Holy Rosary School
December 15, 2016
 

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Prayer Corner

We pray for these people in our community:

The Garcia Family-
Lucina and Andrea

Gina Rubin-
mother of alumni
Jessica and Amanda

Fr. Jordan Bradshaw

Israel Salazar-
Father of Samuel and Anthony

St. Dominic pray for us.

If you or someone you know are in need of prayers, let us know and we will add them to our prayer list.

Holy Rosary School

Dear Parents,

We want to say congratulations  to 8th grader, Angelo Grejada of Holy Rosary who won 2d place in the St. Thomas More Society Essay Contest.  Congratulations Angelo!

Tomorrow, The Holy Rosary St. Vincent de Paul will be handing out Christmas food baskets at the parish center from 8:30 am until 12:00 pm. This is a parish ministry and they support many families in our parish. The classes will be inside during recess and lunch due to the weather and we will have security on site to help facilitate the flow of traffic.

Do you ever wonder if the movie your kids want to watch is appropriate for their age? Do you question the video game they keep playing? Do you wonder if they really should be watching that tv show? This a great website for age appropriateness. 
Blessings,

Mr. Hooke


* IMPORTANT REMINDERS *

NO CHOICELUNCH on Monday, December 19.  Togo's for those who preordered.

Upcoming Events 
        
Thursday, December 15
Kindergarten Retreat
8th Grade Christmas Dinner

Friday, December 16
Santa Hat Day with Red & Green Free Dress - jeans okay
Cookie Decorating @ Morning Recess - $1.00 per cookie
8:15am - Town Hall

Saturday, December 17

Sunday, December 18
Fourth Sunday of Advent

Monday, December 19
2nd & 7th Grade Retreat
NO CHOICELUNCH TODAY
Togo's Lunch for those that pre-ordered
MUSE Band practice

Tuesday, December 20
1st & 2nd Grade Hallway Retreat
Pizza Sales (lunch)

CHRISTMAS BREAK: No School/Serendipity & Office Closed
Wednesday, December 20 - Tuesday, Janaury 3

Looking Ahead ...
* Wednesday, January 4 - Welcome back to school!
8th Grade Christmas Tree Raffle

Family Game Night Tree has      Candyland Tree has gift cards
gift cards for AMC, Bowling      to Gamestop, Barnes & Noble,
and more.                                     ToysRus and more.

Tickets are $1.00 each and the winners will be pulled on December 16th at Town Hall.


The 8th grade is also raffling off a iPad at the December 16th Town Hall.
Tickets are $5.00 each.

Actual iPad maybe different than what is pictured.

  
K of C FREE THROW CONTEST ! The Knights of Columbus will be holding their annual free throw contest on  Friday Jan 13th at 6 pm  in the Parish Gymnasium. 
Signups are at  5:30
It is open to boys and girls ages 8 to 14. 
Awards are given in each age category and there is no entry fee. 
For more information call Bob Liles at 754-4247. 

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We need pictures uploaded! Urgent!

There are a couple of ways to share your photos for the yearbook:

Use the Smartphone App:  
 Herff Jones Eshare
log in:  HRSAntioch

Upload your photos on the Herff Jones Website:

You can bring a disk to the school, know that these disks can not be returned.  

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Fr. Roberto's Corner

Thy Kingdom Come...My Kingdom Go - Be Careful What 
You Pray For  During this Advent season we join the ancient   of the Church and say: "Come, Lord Jesus." We pray for the Messiah to come once again into our lives here and now, to deliver us from our sins and from the darkness of this world. But what kind of Messiah are we praying for? What kind of Messiah do we want? Again and again in the gospels, Jesus had to show his own disciples, the crowds, the Jewish leaders and even John the Baptist that he was not the Messiah they were expecting; he was not a military or political leader who would repulse the Roman Empire and restore the ancient kingdom of Judah. He was the Son of God who would reconcile human beings to God by love and forgiveness, not by might, fear or coercion.

Every time we pray the Our Father, we say the words, "thy kingdom come," because we want God's kingdom of love, justice, kindness and peace to be ever more present and visible in our world. However, we must remember that when we pray for God's kingdom to come it also means that all other kingdoms must go, and that includes our personal "kingdoms" - our agendas, prejudices, false ideals and sources of security - and the other "kingdoms" present in our world: financial kingdoms, political kingdoms, social kingdoms and even religious kingdoms. There is ultimately only room for one kingdom and for one king, and that is God, as it says in the Letter to the Ephesians: "...one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all" (Ephesians 4:5-6). 


Unfortunately, the history of our Catholic Church is filled with political and religious leaders who were more concerned about establishing their own earthly kingdoms rather than the kingdom of God. When Jesus is not the Lord of our lives, we tend to enter into competition with each other and domination of others who are weaker.
            We really have to be careful what we pray for. If we pray for Jesus to come, we must let him be the Messiah he truly is: a Messiah who will challenge our prejudices and disordered desires, not a "made-to-order" Messiah who fulfills all our needs and wants. And, when we pray "thy kingdom come" in the Our Father, we must also add in our hearts: "My kingdom go."

Letter from Our Province
Our Provincial, Fr. Mark Padrez, has asked me to publish this letter to our parish to let you know of a recent decision by our Provincial Council:
 
Dear Friends in Christ,
Last week we met as the Provincial Council to begin the implementation of our Province's strategic plan. We made the painful decision that we must withdraw from three of our current ministries: Saint Andrew's Newman Center in Riverside, California; the Newman Center at UCSD in San Diego, California, and Saint Mary Magdalen's Church in Berkeley, California.

The process for this difficult decision began nearly three years ago at our Provincial Assembly in 2014 when we began discerning the need to build up our communities, which would allow us to be faithful to our common life, and to ensure that our ministries are suitably staffed, and so guarantee the quality of ministry that is expected. We also saw the reality that we are an aging Province and simply do not have enough friars to properly staff our ministries. We have only forty-one available priests for forty-five ministry assignments. It is encouraging that we have a large number of students and novices (24), yet it takes six to eight years to properly prepare a student for ordination and pastoral ministry.

As those we serve in the pastoral ministry, you deserve the best spiritual care and to hear honestly about our limitations. Therefore, we humbly admit we are no longer in the position to offer the consistent pastoral ministry to these communities that is expected from the Dominicans.

The care you are receiving now is excellent and these decisions,difficultasthey are for us, will ensure that we can continue to provide the preaching and pastoral care you are nowreceiving. We will work diligently with the Bishops and Dioceses for a smooth transition for these communities.

We ask that you please pray for these ministries and communities that, during this Advent Season, the sadness and anxiety this decision may bring will not be without hope and consolation the Lord gives as we celebrate his birth and his faithful care for us.

Be assured of our prayers and support during this holy season.

Sincerely,
 
Fr. Mark Padrez, OP, and the Provincial Council of the Province of the Holy Name of Jesus