I trust everyone is having a great summer. It is such a wonderful time to replenish ourselves before we return to the school routines and schedules.
Thank you to the many families that have registered early this year. Early registration helps so much on our end as we order materials and plan for next year. If you have not yet registered, please do as soon as possible, as many classes are near capacity. Also, don’t forget that the tuition rate goes up by $50 per child on August 16th. 

Classes at or near capacity:
  • Sunday morning 1st grade has 2 spots left
  • Tuesday afternoon 3rd grade has 3 spots left
  • Tuesday afternoon 6th grade is closed
Please consider being a part of the Religious Education Ministry
by volunteering!
We could use office volunteers during each of the three sessions of RE:
  • Sunday mornings at the PGC
  • Tuesday afternoons at the UGC
  • as well as Tuesday evenings at the UGC. 

Tuition is waived for parents who serve as weekly volunteers. Volunteering is a great way to support your child(ren)’s faith formation and we could really use your help! If you are interested in helping out at one of the sessions, please let us know.
Please continue to call ahead if you are planning to stop by the RE office to ensure we are there. Sarah and I are back and forth between our two school sites almost daily getting ready for classes to begin in mid-September.
Our 2019-20 online calendar has all the dates you will need for the coming year including class sessions and Sacrament-related meeting events.  
Join Father Mark Augustine, Deacon Bob Thomas and other St. Mary’s parishioners on a 10 day trek following in the footsteps of St. Paul! Registration has begun and space is limited.
Special note to parents of our newly confirmed: 
This is a great time to get your children involved with COR, Youth Ministry. Terese Halm, St. Mary’s Youth Minister, provided us with the following info as an invitation to all the new high schoolers. 

  • Click here for the COR registration form
  • COR kick off night is Sunday August 25th- 6pm Mass in the front few rows followed by our meeting 7:00-8:15pm. 
  • High School COR Bible Study is every Tuesday night from 7:30-8:45pm and is already going on! 
  • Our Freshmen and Sophomore retreat, Frophsesmanmore, is Sept. 28-29th. Click here for the application.
Enjoy these last weeks of vacation schedules and family time.

Abundant summer blessings,
Jeannie Brunk