Dear Families,
Greetings!
We are hoping for a ‘normal’ week – but wasn’t last week a blast! We
offer thanks to our fantastic committee who planned Catholic Schools
Week – Katherine Payne, Sr. Mary Frances, Tammy Valentour, Joyce Holder
and Jeanie Ciupak. We really enjoyed each day!
Representatives
from Birth Choice will pick up your donated baby items today or
tomorrow – they are in for a surprise! Thanks so much for your generous
hearts.
Tomorrow is PTO
meeting from 5:30 – 6:15 p.m. and following is the committee meeting
for our Soiree (Dinner Auction which will be held April 24). We hope to
have a lot of volunteers coming in. Our Kindergarteners will be
entertaining our PTO attendants.
Last
week, we sent home registration papers. Registration for in-house
students for summer and next fall begins February 12. Please make sure
you are current in payment before registering.
We
have a couple of additions to our calendar for February. Tomorrow
morning, we are having our January Cooperating Hearts Awards ceremony
since we were out due to inclement weather the last Friday of January.
We hope the weather cooperates this time. The other addition is Dental
Screening on February 25. There will be a short presentation on how to
take care of one’s teeth. Permission slips were distributed last week.
You are always invited to our Masses. This Friday, we welcome Fr. Jim Goin from Chickasha. The Mass is at 9:00 a.m.
Just as a reminder, the teachers have an Archdiocesan Inservice next Monday, February 15. There will be no school or daycare.
Since
Valentines’ Day is Sunday (also Vietnamese New Year’s), some classes
are having parties on Friday and some combining with Mardi Gras on
Tuesday, February 16. It’s hard to believe that Lent starts Wednesday.
Our prayer service is at 9:00 a.m. on Ash Wednesday.
Please
remember that school closings are announced through the television
service. Calling the school or convent will block efforts to contact
staff members some whom come really early in the mornings. Because
notifying the radio and televisions stations still has some kinks, I
will also be e-mailing those of you who have e-mails. The best option
is to watch the section on school closings on television or on your
computer.
Menu for February 8-12
Monday, Feb 8 – Fajitas, chili beans, diced peaches, milk
Tuesday, Feb 9 – Steak fingers, fries, peas, sliced pineapples, milk
Wednesday, Feb 10 - Chili macaroni, cooked carrots, oranges, milk
Thursday, Feb 11- BBQ chicken, green beans, sliced pears, milk
Friday, Feb 12 – Tacos, beans, sliced peaches, milk
Immersed in Christ (Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Accepting the call to Evangelize)
INVENTORY:
Do you feel called to evangelize? Have you an awareness of being called
personally, by Jesus himself? Do you think you are not good enough for
this?
INPUT:
We ask God to ‘watch over’ us as His ‘family’. We declare our ‘hope’ in
him, based on ‘faith and love’. Our faith tells us god is not just ‘the
Lord our God.’ He is our Father. This changes the kind of hope and love
we have. We are members of God’s family. We feel at home with him. When
we are in ‘our Father’s house’ we go about ‘our Father’s affairs’ as
his children. We are not servants or guests.
Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11
INSIGHT: When you judge yourself unworthy of evangelizing, what are you forgetting?
INITIATIVE: Make an inventory of what you know about the Good News that you can share.
Please
let me know if you are interested in the Wednesday Prayer hour at lunch
time – bring your lunch. It’s a wonderful way to have a moment of quiet
prayer and reflection – sharing the Faith that is such a gift to us.