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Sunday, November 20, 2016
Thanksgiving week is here! We hope you will plan to join us for Advent Wreath Making & Blessing on Monday night at 6:30pm and Thanksgiving Mass on Wednesday morning at 10am.
Remember that Wednesday is a half day - students will be released at 11:45 & noon.
If your family will be taking an extended Thanksgiving vacation,
please
email Barb
so she can mark your student(s) out.
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Advent Wreath Making & Blessing - Monday at 6:30pm 
At O'Hara, we have a long tradition of gathering together to help families prepare for Advent by making Advent wreaths. An Advent wreath is simple to make and can be used throughout Advent. You simply light one candle each week, adding the flame to 1 additional candle every Sunday as Christmas approaches; watch as your dark room is illuminated more and more, as the coming of Christ nears.
We hope you & your family will join us to take part in this special O'Hara tradition! This year's party is taking place Monday, November 21st, at 6:30 pm in the cafeteria.
Wreath rings ($6) and candles ($4/pack) will be available for purchase, and greenery, ribbon & wire will be available for families to make their wreaths. Families are encouraged to bring their own scissors and any extra ribbon or other decorative elements to add to their wreath. Light refreshments will also be available for purchase.
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Civil War Special Dress Day this Tuesday 
Staff & students are encouraged to wear their UO or OSU tops with jeans this Tuesday in celebration of the Civil War Football Game this Thanksgiving Weekend! Students that do not wish to wear a themed top must wear a regular uniform top. Students that do not wish to wear jeans must wear a regular uniform bottom.
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Parent Prayer Group meets this Wednesday
Parents are encouraged and invited to gather in the chapel on Wednesday morning at 9:35am for prayer and reflection prior to the start of Mass. This group meets before each Mass at O'Hara; please come to pray for our school and our students.
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Mass Dress Requirements for Wednesday
All boys must wear a white button down shirt and a uniform tie, with khaki or navy uniform pants. Shorts are not permitted.
All girls must wear one of the following:
Uniform skirt & white button down shirt
Uniform dress
Uniform jumper with white shirt underneath
No pants or shorts are permitted
Please remember, students will not be permitted to change clothes after Mass.
The disruption and delay to our school day caused by the large number of students changing clothes necessitates this rule. (Boys are permitted to remove their ties and store them in backpacks after Mass.) Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
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The hours for the fall book fair will be as follows:
Monday, November 28: 10am - 3pm
Tuesday, November 29: 9am - 3:30pm
Wednesday, November 30: 12noon - 3pm
PreSchool - 5th grade students will have class time to visit the library; Middle School students will be able to visit the book fair as arranged with their teachers. Parents are welcome to visit the book fair during the school day.
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| Christmas Giving at O'Hara |
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During the upcoming Christmas season, we invite our families to take part in our school-wide community giving drives. Please read below for the details. We hope your family will consider supporting these causes in whatever capacity you are able. Thank you for partnering with O'Hara to teach and encourage generosity & charity to our children.
At
our Monday Morning assembly on the 14th, we officially launched our 2016 Toys for Tots Toy Drive.
Toys for Tots is an official activity of the United States Marine Corps. The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens.
We hope your family will join us in our efforts to help the Marine Corps. and our local fire departments to collect and hand out toys to children in Lane County this Christmas season.
Our goal this year is to collect 1 gift per student!
Helping our own
Every year, O'Hara collects gift cards that are distributed to help our own O'Hara families in need. If you are able to contribute gas gift cards, grocery store gift cards or gift cards for clothing or toys, please drop them at the front office for Mrs. Conway by Wednesday, December 14th.
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O'Hara's 2017 Auction: Your Help Needed!
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DECORATIONS
If you can help by donating or lending any of the following items, please drop items off to
Danielle Hauser.
-Wine Corks (will not be returned)
-Brown, flip-top beer bottles
(empty & clean please. These can be returned - if you'd like them back, please mark with your name) (
click here for an example image)
-We would also like to borrow German Beer Steins. If you have one or more that you would be willing to lend, please mark it with your name, and we will return it to you after the auction.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Donation Request Phone Calls: Preparations and planning are underway for O'Hara's 2017 Auction and volunteers are needed to make follow up donation request phone calls to local business donors. If you would like to learn more or sign up to help, please contact
Amy Londahl
, Silent Auction Chair (541-514-1369).
Donation Pickup Drivers: Drivers are needed to make local donation pickups. These pickups will primarily take place in January and February, on an as-needed basis. If you would like to learn more or sign up to help, please contact
Amy Londahl
, Silent Auction Chair (541-514-1369).
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SILENT & LIVE AUCTION DONATIONS NEEDED
Our Silent and Live Auction Committees are hard at work putting together great packages for our bidders! To help make our auction a success, we ask that every O'Hara family help by procuring or donating an item or package.
