St. Pius X, TIGER TALES

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR

VOLUNTEER COACHES!!! Although school just began, our volunteer coaches have been hard at work for several weeks already – please take the time to thank these volunteers that give so much of their time and talent to our sports programs! Varsity Football Mark Gates, Michael Rochester, Marcellus

Breedlove, Lee Herrera, Sam Carter, Alex Fierro, & Mitch Gates

JV 6th Football: Paul DiBiase, Mike Mendoza, and Julian Rodriguez , Chris Kleinmeier, Mr. Delaney

JV 5th Football Kevin Morel, Mike Rangel, Eddie Lara, Ralph Fierro

5th Grade Volleyball Cynthia Cameron, Elizabeth Rochester, Lettie Flores, & Kat Cameron

6th D2 Volleyball-Blue Terri Colley & Marsha Maldonado 6th D2 Volleyball-White Kevin Pham & Sony SolCruz 7th Grade D2 Volleyball Tina Nunez, Rafael Hernandez, & Brianna

Nunez 8th D2 Volleyball Denise Pauletti & Stephanie Rosen 8th D3 Volleyball Adrian McCann, Jackie Fowler, & Lisa Villa

Hawkins Pep Squad 3rd -6th Girls Nellie Savala & Kristi Soto Morones Varsity Cheer/Mascot Denise Pauletti & Blanca Gonzalez

Swimming Darren Ponewash, Hosea Baker, & Velvet and

Jessi Jordan

Cross Country Mike Mendoza & Tony Maceda

Pastor, Fr . Michael Guadagnol i

Parochia l V icar , Fr . Paolo Capra

Pr iest in Res idence, Fr . Rudy Garcia

Fr . Loyd Morr is

Pr incipa l , C indy Elwood

Contents

Thank you 1

Upcoming Events 1

Boys Scout Night 2

Shout outs 2

2012-2013 Calendar 3

Music News 3

Safe Environment 4

Vocation Walk 5

Sports Corner 6

Upcoming Events

Sept 6 Altar Serving

Training @

3:30pm

Sept 7 1st Friday Mass

8am

Sept 7 Pep Rally @2:15

Sept 9 Pool Party

@ KC 799

from 1-6pm

Sept 10-14 Virtus Lessons

Sept 11 PTO meeting @

7pm in Gym

Sept 13 All School Mass

@ 8am

6 Sept 2012

Volume 3, I s sue 3

Our 1st early dismissal is Sept 28th at NOON

for Fair Day.

St. Pius X, TIGER TALES

Thank you to Ginger Farrell, our awesome Athletic Director. We

appreciate your hard work.

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“The TIGER

WAY is to be

gracious and

respectful to

God, ourselves,

and each

other.”

Growing Hearts and Minds the

Tiger Way.

School Newsletter

Dear Wonderful

SPX Parents,

Thank you for the

great start this

school year.

Thanks for all you

do in advance.

Cindy Elwood

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Shout outs! …to all of our football coaches and players -- your hard work will pay off. Good luck this weekend.

Catholic

Corner by Sister-Know-It-All

Are we required to

abstain from meat on all

Friday's of the year?

Boy Scout Recruitment Night All boys in grades 1 through 8 are invited to Join Scouting on Thursday, September 6th at 7 PM in the Scout Room. Boy Scouts is a tried and true program that builds character in our young boys, while having fun at the same time. Don’t miss the opportunity. For more information call Gerry Kennedy 972 740 7252 or email at gerardkennedy@verizon.net

Prayer Warriors --Please pray for Judy Hall’s

grandson

--Please keep Jake Jaresh’s

grandmother in your prayers.

--Please pray for Michelle Crist’s

dad who is in the hospital.

--Please pray for the repose of the

soul of Deacon Schell’s mom .

--Please pray for the intentions of

Darlene Tobin.

Jensen family Celebrates! By Jerry Jensen

The results are in and after a long

wait; the urn which I made for a St.

Pius parishioner was awarded First

Place in wood turning/carving at the

2012 Texas State Fair. It will be on

display in the Creative Arts Building

(behind the Cotton Bowl) throughout

the duration of the fair. Many

thanks to all of the parishioners that

have helped support me in this

effort!

Ryan Jensen’s aunt Gina, my sister

Gina Jensen Paschall, won first

place and a Best of Show for this

hand quilted rug at this year's fair.

