Weekly Newsletter

Weekly news & updates

February 3, 2023

Dear SCBA Families,

It's hard to believe it's already February. We have had a great week celebrating Catholic Schools Week. We will cap off the week with an early release today and an all school Mass on Sunday.

We have helped to bring in many canned food items for our food pantry and will continue to celebrate on Sunday as Team Rebuilt works to bring in more canned items in preparation for their annual Soup'er Bowl Dinner. I have been really excited to partner with Team Rebuilt this year on several projects. This group of dedicated parishioners has greatly impacted our school and parish community. I hope you will plan to attend their Soup'er Bowl soup supper event next weekend. They will have a variety of soups available and proceeds will go to the food pantry to provide food to those who most need our assistance. I want to personally thank each family that donated money or canned goods this week. Your contribution will make a difference in someone's life. God bless you!

Mrs. Stracener

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It's that time, families! I need your help with the garage sale this year. The proceeds from the garage sale will help me to provide things like special education support, new materials, and field trips for our scholars. Your time is a valuable piece of the garage sale. I'm excited to get to work on making our school even greater!

God Bless You!--Mrs. Stracener

The First Friday Dance (FFD) is Friday, February 3rd.

What to KNOW

First Friday Dance – February 3rd - 7 to 10 PM

St. Therese Education Center

7277 NW Highway 9, Kansas City, MO 64152

$8.00 Admission / Masks are OPTIONAL.

PROVIDED: DJ, pop and popcorn.

This dance will be a RED FFD in support of our Super Bowl LVII bound Kansas City Chiefs. This dance will feature several raffle prizes and rumor has it, we will have Chiefs Kingdom flags available.

We ask those attending to review the First Friday Dance Activity Guide via this link - First Friday Dance Activity Guide

Please NOTE – ALL ATTENDEES NEED to Register Only ONCE.

If the student is Unsure of their registration, please email mailto:doug_hayworth@sbcglobal.net?subject=FFD Registration with the name of the attendee.

If the student has NOT attended a FFD Event before, please use this registration link: First Friday Dance Permission Form (2022_23)

Registration is GOOD for ENTIRE School Year.

(Note: This form MUST be completed before your students can attend the First Friday Dance).

The attendees have the option to pre-register (see above link) or they can register the night of the dance (student and parent/guardian should both be present to register).

Altar Servers Requested

New Sign up Link

Thank you for being involved in our Parish. Borromeo Academy is St. Charles' largest Ministry. We give back to the parish by helping and serving whenever possible. Please take a moment to sign your child up to be an altar server at Mass. Altar Server training is available.

Photo of Father Sunoj Thomas presenting a Homily

Please Click to access the New sign up genius: New Altar Server Link

"To Be A Saint"

Now Available

The latest copies of the book To Be A Saint are now available for a freewill donation in the Gathering Space. Written and illustrated by Isaac Navarro (Saint Charles parishioner and staff member), this book helps everyone respond to God’s invitation to become saints, even with the many obstacles along the road of life we travel. It is also filled with beautiful illustrations created by Isaac.

Proceeds from the book benefit the Borromeo Academy student scholarship fund.

Isaac will be happy to sign your book.

To reserve a copy or for questions, contact Isaac at (816) 517-0860 or facilities@stcharleskc.com.

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Integration and transformation. These words have

been a spiritual guide and psychological foundation

for my life and the work I love.

Greetings! My name is Michael Ciaccio and although some of you may already know of the Center for Healing, I wanted to reach out and let you know that we are here to support your parishioners. We are a Catholic therapy practice located and renting space at the Catholic Center on the 6th floor. We work with kids and teens over 12 years old, their families and also couples. We see individuals who want to work through anxiety, depression, trauma or addiction, including sexual addiction, scrupulosity and complex family relationships. We also work with priests, seminarians and religious. Several of our therapists have openings. We often consult with priests if they have particular questions about a parishioner's situation as well.

To contact us, the client can reach out to my admin, who is my wife, Carla Ciaccio: admin@centerforhealingkc.com

They can also reach out directly to their desired therapist through this link: https://centerforhealingkc.com/about/our-team

Most of our therapists are at $110/hr. We do have a sliding scale and we have the Center for Healing Foundation which can support clients as well. The average price for therapy in KC is around $135/hr.

Do keep us in mind and let us know how we can be of support. Thanks for the work you do!

Peace,

Michael Ciaccio

Blessings and prayers in Christ’s service,

Fr Ken Riley

Very Reverend Kenneth A Riley, JCL

Vicar General – Chancellor – Moderator of the Curia & Judicial Vicar

Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph

816.756.1850x264

Shopping with RaiseRight (formerly Scrip) Cards or giving them as gifts is an easy, no-cost way to help our Academy! You simply buy RaiseRight cards (which operate like gift cards) from your favorite brands. Each merchant donates a percentage of your purchase(s) to SCBA.

You can order online anytime! For online purchases, download the RaiseRight app to your phone &/or computer and use the SCBA

Enrollment Code: L48DE35C44L9.

For in person purchases, on the first weekend every month you can purchase the cards after masses .

Questions? Contact Lori Caylor at (816) 878-3347 or caylorlori@gmail.com.