LENTEN SOUP SUPPERS -
At our first Lenten Soup Supper, $184 was collected
for the St. Clare Parish in Waveland Mississippi destroyed by Hurricane
Katrina. Last fall, our school families contributed clothes and
much needed supplies to get their school year started. Our Outreach
Advocacy Committee has been corresponding with their Financial Council
Chairman to determine how else our parish may assist them.
Following is some recently gathered information:
U The eye of Hurricane Katrina hit land just a few miles from Waveland,
Mississipi totally destroying much of the town and leveling the St.
Clare Church and School.
U Before Katrina, there were 800 families in the parish; now there are
only about 200.
U Before Katrina, there were 174 children in their school; now there
are 117
U The school is functioning in temporary Quonset hut tents.
U They have permission to rebuild the church and rectory but no
decision has been reached on rebuilding the school. They don't know
how much insurance money they will get.
U Financial assistance to keep the school going until May is needed as
many of the parents no longer have income and are not paying tuition.
U All of the church statues were either lost or damaged and they would
like to have St. Clare statues as an icon of hope for their new church.
U Many of the parishioners are still cleaning the homes that are left
and are in need of building supplies and tradesman to complete repairs.
U A new pastor was scheduled to arrive on January 21st to begin the
reconstruction plans.
Some of the funds raised from our Lenten Soup
Suppers may be used to provide a new St. Clare statue to the Waveland
parish or make a donation to the school. Our Outreach Advocacy
Committee is also exploring the possibility of gathering a work party
from all the St. Clare parishes in the US to help rebuild their
church as it is most likely that insurance money may only be enough for
the building materials.
Thank you for your generous support last
week! Please continue to attend Mass and Soup Suppers during this
Lenten season to help build the collection for those in need in Mississippi.
NATIONAL
LIBRARY WEEK
APRIL
2ND - APRIL 8TH
We will be celebrating National Library Week April
2nd - 8th at St. Clare School.
First sponsored in 1958 National Library Week is a national observance
sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries across the country.
It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and
librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of
libraries, including school and public, participate. We will be
celebrating reading and books with fun activities in the library during
this special week. The students will also each get a bookmark to
take home as well.
KINDERGARTEN SCHEDULE CHANGES
¨ April 6th - All kindergarten attend in the morning (8:05 a.m. - 1l:00
a.m.) - School Seder Meal
¨ April 24th - A.M. kindergarten attend as normal (No p.m.
kindergarten) - Noon Dismissal
¨ April 25th - P.M. kindergarten attend in the a.m. (No a.m.
kindergarten) - Noon Dismissal
¨ April 28th - All kindergarten attend in the a.m. (8:05 - 11:00 a.m.)
- Fitness Challenge.
APRIL
24TH & 25TH CONFERENCES
Conference sign up sheets are going home
today. Conferences are only held at the request of you or your
child's teacher. If you have concerns or a conference has been
requested by a teacher, please mark down three times you are able to
attend. We are asking that divorced families meet together to
create more time slots for everyone to conference. Conference forms
are due back Monday, April 3rd and NOT Monday, March 20th
as stated in the form you will receive. Confirmation slips will be
sent home no later than Friday, April 7th to allow you time to make any
arrangements necessary to make your conference time.
LAST NEWSLETTER BEFORE SPRING BREAK
This is the last newsletter before spring break so
please remember that on Saturday night, April 1st you set your clocks
AHEAD one hour. We wouldn't want sixth grade to miss their bus to
outdoor school on Sunday, April 2nd or have everyone show up an hour late
on Monday, April 3rd.
HOLY WEEK MASS SCHEDULE
Holy Thursday: 7:00 p.m.
Mass
Good
Friday: 7:00 p.m. Service
Holy Saturday: 8:30
p.m. -
Mass with reception following
Easter Masses:
7:30 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
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