Principal's Notes: Friday, July 2, 2010

Summer Friday Notes
July 2, 2010

Dear Families,
Happy Fourth of July!!! You’re getting this early! Because I’m going on vacation!!!! While I’m away, Mandy is at your service and will be able to assist if you should need anything. I will be in contact with her and have availability to e-mail so everything should go smoothly (smile). Friday morning about 9:30 a.m. the children and teachers will begin their parade which encompasses the entire campus, plus visiting the Sisters. The art classes have made some beautiful props and I even here we have a guest appearance of Uncle Sam, himself.

Remember Monday, July 5th we are closed.

Next week we have “Silly Stars” and will be entertained by Chester the Clown. Children are encouraged to wear a silly hat. To cover Chester’s charge, all are asked to bring $2.00. The performance is for students from LC 4 – Group C.
The week of July 12th, we focus on the talents of our children. There is a Talent Show featuring any of those who volunteer to share their special talent at 9:30 a.m. on July 16.

This past Wednesday, our Divine Cheerleaders represented Villa Teresa well in entertaining the residents of Great Lakes Nursing Home. The guest of honor was 94 years old.

Girls who are interested in participating in Girls Scouts – there is a meeting on the following Mondays – July 12 and 26 at 3:30 p.m.

Mark your calendar for Thursday, July 22 – Family Fun Night! 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. It’s a potluck picnic (bring enough for your family and possibly one other family – the same size as yours). LC 3 (meat); LC 4 (vegetables); Kindergarten (salads); Grades 1-5 (chips and dips); staff (paper goods); New families (desserts).

About 20 people attended the chair/co-chair meeting last Tuesday. What a great way to start our school year. We so appreciate your enthusiasm to help Villa Teresa School.

Menu for July 1-9, 2010
Thursday, July 1 – Pork ribletts, carrots, mixed fruit, milk
Friday, July 2 – Bologna sandwiches with cheese, pickles, corn on the cob, watermelon, milk
Tuesday, July 6 – Barbeque on buns, pork and beans, apricots, milk
Wednesday, July 7 – chicken fajita soft tacos, lettuce, refried beans, peaches, milk
Thursday, July 8 – Spaghetti, garlic bread, green beans, pears, milk
Friday, July 9 – Chicken patties, mashed potatoes and gravy, sliced bread, peas, milk

Immersed in Christ (Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time) Putting Ministry in Focus

INVENTORY: What did Jesus come to give us? – not “pie in the sky when we die,” but on this earth? What does being a Christian do for you here and now? How do you experience your religion? As restricting? As depressing? As threatening? How do you experience Church?
INPUT: The prayers of Sunday’s Mass contrast Jesus’ promise of “joy that lasts forever” to the “empty promises of passing joy” held out by sin. We see the promise of God in relationship to the reality of life as we know it in this “fallen world,” and we ask him to “free us” and “purify us” from sin. But our focus is on the hope restored by Jesus. Christianity is joy. If we do not have joy, we have not understood Christianity.
Scripture: Isaiah 66:10-14; Luke 10:1-20; Galatians 6:14-18
INSIGHT: Do you see that Christianity is “life to the full” – both now and forever?
INITIATIVE: Re-read the five principles of ministry (Found in Luke –1. Rejoice; 2. be disciples-students of the word; 3. Be prophet bearing witness to the values of Christ; 4. Be priests – present our bodies as a living sacrifice communicating to others the invisible life of God within us; 5 Be stewards – think of ourselves as servants of Christ. Embrace these principles as your way of life.

*** Please pray for Fr. David Knight, author of Immersed in Christ – who recently has had a recurrence of prostate cancer. Even though sick, he is rapidly writing his last condensed version of Immersed in Christ which will summarize the whole program. He has been such a gift to the Church and will continue to be.