.

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Calendar 2012-2013 Sept. 28 Early dismissal Oct. 12 Early dismissal Oct. 26 Holiday Nov. 21 Early dismissal Nov. 22-23 Thanksgiving holiday Dec. 21 Early dismissal Dec. 24-Jan 4 Christmas holidays Jan. 18 Early dismissal Jan. 21 Holiday Feb. 15 Early dismissal Feb. 18 Holiday Mar 11-15 Spring Break Mar 28 Early dismissal Mar 29 Holiday April 1 Bad weather day April 19 Early dismissal May 3 Bad weather day May 27 Holiday May 31 Last day of

school/Early dismissal

EARLY DISMISSAL IS AT

NOON

St. Pius X

3030 Gus Thomasson Rd

Dallas, TX 75228

Phone:

972-279-2339

E-mail:

celwood@spxdallas.org

Principal

mwhite@spxdallas.org

Administrative Assistant /

Admissions Coordinator

pcruz@spxdallas.org

Receptionist/Attendance

Clerk

amendoza@spxdallas.org

Development Director

Catholic Corner – Answer

The US bishops encourage all American Catholics to abstain from meat on Fridays — but if we can find a more effective type of penance to perform on Fridays, we are invited to do so. Our bishops have given each of us the green light to decide for ourselves how best to make our Fridays penitential. Some Catholics have wrongly interpreted this as meaning simply that “we don’t need to abstain from meat on Fridays anymore,” without replacing that abstinence with another form of penance! We are actually required to perform some kind of penance every Friday. Sincere, practicing Catholics who honestly do not know of this obligation are of course not culpable for failing to follow it.

Leeway was given because changing circumstances, including economic, dietary, and social elements, have made some of our people feel that the renunciation of the eating of meat is not always and for everyone the most effective means of practicing penance. Meat was once an exceptional form of food; now it is commonplace. Accordingly, since the spirit of penance primarily suggests that we discipline ourselves in that which we enjoy most, to many in our day abstinence from meat no longer implies penance, while renunciation of other things would be more penitential.

Choir News

BOYS’ CHOIR – Parent Volunteers are

needed for the St. Pius Boys’ Choir. A

minimum of 3-4 parents are necessary in

order to assist with “crowd control,”

discipline, set up and

dismissal. (Approximately 40 boys are

expected to be in this year’s choir.) The

Boys’ Choir meets on Mondays from 2:50 pm

– 3:30 pm in the music room. This choir will

meet through December. Please contact

Ms. Crist directly at mcrist@spxdallas.org if

you are interested in volunteering or need

additional information.

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM – is scheduled for

Thursday, December 20 at 7 pm in the

church. If your child is in 2nd-8th grade and

in music class this semester, he/she is

REQUIRED to attend. The St. Pius Boys’ Choir

and The Angelics are also required to

attend.

Remember

to sign up

for

eventlink.co

m- this will

allow you to

see all the

events for

the year.

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2011-2012

Yearbook Sales!

If you missed out on the 2011-2012 yearbook, they are still available for purchase! Checks may be made payable to St. Pius School for $30. If you have any

questions, please contact Perla Cruz in the school office or

email her at pcruz@spxdallas.org.

Safe Environment Training

St Pius X will be offering NEW volunteer Safe Environment trainings for ALL Volunteers in the parish (including

School parents, CCD teachers, Early Care Parents and Eucharistic Ministers, etc. in both English & Spanish). See

dates and times on the website. NOTE: if you’ve NEVER completed paperwork for Safe Environment please

complete the screening form at http://dallas.setanet.org prior to attending training.

Additionally, for those previously cleared volunteers who prefer to update their annual training on-line may do so

by following the steps below. Contact Ginger Farrell with any questions, at 972.279.6155 x146 or

gfarrell@spxdallas.org.

UPDATE YOUR ANNUAL TRAINING:

Go to the link http://dallas.setanet.org

From this page Click ‘My Obligations’ (in grey)

Type your name / address (Click enter)

From this page check your info for accuracy and click ‘Update & Continue’

From this next page – Click ‘View All On-line Training options’ (top of page)

Choose one of the trainings in the list; view the video, answer questions, and submit on-line to complete.

Ginger Ginger Farrell Safe Environment Director & Athletic Director 972.279.6155 x146 972.686.7510 (fax)

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