St. Katharine Drexel School News We hope everyone is having a great summer! Here are a few dates to mark on your calendar: Uniform Exchange: Sun., Aug. 8th from 3-5 p.m. in St. Michael Parish gym; Open House: Sun., Aug. 15th, 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; First day of school: Thurs., Aug. 19th; Join us for Mass on the first day of school at 8 a.m.! Early Dismissal at 11:30 a.m. on both Aug. 19th & 20th.
Questions? Call the School Office at 275-6994 or e-mail Elaine at ehearst@sfcss.org
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Baptismal Planning Class
Held the second Thursday evening of each month at 7:30 p.m. in
the Conference Room. Next class is Thursday, August 12th.
SFCS Certificates
SFCS Certificates are available at the Parish Office Monday &
Wednesday-Friday and after Masses on the weekend.
Businesses include: 10th Street Auta Wash, Applebee’s, Bagel Boy,
Barnes & Noble, Burger King, Century Theaters, Cherry Creek Grill,
CiCi's Pizza, Culver’s, Gap/Old Navy/Banana Republic, Get-N-Go,
Great Bear, Honey Baked Ham, Hurley’s Religious Goods, Inc.,
HyVee, JCPenney, Kohl's, Lewis, Look's Market, Menards, Minervas,
Olive Garden/Red Lobster, Panera, Papa Murphy's, Payless Shoes,
Perkins, Pizza Ranch, Qdoba, Scheels, Shopko, Spezia/Bracco,
Sunshine, TC's Referee, The Gas Stop, The Keg and WestMall 7
Theaters.
If you are not participating in this program, please give Laree a call
at the Parish Office for more information. It's free money for our
schools and tuition credit for your student, another student or your
future student.
Religious
Education
Click on the image above
to read a biography.
Born: November 26, 1858
Died: March 3, 1955
(Parish Feast Day)
Canonized a Saint:
October 1, 2000
“If I can say of an action: ‘I
did it out of love of God,’ it
that will last through all
eternity.”
St. Katharine Drexel
“Peacefully do at each
moment what at that
moment ought to be
done.”
St. Katharine Drexel
Image courtesy of the
Archives of the Sisters of
the Blessed Sacrament.
Image courtesy of the
Archives of the Sisters of
the Blessed Sacrament.
SF Catholic School System Position Openings: Check the
Catholic Schools’ web site for new position openings in the system at
www.sfcss.org.
Want to help out the school but don’t know how? Turn in your used
cell phones, ink jet cartridges, laptop/notebook computers, iPods,
digital cameras and digital video cameras. Your used items may be
tax deductible and will be recycled in accordance with EPA
regulations or refurbished and sold. 100% of the proceeds will help
fund St. Katharine Drexel School. Every little bit counts. We are in
need of some items for our Emergency Kits: small garbage bags,
large garbage bags, gallons of water, shower curtains, small cups,
crackers, mints, toilet paper and Scotch tape. Thanks for all your
support! For more information or questions, please call the School
Office at 275-6994.
St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Elementary School has enrolled in
Labels for Education. Thank you for your donations of Campbell
Soup labels (bar code needed) and Land O' Lakes milk jugs lids.
Please start saving your box tops, bread bag and soup can We are
also collecting Labels for Education coupons from box tops & bread
bags and Tyson Foods labels, and are now accepting Capri Sun
juice packets as well. Please bring them to our school office or drop
them in the box in the Gathering Space at church. For more
information or questions, please call Elaine at 275-6994.
Youth Retreats
Junior High Youth Rally: October 10th
Senior High Youth Rally: November 7th
SEARCH—Aberdeen: Oct 29-31st; Jan 7-9, 2011; April 1-3, 2011
SEARCH—Sioux Falls: Nov 12-14th; Feb 11-13, 2011
www.search4christianmaturity.com
RCIA: Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults
Our next meeting of the summer RCIA program will be Wednesday,
July 28th at St. Michael Parish at 7:00 p.m. The topic will be
“Penance, Reconciliation & Forgiveness”. We meet in the
Multipurpose Room. Please join us whenever a topic interests you.
MEN’S GROUP NEWS
The St. Katharine Drexel Parish Men's Group will be starting a new
program in September called "That Man Is You". Watch our parish
bulletin and this page for coming details.
WOMEN’S GROUP NEWS
The Women's Groups will be taking the summer off and will resume
meeting on Tuesday evenings in September.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION INFORMATION
It's already time to register your child for Religious Education
classes in the fall. Registrations do not carry from one year to the
next. Registration forms for the school year 2010-2011 are available
in the wall file tray next to the youth bulletin board or by clicking
here. Please fill out and return the form to the office. Cost is $30 per
student with a $5 late fee after Monday, August 23rd.
Anyone interested in teaching on Sunday or Wednesday for
Religious Education, please contact Gae at the Parish Office.