FATHER'S TWO-CENTS WORTH

                                                                                                                                                           

I know!  I missed last week because I was away.  However, I will make my comments short, since I am writing this way before I even went to Iowa.

 

This week is Catholic School’s Week, and is a very important week in our parish life.  Our Holy Childhood School is a very good school and shows its worth in the many students who have graduated from it.  I can’t say that all were stars;  however, many went on to excel in high school and from there to college.  Many others excel in various other ways, such as being good Catholics, good parents, and good workers.  Our school provides the foundation for the student’s future life, both here and into eternity.  For many, it remains as a foundation and a frame-work.  For others, it goes further and is “fleshed out” in various ways of stewardship to church, family, and community.  What is so important is that our school tries to give a good education with high Catholic values.  It does that! How it is received and developed depends on the student, the receiver, and the student’s family and peers.  However, if we do not plant the seeds, the plants, or trees, will not get a start.  Our school—faculty and staff, work hard to give their best for all of our students.  Their work is a vocation—not merely a job.  We thank them for their dedication, their efforts, and their love of the students.  Send them a “thank-you” note this week, and assure them of your support.  As pastor, I sincerely thank our principal and all of the teachers, and offer prayers for them every day.  May God bless them!  May God bless all who support our school personally and through the parish!

 

In line with this, I also want to thank all of our PSR teachers who give so generously of their time and talents to enlighten our students who do not attend Holy Childhood School.  So often, theirs is a thankless task because they work to accomplish in one period a week what takes place over five periods a week in HC School.  They depend heavily on the support and cooperation of the parents and the family, and do an excellent job.  They too, need our prayers and appreciation of the parish as they strive to “spread the good news," and prepare our children for their lives in the world, and into eternity.  May God bless every one of them!  They are doing us a service and we need to let them know that we appreciate all that they do also.  Let them hear from you!

 

I will be coming back Thursday evening.  I will be saying Mass in the school on Friday morning in celebration of Catholic School’s Week.  I will be taking communion to the nursing homes, but will delay visiting the home-bound until the following Friday.

 

Have a good week and enjoy God’s blessings, especially His love and gifts as you grow in prayer!

 

 

 

Announcement for Parents: Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 6th.

PSR will be collecting dry goods for the Food Pantry as a Lenten service project.

The 8th grade will be heading up this project and will be responsible for

collecting and assigning items to each grade.

The food pantry is in need of paper towels, tooth paste & brushes,

dish soap, face soap, toilet paper, lotion, shampoo, etc.

PSR will be collecting these items during the six weeks of Lent.

Thank you for your help. 

 

 REMINDER The 2nd grade students will be receiving First Reconciliation

on February 7th, 2008 at 7 PM in the church.

 

Mark your Calendar: There will be NO PSR on

February 17th-President's Day weekend.