Dear Families,

Below are a couple of reminders and important information for this week. 

Mass on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception – Thursday, December 8th, 2022

All school staff and families are invited to the 9:00am mass today in church. Thank you to 7B for leading our mass this morning. 

Charger Cards – Advent and Christmas Season

Do you need to buy Christmas Gifts? Don’t know what to buy? Gift Cards are the best gifts as loved ones can purchase items for themselves. The Charger Card team will be available Mondays and Fridays from 8:30am-9:30am to take your special orders for the Christmas and Advent Season. In addition, they will be open on Wednesday, December 14th between 2:15pm and 3:15pm. It is also a great opportunity to buy Charger Cards for your child’s teacher, the administrative staff, and school staff. Let them know how much you appreciate all of the hard work they have done since the beginning of the school year. Check out the Charger Card Faculty wish list HERE. 

Advent New Bethlehem Programs Supply Drive – Donation Deadline: December 12th 

Please help support the New Bethlehem Programs during Advent by donating a variety of items that include sugar packets, coffee, napkins, granola bars, toilet paper, Clorox wipes, diapers, child and adult gloves, and more. Please drop off your donated items in the St. Louise School Lobby by December 12th. For more information about New Bethlehem Programs visit: www.ccsww.org/nbp

2nd Week of Advent: Peace

This week for Advent our focus is on Peace. We see that one way that we can bring hope into the world is to be peacemakers. Peace on earth starts with us, with our attitudes towards others. Advent prayers can help us focus on this important liturgical season. Advent can help us keep in mind the true purpose of the build up to Christmas. 

Advent Prayer for the week

Dear Heavenly Father, this Advent season, we especially in need of peace. War rages on in our world. It impacts the daily lives of millions in different ways. This year, as much as ever, we need Jesus, Prince of Peace, in our world and in our hearts. During Advent, we pray that Jesus transforms our world as we await His coming again. Amen.

Non-Illness Planned Absence of Three or More Consecutive Days

With Christmas Break quickly approaching, I wanted to remind you that while we know it’s not always possible, family trips should only be planned during school vacation time to reduce your child’s time away from the valuable in person learning they receive in the classroom.

If your travel will cause your child to miss 3 or more days of school, we require the student and family complete a Planned Absence Form which you can get from the school office or your child’s teacher. This form should be completed AT LEAST five days prior to the student’s absence. You can read the full policy on planned absences here.

Have a Blessed Weekend,

Mr. Mike Fuerte

Principal

Donations & Drives

Parish

Dear Parishioners, 

Thursday, December 8, is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is the patroness for the United States of America, and so this feast is important not only for Catholics throughout the world, but also especially for all of us who live in this great country of ours. If we lived in a Catholic country, this feast would be a national holiday. It is, for all Catholics, a Holy Day of Obligation, because on this day we profess our belief that Mary, at her conception, was given the same grace that we are given at Baptism. She was preserved from the stain of original sin to prepare her to be the worthy mother of the Son of God – so that, through him, we could have that same stain washed away at Baptism. These truths are so important to our salvation that we are all obligated to attend Mass on this day.

What are we saying, when we say that December 8 is a Holy Day of Obligation? Basically, that is just as important to attend Mass on that day (and other Holy Days of Obligation) as it is to attend Sunday Mass. It is “our duty and our salvation,” as we hear in the preface of almost every Mass. As with Sunday Mass, things like sickness, an unavoidable work schedule, etc. may prevent you from attending; however, everyone should make every effort to attend. If it truly is not possible for you to attend through no fault of your own, I strongly encourage you to at least view one of our Masses (our livestream Masses are recorded, so you can view them at a time that works for you). 

I would love to see our Masses so full that we need to add another Mass for next year. Come! Let us together celebrate, with joy, this great mystery of our salvation!

Fr. Gary Zender

"Let us pray to the divine goodness for one another that His mercy may pour out on us His blessings of grace and light so that we may glorify Him eternally."

— St. Louise de Marillac

7th Grade trip to the museum of flight.

8th Grade students serving at the Salvation Army.

Saint Nicholas visit to St. Louise on St. Nicholas Day!

Congratulations to our winners this week for being excellent role models.

Widodo Karli Family

Antezana Garvizu Family