This Friday Pizza Lunch supports 6th Grade!

Pizza and Market Table volunteers are needed in the school cafeteria from 10:45am-1:15pm.  You must be VIRTUS-compliant to volunteer.  Come for the entire time or just for an hour.

 

Market Table

Appropriate items and some favorites are individually bagged popcorn, fruit snacks, chips, pretzels, cheese puffs or Jell-O and small items like bubbles, novelty pens, stickers, and mini-notepads. Please do not send in cookies or nut products. Do not send in latex items such as balloons or any item made with latex. 

For every $15 spent you earn 1 volunteer hour.

If you have any pizza questions, contact Mike or Cecelia Gilliam at  [email protected].

Knights of Columbus Pancake Breakfast

Sunday, October 15

Burke Hall

Following the 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. Masses

Pancakes, Eggs, Sausage and Rolls

Help your child's classroom compete in this month's  Box Tops for Education Collection Contest ! The contest is happening now - the final day to send them in is  Friday October 20!  The winning classroom gets to choose its big prize of either a Dress Down Day pass or a Donuts Party.

Participating is easy: Start by clipping out the bright-pink Box Tops logos from common household & food items in your home. Double-check that each Box Top isn't expired; only valid logos count. Then, put them in a Ziploc-type bag marked with your child's classroom number or teacher's name, to ensure that class gets the credit in the contest. Send the bag in via your child's backpack mail, or drop off at STM's front desk, by the deadline. That's it! Each Box Top means money for STM, and those little logos really add up! STM earned $1200 last year from this fundraiser. If you're new to Box Tops clipping, visit   www.BTFE.com/earn. ###

Registration is now open for  current STM families. 

FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING CONFIRMATION OCT 2017

Girls Retreat - October 14, 2017

Girls meet at  8:00 am in the Cathedral parking lot. Groups will be going to the Franciscan Monastery for the day and will return to the Cathedral in time to attend  5:30 pm Mass with families.

Sunday, October 22, 2:30 pm: Rehearsal Students and Sponsors

Monday, October 23, 6:00 pm: Confirmation Students and Sponsors meet in Burke Hall

7:00 pm: Confirmation Mass

FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS

Students in grades 6 to 8 are invited to participate in "SeaPerch," a STEM based curriculum project developed by MIT in which students build underwater rovers from a basic kit of everyday materials. The program introduces students to the basics of engineering and physics as they learn how to use tools to create an underwater robot, then modify their design, test and troubleshoot electrical connections, and finally remotely navigate their vehicle through a series of underwater challenges.    

The first STM Sea Perch meeting and build/revisions will be this Saturday, October 7 from 9-11 a.m. in the STM cafeteria.  Formal registration will take place at that time for new and returning middle school students. The second meeting will be the following Saturday, October 14, from 9-11 a.m. in the STM cafeteria. 

Parent attendance is an absolute requirement for this project. 

All parents must complete certain paperwork and attend Virtus training  BEFORE the first build session in order for their child to participate. All parents must attend all the build sessions and all competitions with their child.

Family Enrichment DC is offering their First Steps Course this Fall and Spring. Designed for parents of children 0-3 years old, the course utilizes case studies to enhance communication skills for parents to help you discover practical tools for raising your kids that will be useful for the rest of your life. Register quickly, since the first meeting is on October 21! See  www.fe-dc.org for more details and to register.

Parents--Please take a few minutes to log on to your FACTS account and review and pay your incidental fees.  

Auto-payments do not roll over from year to year so you may need to reactivate your incidentals account for auto-pay.  Families with an outstanding incidental account will not receive their child's report card.  If you have any questions, please contact Tara Ashworth via email at [email protected].

ATTENTION ALL STM HOOP PLAYERS!

It's time for the STM CYO basketball registration and season!   Many of you will remember that last year the Diocese adopted a new online registration system for all CYO sports.  It is mandatory that you use this system to sign up your child for basketball.

 

I have attached a link here for you to register: 

https://reg.sportspilot.com/106558/login

If you have not done so already, you must set up an account first and then register your child for their grade and team.  You also need to set up an account if you wish to coach.  All teams and classes are listed as unassigned. For grades with more than one team, your child will be assigned to a team by your coach after you register.  

A video to help you navigate the sign up can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLoIishh9k0m7Sqwe_CuSPx5nzloI-hO-6 

Couple of things to note:

Teams are forming now with the hope of getting practices started by the third week of October. No child may practice until they have fully registered and turned in their paperwork and permission slip to their coach.  These can be printed during the registration process. 

The fee this year is $80 per player for grades 3-5 and $90 for grades 6-8.   You may select to have your fees billed using the FACTs program.  The uniform deposit is still $65 per player, and we ask that you send a check to your coach for the uniforms or indicate that you wish this to be billed to your FACTs account if a uniform is not turned in at the end of the season.  Our costs are still lower than most programs in the Diocese. Any family needing financial aid should email  [email protected].  Due to the generosity of so many of our families, we have money set aside to make sure that every child that wants to play can play! 

You will be prompted to print your forms during the sign-up process. 

If you have any question about the STM CYO, please email  [email protected]. 

WE STILL NEED COACHES and Assistants FOR SEVERAL TEAMS, if we don't have a coach we won't have teams.  Right now we need head coaches for the 3rd-grade boys and 5th-grade girls teams. 

Go Royals!  

The 40 Days for Life campaign is scheduled from September 27 through November 5. Join the silent vigil at 900 S. Washington Street., Falls Church praying for the end of abortion and for the closing of the Falls Church abortion facility. Any day you can be present is a good day, but STM Cathedral parish is concentrating on the Mondays and Tuesdays in October:  anytime on Mondays and 2-4 pm on Tuesdays. Your presence outside of the abortion facility does not go unnoticed by women considering an abortion and will sometimes discourage them from going inside. You can also participate in 40 Days for Life by remembering to pray daily for the end of abortion. 

 

Clicking here will connect you to SignUp Genius. This scheduling hardware will help us ensure that all hours during our committed time are covered.

Bishop Burbidge and the Arlington Diocese are sponsoring a Pilgrim Experience for the Whole Family on Saturday, October 14th at the Basilica in Washington. The day includes a Holy Hour with reflections on the Message of Fatima, Mass, and a Eucharistic Procession to the Saint John Paul II National Shrine. To view the entire agenda visit arlingtondiocese.org/diocesanpilgrimage