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Our school, along with St. Anthony's Family Program, packed
183 food boxes for House of Peace!!
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Nov. 29
2:30pm Brixology (Sci Lab)
2:30pm Chess Club (SAH)
Nov.30
7:45am Children's Mass - Gr. 2&7
Dec. 4
4:00pm Lessons & Carols
Dec. 5
Dec. 6
2:30pm Brixology
2:30pm Chess Club
5:30-8pm Basketball Photos (SAH)
Dec. 7
No Children's Mass
3K-5K Fieldtrip (Rudolph play)
Dec. 8
8am Children's Mass (Holy Day)
Dec. 13
2:30pm Brixology
2:30pm Chess Club
Dec. 14
7:45am Children's Mass - Gr. 1&5
Dec. 15
6:30pm All School Christmas Concert
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Parish Connection
-Nov. 30th 6:30pm Mission Trip make-up meeting (Youth Rm off PLC, enter from lower lot)
(revised from last newsletter)
-Dec. 1st 2:30pm and/or 4:30pm
Children's Choir rehearsal. Gr. 3-8 can join the choir at anytime!
-Dec. 3rd 9-11am ALL Choirs Lessons and Carols Rehearsal.
-Dec. 3rd/4th the
Giving Tree, grab a tag(s) before/or after all Masses.
-Dec. 4th/5th Family Program.
-Dec. 8th 8am
Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Holy Day Mass).
-Dec. 8th 2:30pm and/or 4:30pm
Children's Choir rehearsal. Gr. 3-8 can join the choir at anytime!
-Dec. 8th 7pm
Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Holy Day Mass).
-Dec. 10th 10-11:30am Communal Reconciliation @ Queen of Apostles.
-Dec. 10th/11th Choir Christmas Cookie Sale after all Masses. $5/plate (about 18 cookies).
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Did you know?
Our parish offers Vespers (Evening Prayer) in the Chapel every Monday from 6:30-7pm during Advent. Never been?
Consider attending 30 min of Vespers with your family this Advent season.
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Women's Advent Morning of Reflection with Mary Matestic
Take a break from work, planning,
 buying, baking, & decorating. Give
yourself the gift of this present moment!! Join us at 9am for a light breakfast followed by a reflection. Childcare will be available with preregistration. Event Cost $10, click here to register.
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O Come Little Children
December 11th, 10:15-11:45am
Join us after Mass for this fun-filled St. Anthony tradition of singing Christmas carols, enjoying a delicious breakfast, making a craft, decorating cookies, and hearing the Nativity story. All ages welcome!
Please RSVP
if you plan to attend.
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 Need a Math Tutor?
High school senior and math wiz, Jenna Lange, attended St. Anthony from 5K-8th grade.
She's been tutoring students in middle school and high school for the past two years in subjects from basic math to calculus. Jenna is available to tutor your child at your home or the local library, after school or on weekends.
Call/text Jenna at 262-853-3854 if interested.
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The adult speaker for Dec. 5, 6:25-7:25 in the PLC will be Dr. Doug Meske. All are welome.
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Do you wonder...
What the major themes of the Old
Testament are?
How we can understand the Creation accounts in Genesis? How the New Testament connects to the Old Testament?
Come for a presentation and discussion on December 3rd, 8:15am-Noon. All are welcome at this Forming the Catechetical Spirit session! Contact Ann Fons if you plan to attend and have not already registered for the entire series.
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SAL Car Stickers For You!!
New Families - Have you received your
FREE SAL car stickers? If not, they are waiting for you in the school office or request that they be sent home with your child.
Current Families - Extra stickers can be purchased from the office:
2 Large stickers - $5 ($3 ea.)
2 Small stickers - $2 ($1.50 ea.)
Please use the stickers to help promote our exceptional school!!
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2016 Advent
Parish opportunities for prayer, reconciliation and celebration during Advent can be found
HERE.
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High School Basketball
December 1st. If interested in volunteering as a coach, contact the Faith Formation office (691-9170).
