WEEKLY NEWS - April 15, 2019
Com et Parents TO-DO List for This Week!

  • Purchase your GALA TICKETS today and SAVE! Click HERE! Advanced purchases can be made until April 29th.

  • THURSDAY 4/18 - Living Stations of the Cross, 11:30am, Church

  • THURSDAY 4/18 - EARLY RELEASE AT 12:30PM. NO LUNCH. NO ASE. SPRING BREAK BEGINS...See you Monday, 4/29!

  • May Lunch Ordering OPEN 4/15 through 4/26 (closes at noon)

  • Monday 4/29 - Classes Resume!
From Our Principal
As we start Holy Week, I hope everyone is able to take some time out of our busy schedules to focus on the events commemorated this week. This is the high point of the Christian year. The passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus demonstrate for us the incomprehensible love that God has for each of us. These events provide the model for how we, as Christians, should interact with the world - with love and self-giving. So I encourage everyone to participate as fully as your family can in the church services and liturgical events so that we can all deepen our relationship with Jesus this Holy Week.
Comet Circus Talent Show!
..stay tuned for highlights from our talent show
in the next edition of our newsletter and on our Facebook page!
Congratulations to Dr. Mowery and all of the students who participated in Friday's Circus-themed Talent Show! What a wonderful display of student talent!
GALA UPDATE!!
IT'S NOT TOO LATE - BUT PLEASE DO YOUR PART NOW!! We ask ALL families to participate in the success of this event in AT LEAST ONE WAY ....

  1. BE OR RECRUIT A SPONSOR: Sponsorship Form DEADLINE: 4/19
  2. DONATE OR GET AN AUCTION ITEM DONATED: Auction Donation Form DEADLINE: 4/20
  3. ATTEND THE EVENT! Purchase Your Tickets HERE

Please support our school's biggest fundraiser of the year! We are counting on EVERY FAMILY to do their part!

YOU ARE RUNNING OUT OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES!
The end of the year is fast approaching and the opportunities to get your volunteer hours are becoming less and less. With a school as small as ours, we truly depend on each of our families to contribute their time and talents to make the events at school successful.
Our annual Spring Gala is coming up on May 4, 2019, and we need several volunteers to help with set up, check in and helping attendees during the event. Please click on the link below to see if there is an opportunity that you can participate in,

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SBCS Parent Prayer Ministry

Starting in May, parents will be gathering once a week to pray for our students, our families, our school, and any intentions that the school community has. The first Parent Prayer meeting will take place Thursday, May 2 at 8:15am in the school cafeteria. Drop your kids off for school, and join your fellow parents for a time of prayer. If you have questions or prayer intentions to share, please contact Rhoda Bevc at  rhodabevc@gmail.com .
From the Parish
Visit our parish online for mass schedules, sacramental preparation and other timely info! Also, here's a link to Ida B's Bits ( our parish administrator's weekly email with events and happenings at Church.)

Father Tony's Lenten Letter (Click here!)

Lent Schedule at Saint Benedict (Click here!)

Religious Education K-12
Religious Education for Grades K-5, Edge (6-8), and The Rule (9-12) will have regularly scheduled meetings this Wednesday, April 10th. There will be no meetings for the next two weeks (April 17th and 24th) for Holy Week and Easter Week.

VOTE ST. BENEDICT OKTOBERFEST FOR "THE BEST OF" RVA LIST!
Please vote for St. Benedict Oktoberfest in RTD’s The Best contest.
It only runs from now through April 28, and we need votes! It is pretty easy to do, just go to  www.richmond.com/the-best  , scroll down and start voting. For the first vote you will have to put in your e-mail, but then you just keep going. Vote for us under THREE categories:  Best Charity Event, Best Festival, and Best Food Festival .

"HONOR OUR MOTHERS"
Lily of the Holy Trinity Women’s Society Mother’s Day 2019 Project
The Lily of the Holy Trinity Women’s Society wishes to thank all who have supported the Honor Our Mothers plant sale . Pre-order sales continue via email for rose stems, flowers, and herbs (order & payment deadline April 18). Items available for sale: Lantana, Marigolds, Lavender, Impatiens - 4” Pots: $5 // Rosemary, Sage, Thyme, Basil - 4” Pots: $5 // Pink Rose Stems (for the altar or take with you): $3. If in memory/honor of please indicate which and name. There will be a sales table on May 4/5 for Geranium Hanging Baskets. (Order & payment deadline May 4). The geraniums come in five colours and are beautiful and full: Red, White, Salmon, Pink, Lavender - 10”: $19 / 12”: $23. Credit cards, cash, and checks are accepted May 4 and 5. Order forms are attached to this email or available in the brochure racks on the side porch, or you can request one by contacting Elizabeth Chenery at echenery05@gmail.com . If you prefer, you can place a request through email ( echenery05@gmail.com ) and send your check payment to the parish office at 300 N. Sheppard Street, 23221 (be sure to include copy of email).
Upcoming Dates
APRIL 18 - HOLY THURSDAY, LIVING STATIONS OF THE CROSS - 11:30am
APRIL 18 - HOLY THURSDAY, EARLY DISMISSAL, 12:30PM. NO LUNCH. NO ASE.
APRIL 19 - GOOD FRIDAY - SCHOOL CLOSED - EASTER BREAK BEGINS
APRIL 26 - May/June Lunch Order Windo w closes at NOON
APRIL 29 - Back to school!
MAY 4 - GALA & AUCTION AT LES CREPES!