I love you, Lord, my strength.

~Psalm 18

Three Ways to Keep Your Faith Going Strong

1. Go to Mass. Making Mass a regular part of your family's week reinforces the message that God loves us through all seasons.

2. Celebrate the Family Meal. At the center of our Catholic faith is a family meal (the Eucharist). Try to sit down to dinner together as often as possible and especially on Sundays. Talk, tell stories and pray together while you eat - this is what Jesus did and what we do every time we celebrate Mass.

3. Talk about God. Remind kids that their faith is their foundation - they can always lean on God. Encourage kids to talk to God in good times and bad, and to pray for others as well as themselves.

Bring the Gospel Home 

October 26

Matthew 22:34-40

A lawyer asked Jesus a question (to see if He really knew the law): "Which commandment is the greatest?" Jesus put the whole law into one by saying we are to love God above all. But He added a second part: "and love your neighbor as yourself."  The people listening knew both these commandments, but the two had never been made as one before.

Meditation: Do you have family rules that help you to reach out and love others?

Source: October 2014 Take Out, Family Faith on the Go

National Parish Religious Education Week

The week of November 2-8 is National Parish Religious Education Week. Here at St. Anne's we have 20 catechists handing on the faith to 270 students who regularly attend classes on Sunday mornings. Our youth ministers serve 70 middle and high schoolers. We have 28 adults preparing through the RCIA process to receive the Sacraments of Initiation at the Easter Vigil. Countless adult Catholics regularly attend Bible Studies, theology classes, and spiritual enrichment gatherings on a weekly basis.

Booster Club BBQ Sale

The St. Anne-Pacelli Booster Club is selling fully-cooked, center cut BBQ Boston Butts. Tickets are $25 and are available from any St. Anne-Pacelli student athlete or in the school office. Pick-up will be Friday, November 7, from 3 to 7 p.m. or Saturday, November 8, from 9 a.m. to Noon. 

Join the Viking Family!

St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School is hosting an Open House for prospective families on Sunday, November 16, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Anyone interested in preschool through high school is invited to attend. 

Tour the campus, meet the teachers, get admissions information, and find out about athletics and extracurricular activities.  

Please visit www.BeAViking.com, or email/call Julie Davis at 706-561-8232, ext. 271 for more information.