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Worldwide Marriage Encounter
Inviting all married couples to experience a weekend that will enrich their marriage!
January 20-22, 2017
Brookfield Sheraton,
Brookfield, WI
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Sunday, December 4th 4-5pm
 Join us for a celebration of Scripture and Song, featuring the choirs of our parish!
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From the Desk of Ellen Knippel, Principal
Dear Parents,
Well, Advent has arrived! This morning we blessed our Advent Wreath and our student ambassador lit the candle to celebrate the first week of Advent. This year we are incorporating part of Fr. Tony's Sunday message into our candle ceremony.
Since our theme for December is BE PREPARED we talked about
staying focused on what will happen at the END of Advent: Jesus' birth! We are working hard in our classrooms
to be present for one another and
not get distracted by everything that is going on around us! Each of our classes will be focusing on child-centered, age appropriate ways to accomplish this. Find out from your child what is happening in their room this Advent!
Students also received their "prayer hats". This tradition is in its third year here at St. Anthony. Each child receives a special "prayer hat" (looks a bit like a Santa hat). Students wear this prayer hat during the day as a reminder that Advent is a "special" time of prayer and preparation.
Advent Blessings!
Mrs. Knippel
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Holy Day Mass, December 8th
Please note there will be no Children's Mass the morning of Wednesday, December 7th. Instead, the children will attend Mass at 8am on December 8th to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. If you are unable to join us at 8am, there will be a 7pm Mass.
December 13th
Dine at Culver's on Grandview Blvd.
 between 5-8pm and 10% of your purchase will be donated to our school! Our teachers will be serving the food. See you there!
Dine-in or carry-out at the Rocky's on
 Silvernail Rd. any time on this day and 15% of your purchase will be donated to our school! Don't forget to present this
Voucher at time of purchase!
Christmas Concert, December 15th
Our annual school Christmas Concert is only a couple of weeks away! Bring your video cameras and watch grades 3K-8 perform beginning at 6:30pm in church. Students should arrive no later than 6:15pm. Band students should arrive no later than 6pm. The concert is expected to be about an hour long and no longer than one and a half hours. Attire should be appropriate holiday  wear (holiday dresses for girls and dress pants with a dressy shirt/sweater/vest for boys are popular choices). Children will be on risers so please wear comfortable shoes! The band will perform first with a short intermission to remove the chairs etc. When the 3K and 4K students are done performing, they will go sit with their parents. The last song of the evening will be performed by ALL grades (3K-8) so students will come back up at the end to conclude the evening. We look forward to a wonderful Christmas concert! (This concert will not be video recorded.)
Christmas Eve Mass Student Lectors
Traditionally, the grade school students have done the readings at the Christmas Eve 3pm and 5pm liturgies. Please let
Ellen Knippel know if your family would like to participate in either of these Masses!
SCRIP Contracts Due December 31st
If you plan to participate in our school's Scrip program and have not signed and returned the
Scrip Program Agreement, please do so by December 31st. If a family earns rebate credits but has not returned the signed agreement by then, the credits will automatically be donated to school. For information about our Scrip program or the Scrip contract,
click here.
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2016 Giving Tree, December 3rd-4th
Choose a tag(s) from the tree or the basket.
 A list of the eleven agencies supported along with suggestions is available in the Gathering Space. Gift cards can be purchased from the
Scrip table. Please bring the NEW and UNWRAPPED items on the weekend of December 10th-11th. Thank you to the St. Anthony Girl Scouts for making the tree ornaments!
Service Club Opportunities for Gr. 5-8
Volunteer Near Home with your Family
Family Promise helps homeless families in our area. Our parish will be providing volunteers and meals Nov. 27th-Dec. 3rd at Gethsemane Church in Pewaukee. Four times a year our parish commits to a week of short shifts to provide food, serve a meal, or play with the children in the program. Adult volunteers must attend an orientation/training session. The next session will be in 2017. Our next scheduled week to serve will be the week of February 19th, 2017. Contact Terri Mahoney Ogden for more information.