Click
HERE to view a wish list for our
Silent Auction.
If you would like additional ideas or have questions, please contact
Amy Londahl
, Silent Auction Chair.
If you can help with a connection or a donation for a larger package that might go in our
Live Auction
, please contact
Kate Hudson
, Live Auction Chair.
O'Hara's auction is the school's largest fundraiser of the year and we are grateful for the help and generosity of our families to make it a success!
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Job Opening at St. Mary Catholic Church
Position
: Business Manager
Job Description:
St. Mary Catholic Parish
has an opening for a full time, 12 month, benefited Business manager. Must be proficient in QuickBooks, have a strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), including double entry accounting, and demonstrate office computer skills including Excel, Word and data base systems. Experience with full cycle accounting, budgeting and financial analysis is expected, along with great verbal skills to convey data and analysis to leadership team. An accounting degree is required, with three to five years experience in the accounting environment. Practicing Catholic preferred. Bilingual: English/Spanish preferred.
Location:
St. Mary Catholic Church, 1062 Charnelton St., Eugene, OR 97401
Category:
Accounting/Finance
Terms:
Full Time Employee
Experience:
2-5 years
Education:
Graduate/Undergraduate degree
Base Pay:
$40,000 - $45,000
Deadline:
November 30
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Carmel of Maria Regina 2017 Calendars For Sale
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O'Hara's Christmas Programs (December 6 & 7)
PreSchool - 4th Grade
students have specific dress/costume requirements. Please look for an email from your room parents for details.
5th - 8th Grade students should wear their Christmas best. (Girls: shoulders must be covered and hem length should be no shorter than 3" above the knee.)
7th graders may bring a pair of sunglasses to use as a prop.
8th graders may bring a hawaiian lei to use as a prop.
All Students
are required to attend the Christmas Programs. For students in grades 5-8, failure to attend will result in an automatic grade reduction. Exemptions are given only in extraordinary circumstances by the administration.
A webcast will be made available for both program nights.
The weblink will be emailed out as we get closer to the programs.
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FIP Hours at O'Hara
Parents will now have access to enter FIP hours from your home computers and from the O'Hara app. The link to login is located under our
Family Login Menu, in the password protected portion of our website. (reminder, this year's password is: lovemercy)
Thank you to O'Hara parent Lucy Castaldo for the incredible amount of time she has spent making this new feature work for O'Hara.
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Scoreboard Operator and Scorekeeper Needed
We are in need of volunteers to run the scoreboard and be the scorekeeper at home middle school basketball games. No prior experience or ties to the team are necessary. Games begin at
4:30pm,
and usually wrap up by
7:30pm
. Contact our athletic director, Mr. Milliron, if you are interested or want to learn more.
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| Important links for our families |
Dress Code
O'Hara's App for smartphones
O'Hara's app is available by searching the app store for: web4u ocs
Returning Parents: NEW VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS
New Parents: VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS
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| Featured Saint: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini |
St. Frances Cabrini is the Italian-born founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart and the first United States
citizen to be canonized. Maria Cabrini was determined from her childhood to make religious work her life's vocation. After teaching in Italy in Vidardo (1872-74), she was appointed supervisor of an orphanage in Codogno (1874). In 1877 she took her vows and soon after became known as Mother Cabrini. She founded (1880) the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. She planned to found a convent in China, but Pope Leo XXIII
directed her to "go west, not east," and she sailed with a small group of sisters for the United States in 1889. Their work in the United States was to be concentrated among the neglected Italian immigrants. This journey was the first in a series that took her through the Americas and into Europe.
She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1909. Although plagued by ill health most of the time, Mother Cabrini established 67 houses - one for each year of her life -in such cities as Buenos Aires, Paris,
Madrid, and Rio de Janeiro.
She also founded several schools, hospitals, and orphanages. Mother Cabrini is very near and dear to many hearts in the Western United States, as she became a U.S. Citizen in Denver, CO, and spent her final years in Seattle, WA.
Byname: Mother Cabrini
Original name: Maria Francesca Cabrini
Born: July 15, 1850, Sant' Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Italy
Died: Dec. 22, 1917, Chicago
, Illinois, U.S.
Canonized: July 7, 1946
Feast Day: December 22
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St. Frances Cabrini Prayer
Fortify me with the grace of your Holy Spirit and give your peace to my soul that I may be free from all needless anxiety, solicitude and worry.
Help me to desire always that which is pleasing and acceptable to you so that Your Will may be my will.
Grant that I may rid myself of all unholy desires and that, for your love, I may remain obscure and unknown in this world, to be known only to you.
Do not permit me to attribute to myself the good that you perform in me and through me, but rather, referring all honor to your Majesty, may I glory only in my infirmities, so that renouncing sincerely all vainglory which comes from the world, I may aspire to that true and lasting glory which comes from you.
Amen
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