Lakeshore Catholic High Schools annual “Gator Walk Pilgrimage” was a great success. Gators came out in full force to show both their school spirit and their commitment to Social Justice. This year’s Gator Walk took place on Friday October 27th and also included the grade 7 and 8 students from our Catholic Elementary family of schools who participated in Gator walk as part of their Journeys Retreat. The entire Gator student body and our feeder school guests began the day in prayer as Lakeshore Catholic came together to participate in a school wide mass, presided over by our honoured celebrant, his Excellency Bishop Bergie. At the conclusion of mass the celebration moved outside, where students and staff were treated to a free pizza lunch, games, face painting and entertainment by the Lakeshore Catholic Jam band. At the conclusion of the “parking lot party” students, staff and our gr 7&8 future gators set out on their pilgrimage walk. This year’s route took students through the Port Colborne community where they were visible to the public as they walked in solidarity and social justice for our less fortunate brothers and sisters in Dominica and at home. The theme of this year’s walk was “Walk it like you talk it” was inspired by the Drake song “ Walk it…Talk it” and embodied in the logo of this year’s pilgrimage t-shirt design by Gr 12 LCHS student Ryan Mullin. The success of this year’s pilgrimage is reflected in the overwhelming dedication of this year’s student pilgrimage committee, who spent countless hours planning and hosting fundraising activities and most importantly in the participation of the entire LC community and our family of school partners. The funds raised this year, which total just under $9,000 by the generous donations made, will continue to support our brothers and sisters in the small Caribbean island nation of Dominica and locally they will support the wonderful work of Casa El Norte in Fort Erie. The Pilgrimage at Lakeshore Catholic is more than just a 1 day event. October is unofficially now Gator Walk month, as many events and fundraisers take place including lunch time activities, colour wars points and concession sales at various school events. It is our goal to have the spirit of Pilgrimage last all year long as we work towards fulfilling the call of Social Justice. The spirit of giving is alive and well at LCHS!