Family Promise Donations Needed
Please consider donating an "immediate need" item to help
Family Promise and the homeless families they serve. Place items in the bin outside K3/K4 as students enter school in the morning or in the Gathering Space of church.
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win comforters!!...Gently used are ok and appreciated.
-liquid HE (high efficiency) laundry detergent for front loader
-diapers, any size larger than newborn
-dish soap
-men's and women's deodorant
-feminine hygiene products
-toilet paper
-printer ink HP950XLblack/HP951yellow/HP951Cyan/
HP951Magenta
Middle Schoolers
There are Altar Server
slots open for 5pm and 7:30am Masses this weekend. Please
Sign up!
Summer High School Mission Trips
There are a few spaces left on the Mission  Trips this summer. Register NOW on
line!! If you missed November 14th's meeting, there will be a make up meeting on Wednesday, November 30th at 6:30pm in the Youth Room off the Parish Life Center. Enter from the lower parking lot.
St. Anthony GALA 2018
Coming next week... a brainstorming meeting to set the theme for this Faith Formation Fundraiser. Contact Suzanne Kain to give her your ideas. Text her at 414-460-3248 and/or click here for information on the type of
help needed.
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The
National Geography Bee classroom competition was held last Monday in Gr. 4-8! In each grade, the students with the top two scores move on to the school competition. The alternates will participate in the absence of one of the top two winners in their class.
Congratulations to the following students!
4th grade - Maddie Unger, Dylan Kadlec and Sean Tippery (alternate)
5th grade - Briana Binagi, Claire Miller and Chase Langman (alternate)
6th grade - Joah Bodden, Mary Wimmer and Johnny Maasch (alternate)
7th grade - Jake Miller, Sydney Landry and Jack Wimmer (alternate)
8th grade - Lauren Ascher, Livi Moroney and Katie Sindic (alternate)
The school competition will be on December 21st at 1pm in St. Anthony Hall. Parents are welcome to attend!
Mrs. Hawkins' second graders put on a "First Thanksgiving" skit for family last Tuesday.
Mrs. Scholl's third graders brought in ingredients to make "stone soup."
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Celebrations
Our Phys Ed teacher,
Mike Serath, is the
new head coach of Catholic Memorial High School's Varsity Boys Basketball team! We are fortunate to have him continue here at St. Anthony and will be supporting him as he lives out his Varsity coaching dream!
First Week of Advent Prayer - HOPE
All-powerful God, help us to look forward in hope to the coming of our Savior. May we live as he taught, ready to welcome him with fervent love and faith. Amen.
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Now-December 16
$5 Scrip cards to Barnes & Noble, Panera Bread, and Starbucks are now available for sale. Stop by after Mass, send us an order through school mail, or visit
ShopwithScrip.com. They make great stocking stuffers!
Are you a business owner? Consider purchasing Scrip as employee gifts for the holidays. We have a number of $5 and $10 scrip cards available for purchase.
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Basketball Photos
D
ecember 6th in
St.
Anthony Hall
5:30pm - Dempsey - 8th Grade Boys A
5:45pm - Wallschlaeger - 7th Grade Girls
6:00pm - Dryer - 6th Grade Girls
6:15pm - Szymanski - 5th Grade Girls
6:30pm - Dampier - 5th Grade Boys
6:45pm - Dunnick - 8th Grade Boys B
7:00pm - Beckes - 7th Grade Boys B
7:15pm - Diebold - 7th Grade Boys A
7:30pm - Kober - 6th Grade Boys A
7:45pm - Gottfried - 6th Grade Boys B
8:00pm - Nimz - 8th Grade Girls
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 At the Thanksgiving Mass last Wednesday evening, Fr. Tony demonstated and suggested we use a prayer method at our family tables that he learned from one of Ann Lamott's books. Offering three essential prayers of help, thanks, and wow.
The Sunday Masses of Advent are a series. If you missed Fr. Tony's homily, you can listen to it here. |
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