September 28, 2011

Dear Parents,

“...St. Michael, the Archangel...”

Michael, Gabriel, Raphael--when some people hear these names, they may think of Ninja Turtles about whom a movie was made a few years ago. But long before these cartoon characters had these names, God’s great Archangels were in the business of battling the woes of the world. Michael, God’s Warrior, battles with Satan in the Book of Revelation; Gabriel, God’s Messenger, delivers the good news of the coming Messiah to prophets in the Old Testament and to Mary, Joseph and others in the New Testament; and Raphael, God’s Healer, delivers wellness to Tobias and his family in the Old Testament. Their feast day comes up this week on September 29th, and that of all the Guardian Angels is celebrated on October 2nd, though this year, it falls on a Sunday and so, will not receive the attention it should. These Spirit Guardians watch over us and continue to carry our prayers and messages to God each day. Through our prayers to these angels, the evils of our time continue to be fought and will be overcome. We have that on God’s Promise--not on some cartoon characters!

Special thanks to Sharon Phelps and her Cookout Crew and to all who sent in desserts for the Cookout. A total of $ 1,190.50 was made at this first Cookout--a great amount!

Special thanks to Sandy Halla and Dianna Brady for their work with Market Day, too. With the first two sales, a total of $849.23 has been earned thus far in profit-- a good start towards the goal of $5000.00.

The Auction Committee has also started selling 50/50 Tickets for the drawing to be held at the Auction on February 4th. If you would like some of these to start selling so that we have a great 50/50 Drawing, just call the office and we will gladly send some home to you.

As the economy changes, more people are seeking aid from the Food Pantry. On October 5th, there will be a STOCK OUR FOOD PANTRY COLLECTION by students of the public and Catholic High Schools. Items needed are listed on the enclosed flyer. Please be generous and send your items to school on or before October 5th. Items will be collected here as well as on home porches.

Another enclosure comes from U.S. Cellular. You can help our school by getting a voting code and then voting each day for our school, giving us an opportunity to win some money. If interested, please follow the instructions on the flyer. This contest closes on October 6th at midnight, so if you’re going to vote and encourage friends to vote for us, do it quickly!

School pictures are coming up and a flyer is enclosed for this event. Please be sure to turn in your form with check so that it is in school before Picture Day which is October 14th.

Lunch and Helper Menus are also enclosed. Please be sure to read the back of the Lunch Menu Flyer for some news about new menu items.

Scrip has obtained a few more local businesses for our program. Be sure to note the Scrip flyer that tells that Huffy’s and Phillips 66 are now available. Huffman’s Car Wash is also coming on board and will give 10% to our Scrip Program. Remember, the Scrip Schedule runs from April 1 to March 31 and you are required to make your goal by March 31st. Please do all you can to purchase Scrip on a regular basis.

Students are traveling and so permission slips are enclosed for the following grades:

Grade 4--Students will be going on the Architectural Tour of Dixon. They are to go directly to St. Mary School that day, but drivers will be needed to bring them back to St. Anne School after lunch.

Grade 3-- Students will be going to Outdoor Stewardship Class.

NOTABLE NOTES:

St. Andrew Parish is sponsoring a Breakfast Buffet on Sunday, October 16th from 7:00 to 11:30 A.M. A variety of breakfast items will be available for a great price.

A note is enclosed to all the families who have not attended a Protecting God’s Children Program. You are asked to take the program online and turn in your certificate. It will be returned to you when it has been recorded on my listing to show that you are in compliance with our Diocesan Policy. Instructions were sent home in last week’s envelope and it is very simple and probably takes about an hour versus the three hour presentation given at school. Thank you for attending to this matter as soon as possible.

Thirty days has September, and they are almost gone. May the coming month of October bring new joys and blessing to you and your family.

Sincerely,



Sister Marcianne, S.S.N.D.



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