DECEMBER 2015 This week we celebrate the beginning of the Advent season. It is the beginning of the liturgical year and a time of preparation for Christmas. On December 1 st we began the day with an Advent liturgy in the gym with all students and staff. As we journey through the Advent season we will celebrate as a faith community and remember that we can see Jesus in the small things that happen in our daily lives. Everyday teachers work with students to integrate our district faith theme of ‘Walking Humbly With God’ into many lessons. Upcoming Advent celebrations at the church and classroom activities all contribute to this faith theme as do all of the supporting activities you do at home. Thank you for your support of our Catholic schools and for helping us teach our children to be peacemakers. First Sunday of Advent Prayer Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Second Sunday of Advent Prayer Merciful God, who sent thy messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Third Sunday of Advent Prayer Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, and a world without end. Fourth Sunday of Advent Prayer We ask you, Almighty God, to purify our consciences by your daily visitation, that when your Son our Lord comes he may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. May the joy of the season shine through in all of us as we ‘Walk Humbly With God’. On behalf of the staff at Blessed Cardinal Newman School, May the blessings of the season be upon you.
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DECEMBER 2015
This week we celebrate the beginning of the Advent
season. It is the beginning of the liturgical year and a
time of preparation for Christmas. On December 1st we
began the day with an Advent liturgy in the gym with all
students and staff. As we journey through the Advent
season we will celebrate as a faith community and
remember that we can see Jesus in the small things
that happen in our daily lives. Everyday teachers work
with students to integrate our district faith theme of
‘Walking Humbly With God’ into many lessons.
Upcoming Advent celebrations at the church and classroom activities all contribute to this faith
theme as do all of the supporting activities you do at home. Thank you for your support of our
Catholic schools and for helping us teach our children to be peacemakers.
First Sunday of Advent Prayer
Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light,
now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last
day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life;
through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Second Sunday of Advent Prayer
Merciful God, who sent thy messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our
salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of
Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Third Sunday of Advent Prayer
Stir up your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our
sins, let your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom,
with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, and a world without end.
Fourth Sunday of Advent Prayer
We ask you, Almighty God, to purify our consciences by your daily visitation, that when your Son our Lord comes
he may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns
with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
May the joy of the season shine through in all of us as we
‘Walk Humbly With God’.
On behalf of the staff at Blessed Cardinal Newman School,
May the blessings of the season be upon you.
SCHOOL COUNCIL – MEETING Please join us for our next School Council meeting on:
Tuesday, December 8th at 7:00pm
School Library
After a brief council meeting, we will have our Annual
School Council Christmas Social with wine and cheese.
We hope you will join us for Christmas treats and visiting.
On behalf of School Council, we would like to wish
everyone a wonderful Christmas season!
FAMILY NIGHT – DINNER AND A MOVIE
School Council is pleased to once again present a Family Event for our Blessed Cardinal
Newman families! We will be hosting dinner and a movie on:
Thursday, January 21st, 2016
Dinner will start at 6:00pm in the small gym. The
movie will start at 7:00pm in the large gym.
An invitation with all details will be sent home in
January.
Aside from the optional cost of dinner (pizza), this is
a free event for our students and their families.
CHRISTMAS MARKET
Thank you to Ms. Haydt’s band students for
helping to serve in the coffee shop.
Thank you to our leadership students for
their help with clean up at the end of the day.
Thank you to the South City Jazz Band
directed by Chris Sheppard for their fantastic
music presentations throughout the day.
Thank you to the GOOD EARTH CAFÉ AND BAKERY for donating all the food, coffee and hot
