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Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School
Educating the Mind, Body, and Soul
Pelican Express
December 1-8, 2016
School Hours: 7:25 am - 2:45 pm with a
ssembly beginning at
7:45 am and c
arpool ending at 3:10 pm
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A Message from Cheri Gioe:
In the name of Christ we appear to you to be reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5:20
Several years ago while observing a religion teacher, I watched a short, four minute video called
“How Do I Go to Confession?”
The video was animated with juvenile caricatures and groovy music, but the message resonated with me and remained with me to this day. The message was this: We are all sinners. Sin happens, but God has given us a wonderful place of healing in the Catholic Church. Within the Church, we receive God’s mercy and forgiveness through reconciliation. Reconciliation begins in our hearts and ends with the satisfaction that we are not only forgiven of our sins, but strengthened to do God’s will, to live and change our lives and return to the world filled with God’s grace.
This week, I had the honor of witnessing our 2nd graders celebrate their First Reconciliation. As a Catholic School Administrator, First Reconciliation has always been one of my favorite celebrations of every school year. The children enter church reverent, pensive, nervous, serious, often reluctant to confess. After confession, their entire demeanor changes, and you can see the light of Christ radiating from them. You can see that they are filled with God’s grace, ready to return to the world, strengthened to do God’s will.
Once pensive, nervous, serious and reluctant to confess, this short video allowed me to embrace confession just like our 2nd graders did last night. Aren’t we lucky that we now have 90 plus people ready to go forth and do God’s will? Are you ready too?
In Christ,
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Important Dates for December
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December 2 - Mash-up Dress-up Day
December 5 - Drama Play 6:30pm
December 5 - 12 Los Ninos Collection
December 6 - Beta Club Meeting 7:10am / Choir & Band Concert 6:30pm
December 7 - MBS Parish Penance Service
December 8 - Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary
December 9 - Spirit Shirt Day / Pop-Top Winners Free Dress
December 13 - A/R Free Dress
December 14-16 - Middle School Exams
December 15 - Mass K-5
December 16 - St. Francis and the Nativity K-5 / 11:15am Dismissal (No afternoon buses & No afternoon extended care)
December 19 - January 1 - Christmas Holidays
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Communal Penance Service - December 7
MBS will have a Communal Penance Service on Wednesday, December 7 at 6:30pm in the Church. After a short prayer service, several priests will be available for confession of sins and absolution.
This will be repeated at:
St. Patrick Church, December 14 at 6:30pm
St. George Church, December 21 at 6:30pm
St. Jean Vianney Church, Mondays of Advent at 6:00pm
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Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary - December 8
On Thursday, December 8, a Holy Day of Obligation, we will celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary with 8:15am mass in the MBS Church.
We invite our families to join us for this Mass as we come together to honor Mary.
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Los Ninos Mission Project - December 5-12
Our second graders sponsor a mission collection for Cristo Sana a Los Ninos in Nicaragua. We are requesting a $2.00 donation from each student to help provide a monetary gift for the mission staff to use for the general support of the children in the shelter. The collection will run from
Monday, December 5 to Monday, December 12.
We encourage families to allow their children to earn this money so it may truly be a gift from them, as they give joy to a child this Christmas season. Your generosity is appreciated!
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Saint Francis and the Nativity - December 16
We close our Advent school time together looking at the story of St. Francis and the creation of the first Nativity. Mrs. Schiebe and K-5 students will present a costumed storytelling and caroling service on
Friday, December 16
at 9:15am in St. Ursula Hall.
We invite our families to join us as we give thanks for Jesus in word and song.
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Stu
dent Council
Holiday Mash-up Dress-up Day - Friday, December 2 - Student Council is sponsoring a fundraiser to support MBS Student Council activities. Students wishing to participate may make a donation to MBS Student Council. Students then choose to celebrate one or more holidays by wearing holiday-themed clothing.
Click here for more information.
Pop-Tops
- Pop tops will be collected at recess on Wednesday, December 7. The classes with the most pop-tops will have free dress on Friday, December 9.
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Beta
Homemade Christmas Tree for service project is due on
Friday, December 2.
Next meeting is Tuesday, December 6 at 7:10am.
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Cafeteria
Click
here for the December Menu.
Click here to pay your fees online.
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No Buses
Please mark your calendar...
EBR buses will not run on:
Friday, December 16
Monday, January 2
Tuesday, January 3
Wednesday, January 4
We will have 2:45pm dismissal from the gym on these days.
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From the Office of Child Protection
Parent notices have been going out for the past year concerning the Diocesan requirement of volunteers/employees to update their training and/or code of ethics. In January the Diocese is going to do a system sweep of all volunteers/employees who have not completed the required updates. When this is done, if you are one of the volunteers/employees who have not completed the required updates, you will be non-compliant to volunteer/work at our School or Parish.
Please note that this requirement of updating the training and code of ethics is mandated by Louisiana law.
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Registration Information
Registration for the 2017-2018 school year will be held January 9 and
10, 2017. Information regarding tuition and fees will be sent home before the Christmas
holidays.
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Tutors
The tutor list on the MBS website has been updated. It is located under the student tab.
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Fall Sports Photos
We are in need of fall sports photos for our MBS yearbook. If you have photos from any fall sport, Mrs. Accardo asks that you email them to her at
baccardo@mbsbr.org.
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St. Joseph's Academy
Holiday Volleyball Camp
SJA will be hosting a holiday volleyball camp for girls
in grades 4th-8th.
Two sessions are available.
Session I will be December 21-22 and
Session II will be December 28-29.
Click here for more information.
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Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic School * 751-0273
8033 Baringer Rd. Baton Rouge, LA 70817
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