You'll want to enjoy and share this story about our Patron, Saint Benedict with your children!  

https://www.circeinstitute.org/blog/your-blessing-please

Important deadline approaching! The deadline for scheduling Parent conferences is Wednesday at 12 noon. Please sign up using Sign-up Genius. Parent-Teacher Conferences are not required but are encouraged, especially for students having difficulty in some aspect of their education. For elementary students, we encourage all parents to schedule a conference with your child's homeroom teacher. Middle school parents do not need to meet with every teacher, only those with whom they feel time is needed. If your child is doing well in all courses and you do not have any concerns, you do not need to schedule a conference. Specials (elective) teachers are not part of the Parent-Teacher Conference days. Please contact them directly if you would like to set up a time to meet. Please sign up for available conference times here.

Access to a computer with internet and a word processing program is required for all middle school students. Middle school students must be able to do online research, type and print papers, and access online classroom resources from home for many of their classes. Using a library computer with a flash drive to save work is acceptable when there is no computer in the home.

Parent volunteers are still needed to make November 17th a fun and memorable event for our grandparents and students. Sign up here:   Grandparents Day 

Looking for a way to get a few more support hours? Can you lend a hand next Wednesday, November 15th? We have a few spots open for our school admissions event! Thank you for making the visitors who will tour our school feel welcome! 

Sign up HERE

The next PTO meeting is Thursday, November 16th at 6pm. All are welcome!!

On Saturday, November 11, from 9:00am to 12:30pm, the parish will host a retreat for married couples titled “You Have Kept the Good Wine Until Now” (John 2:10). This event will help couples to savor their relationship and appreciate their unique calling from God. Childcare will be provided. Couples are asked to RSVP to Rob Hamrick rhamrick@saintbenedictparish.org , Director of Evangelization and Catechesis.  The cost is $10.00 per couple. Registration with coffee and doughnuts will be at 8:30am; the retreat will begin at 9:00am.

TODAY, November 7, Virginians will elect their governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. To help voters prepare for these elections the Virginia Catholic Conference has released its 2017 voter education materials. The Conference has compiled three separate side-by-side comparisons of the positions of candidates for state offices. Conference staff compiled Know the Positions of the Candidates for Governor, Know the Positions of the Candidates for Lieutenant Governor, and Know the Positions of the Candidates for Attorney General from policies, public statements, official campaign websites, party platforms and other sources. The Conference, which represents Virginia’s bishops on public policy matters, neither supports nor opposes candidates for public office. As they consider these races and also local House of Delegates races, voters are encouraged to turn to the wisdom of the Catholic Church as they form their consciences by consulting the Four Principles of Catholic Social Teaching. These materials can be found www.vacatholic.org. Spanish translations are also available.