiry where it was revealed he sexually assaulted six women between 1970 and 2005.
“We’re pleased to have this new school name” says Principal Lesley Perrault. “When we read headlines about Jean Vanier earlier this year, we were concerned about how the association might impact our community. We know Jesus was the only human to live without sin, but we felt relief to have a new name coming. St. Faustina is someone we can pray to and learn from, and can still remember the spirit in which our school was formed. We are now the St. Faustina Heroes.”
The new name was chosen following community discussion and debate within the school board.
“St. Faustina is the Patron Saint of Mercy, and mercy is something we all need,” says Board Chair Bob Kowalchuk. “Her visions and healing are well-known, even though she’s a relatively new saint. We’re grateful to all those who submitted ideas for the name of the school.”
Pope John Paul II canonized St. Faustina in 2000. She was known for her visions of Christ and her many journals in which she recorded her prayers and visions, including that which led to what is known as the Divine Mercy Image, a globally known painting of Jesus in white robes showing two rays coming from his chest, one red and one pale.