Weekly News, March 25, 2024

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Pewaukee, WI 53072

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Luke 22:19

March 25, 2024

From the Desk of Mr. Marty Van Hulle, Principal

SAL Parents:

Ever since I was a little kid I always looked forward to Holy Week. Perhaps it was because the week marked a break from school as well as the thought that Spring was right around the corner. I love processing into church on Palm Sunday and the washing of feet on Holy Thursday. For me, Good Friday provides a welcome closure to Lent and allows us the opportunity to look optimistically toward Easter Sunday and the ability to congregate and celebrate with family. In addition to these items, this week, on Tuesday, we have our final Stations of the Cross and we celebrate our March birthdays at mass on Wednesday. And finally, our Culver’s attendees are out-of-uniform on Thursday. A busy week for sure . . .

It is my sincere hope that you have a blessed Holy Week and enjoy a safe and relaxing Easter Break!

Take care and God bless,

M. Van Hulle

Principal, SAL

Upcoming Important Dates

March 26

School Stations of the Cross

Family Adoration 6-7pm

March 27

School Mass - Birthday Blessings

March 28

Culver's Patrons Out of Uniform

March 29 - April 7

Easter Break

April 8

Classes Resume

April 10

School Mass - Mission Shirts

April 17

School Mass - Birthday Blessings

April 23

Culver's Night

April 24

School Mass

April 27-28

School Musical

April 29

Band Fest

April 29 - May 3

MAP Testing

For the full, live calendar, please see here.

For the 2023-24 Event Calendar

Upcoming 2024-25 Event Calendar

For more information regarding the mass schedule, including which grades will be doing the preparation for mass and upcoming Birthday Blessings , click here.

School News

Intergenerational Family Adoration

Join us in experiencing the Real Presence of Jesus. All are welcome for this intergenerational family adoration held on Tuesday, March 26 from 6:00 - 7:00 PM. Childcare available for children under 4. Fellowship in Fellowship Hall following Adoration. We hope to see you there!

Volunteers - Needed this week!

We need your help this week with volunteering as we head into Spring Break! Please check out our sign up if you have any availability. We especially need help on Thursday!

March Birthday Blessing

This Wednesday, students born in March can be dressed up, out of uniform, and will receive a special blessing from Fr. Tony!

Culver's Patrons Out of Uniform

Students who attended last week's Culver's night can be out of uniform this Thursday. Please remember to bring your blue pass!

Tuna Tuesday sponsored by Student Government

Thank you for participating in this Lenten outreach opportunity!

Teacher Restock!

Thank you all for your generous support! Our teachers received all of their restock items!

Living Stations of the Cross

Students in grades 3-8 is invited to be a part of Living Stations on Good Friday. We will rehearse on Wednesday March 27 from 6-7 and on Good Friday from 9:00-11:00, with Stations being presented at 12:00. (a light lunch will be provided for those participating before Living Stations begin.) Please contact Tasha Baures at baurest@stanthony.cc to sign up.

Help Needed - EDC

We are looking for assistance with our after school EDC Program – specifically, from the 2:30 – 3:30 time frame. Monday’s and Thursday’s are our greatest need. If you, or anyone you know is interested in volunteering or taking on a paid position is EDC, please let us know.

Brewers Math Day Field Trip - Grades 3rd-8th

On Wednesday, May 15, students in grades 3-8 will be heading to AmFam Field for Brewer Math Day. As part of the day, students will learn basic statistics through the game of baseball. Staff will receive a workbook to incorporate into their math lessons prior to the game and at the game, students will use their math skills to complete portions of the workbook.

The game against the Pittsburgh Pirates begins at 12:10 so we will be departing from SAL at 10:30 on the 15^th . We will head home from AmFam at 3:15 and our goal is to return to SAL between 3:45 and 4:00.

Each ticket includes a free hot dog and bottled water; in addition, students can either pack a cold lunch to eat on the bus or purchase additional items at the ballpark should they so choose.

Students will wear SAL Spirit Wear (or their Mission Shirts), and weather permitting, shorts for the game.

School Advisory Commission

St. Anthony on the Lake's School Advisory Commission held its March meeting last week. Minutes from this session will be available soon.

Discernment to become a member of the commission will be held on Monday, May 13th at 6:30. If you have any questions or would like to know more please contact Ashley Packee at ashley.packee@gmail.com.

Minutes from the November 13, 2023 meeting and January, 2024 can be reviewed here.

SAL Track Season

SAL Track and Field is a great individual and beginner sport for any busy student athlete. Partnering up with St. Joan of Arc has allowed our students to make friends with kids from another school, alongside his SAL buddies. This season will provide education, team comradery, and opportunities for all runners and field athletes to learn and excel. All levels are welcome to join in on the fun! You can still sign up for TRACK! All school and faith formation 5-8th graders are welcome. Register HERE Registration Deadline closes April 1st, 2024.

Practices will be Monday/Wednesdays starting March 25th, 2024.

Any questions: athletics@stanthony.cc

Bingo at Lakewood - Scout Event

Please join Troop 37519 as we play bingo at Lakewood Assisted Living and Memory Care Center on Wednesday, April 10. Please meet in the parking lot at 4:15 where we will walk in together to play bingo. We will play 4 or 5 games of bingo with the residents. Each child or two would be partnered to play bingo with a resident.

Address: 4065 North Calhoun Road Brookfield, WI 53005

We ask that each child bring a card or picture to give to the residents.

We hope you can join us.

