Colin Sandall

Mr. Sandall taught as a music teacher at Hastings Middle School, Grand Island Walnut Middle School, at a school near Kansas City, and in Greeley for 12 years prior to joining Hastings Catholic Schools in the Fall of 2022. He met his wife, Anna, at Hastings College, and they have three kids, Layla, Elinor, and Henry. Mr. Sandall has written two musicals, one of which has been performed twice in Hastings, and the other was a part of the 2017 KC Fringe Festival. He speaks a little Japanese; his first teaching job was actually teaching English in Japan for a year as part of the Hastings/Ozu Sister Cities Exchange.

Favorite Bible Verse:

And the servant who was ignorant of his master's will but acted in a way deserving of a severe beating shall be beaten only lightly. Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.

Luke 12:48

Saint Thomas Aquinas, you are called by Holy Mother Church, the Angel of the Schools. Your wisdom, gathered through long meditation from the source of all wisdom, the most holy Trinity, has long been a shining light in the Catholic Church. Ignorance of the things of God is a darkness now enveloping the minds of many of our countrymen. In this darkness, we need an angel like you who will protect, foster, and nourish the schools we have, and guide and strengthen us in establishing and building newer and more adequate schools for the instruction of our children in the ways of Christ. Help and bless the generous sisters, brothers, and priests who labor so unselfishly in the classroom to spread the knowledge of Christ. Inspire our Catholic men and women to be most generous in the support of the schools we have. Grant to parents the wise generosity they need to give their child back to God when that child wishes to follow a priestly or religious vocation. Help us, Saint Thomas, Angel of the Schools, to understand what you taught, and to follow your example. Amen.