October is the month we dedicate to Our Lady of the Rosary. This week, as a school community, we have been and will continue to pray one decade of the Rosary together each morning as part of our daily morning prayer. Students are invited and encouraged to bring a rosary to school and use it each morning as we pray. Pope Francis recently said, "I invite everyone to rediscover especially during this month of October, the beauty of the prayer of the rosary," (catholicnewsagency.com). The teachers will each include a lesson or two in class about the Rosary this week and next. 

As part of this dedication, we will be joining the Parish in the Baby Bottle Mission for the Women's Shelter. Baby bottles will come home with your students on Monday, October 19 and can be filled with a donation for the Women's Shelter, which provides services to pregnant women. Last year, we donated over $4,000 to the Women's Shelter! The bottles should be returned to school and will go directly back to the Women's Shelter with the donation.