Troop 37519

If you have any questions please reach out to Marlo Dentice-Johnson @ marbar12@yahoo.com

Athletics Banquet - Save the Date

Come join us for the 2023-24 Athletics Banquet! It will be held Monday May 6th 6-8 pm in the PLC.

Celebrating all SAL track, cross country, basketball, volleyball, and cheer athletes. RSVP Today! Additional details will be coming soon.

Called To Serve

Spring Clean Up

Time to spruce up our parish grounds! Saturday, April 20th from 8am-12pm. Any time you can join us is a big help. Please contact Bob Bluhm if you are interested in volunteering!

Parent Volunteer Expectations

Trimester 3 Sign Up - Now available, sign up today! If you would like to be added to our sub list, please include your contact information to the spreadsheet on sign up. Thank you!

St. Anthony on the Lake School is a strong, vibrant school due to the help of many volunteers!

We are fortunate to provide more variety of volunteer opportunities to parents and be able to use classroom volunteers. In addition to any volunteer duties you wish to do, all families are expected to sign up for 3 specific duties per trimester (through Sign-Up Genius), St. Anthony on the Lake: Trimester 3 Volunteer Sign Up (signupgenius.com) This includes playground, lunch serving, lunchroom helper, or health room. If you are unable to come to help during the school day, you are asked to sign up and in turn, get a sub from the sub list.

Immediate Volunteer Needs

Tuesday, March 26 - Playground Helper, Lunch Helper, Health Room Volunteer

Wednesday, March 27 - Lunch Server (2), Lunch Helper

Thursday, March 28 - Playground Helper, Lunch Server (2), Lunch Helper, Health Room Volunteer

Monday, April 08 - Playground Helpers (2), Lunch Server, Lunch Helper, Health Room Volunteer

Tuesday, April 09 - Playground Helper, Lunch Servers (2), Lunch Helper

Wednesday, April 10 - Lunch Server (2), Health Room Volunteer

Thursday, April 11 - Lunch Servers (2), Lunch Helper

Friday, April 12 - Playground Helper, Lunch Server

Safe Environment Education

Anyone who is volunteering in any manner here at St. Anthony on the Lake will need to participate in a one-time training titled “Safe Environment Education”. This training is mandated by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. To register and for additional information, please go to the Safe Environment page on the Archdiocese website. Again, this training, along with a background check, is a one-time training requirement for all adults.

Greeters at Sunday Mass

Would your family like to greeters on Sunday Mornings at Church? Greeters play an important part in welcoming parishioners and visitors to Mass each week. Greeters have several important duties before Mass begins. They welcome people into the building, show them where to hang coats, where to find the restrooms and where the childcare room is.

How does your family become Greeters? You will need to contact the Music and Liturgy Office and have your family’s name added to the Greeters Participation Group of MySAL. Once your name is in the Participation Group you can go in at anytime and sign up for the date and Mass time you wish.

If you have any questions, contact Vincent LaTona in the Prayer and Worship Office at 262 691-1173 ex. 1109 or by email at latonav@stanthony.cc.

Prayers, Gratitude, and Celebration

Thank you to all those who made the 5^th Annual Signature Event a success! Here's a recap:

"Now you are Christ's body, and individually parts of it." 1 Corinthians 12:27

On Friday, Feb. 23 2024 at the Ingleside Hotel in Pewaukee, we held a successful 5^th Annual Signature Event that exhibited the many parts of the Body of Christ willing to share within our community. The purpose of the event is to come together each year as a community in our Catholic parish, school and lifelong faith formation programs to raise crucial funds to keep St. Anthony on the Lake thriving and moving forward. Many thanks to you, our community who showed up to celebrate our faith family in the "We Are Family," disco theme. It was a memorable evening with many folks dressed in the 70's disco theme, and enjoying an evening of fun.

It was also a tremendously supportive event for St. Anthony on the Lake. We had 703 bids on more than 100 auction items, with bidders present at the event and online bidders alike! 260 members of our community attended the event. We honored longtime staff members, Maureen Michaels, faith formation administrative assistant, and Audrey Anderson, 8^th grade teacher with the Profiles in Faith Award.

The event would not have been made possible without our amazing Signature Event volunteer cabinet, our faculty and staff, attendees, bidders, and our generous sponsors and donors!

In total, the event raised more than $175,000 for our beloved parish, school and faith formation programs. Thank you, thank you to all who made this possible.

Please save the date for next year's Signature Event: Saturday, March 8, 2025 at the Ingleside Hotel. This is changed from the date we had in our event program. We hope to see you there!

Finally, if you are interested in helping make next year's event happen, please contact sheehanm@stanthony.cc with your interest to be on the volunteer planning committee. There is something for every talent and skill!

God is Here Awards

Sal Bando (7th) - helped out at lunch as a lunch buddy!
Daphne Dascalu (7th) - helped with taking chairs off of desks!
Winnie Packee (3rd) - helping put away chairs at lunch!
Adler Udovich (3rd) - picked up PE supplies during class!

Please keep Fr. Ken in your prayers.

Please keep the Brunner family in your prayers.

Please pray for Kyler Hogan and the entire Hogan family.

Please keep the Drees family in your prayers.

Parish Opportunities

Middle School Youth Group Upcoming Events

For other upcoming events, please see our Middle School Youth Group page!

Early Childhood Events & Moms Group

Click on this link to see the many fun and engaging activities for toddlers and preschoolers as well as time just for Moms: SAL Parish Early Childhood Events

Catholic Memorial Youth Football Registration

Attention boys currently enrolled in 3^rd through 7^th grades interested in playing football this fall. Catholic Memorial Jr. Crusader football registration is now open. Registration and additional information can be found here.