Newsletter (Archived): Newsletter 1053 - Oct 1, 2014 - Oct 8, 2014 [Archive]
Psalm 88
R. Let my prayer come before you, Lord. Daily I call upon you, O LORD;
to you I stretch out my hands.
Will you work wonders for the dead?
Will the shades arise to give you thanks?
R. Let my prayer come before you, Lord.
Do they declare your mercy in the grave,
your faithfulness among those who have perished?
Are your wonders made known in the darkness,
or your justice in the land of oblivion?
R. Let my prayer come before you, Lord.
But I, O LORD, cry out to you;
with my morning prayer I wait upon you.
Why, O LORD, do you reject me;
why hide from me your face?
R. Let my prayer come before you, Lord.
Calendar-at-a-Glance
Thursday, October 2 Exams (grades 6-7-8) English/Social Studies
Friday, October 3
St. Joseph has school today!
No Bus Service
Exams (grades 6-7-8) Reading/Science
First Quarter Accelerated Reader Deadline
Spirit Dress (Fall Fest Shirts)
Monday, October 6
Fair Meeting @ 6:30 in Library
Tuesday, October 7
Exams (grades 6-7-8) Math
SJS/Papa John's Pizza Night
Home & School Meeting @ 6:30 in Gym
Wednesday, October 8
Living Rosary @ 8:30
No School Mass
Thursday, October 9
First Quarter Ends
Friday, October 10
Spirit Dress (Fall Fest Shirts)
Monday, October 13
TPSS Inservice - St. Joseph does have school today!
No Bus Service - Everyone is carpool!
1:00 P.M Dismissal
Tuesday, October 14
October Birthdays
Wednesday, October 15
Mass @ 8:30
Food Drive
Report Cards
Football Raffle Tickets Due
Thursday, October 16
STA Open House 6:00 p.m.
Friday, October 17
Spirit Dress (Fall Fest T-Shirts may be worn.)
Football Raffle Ticket Drawing
Wednesday, October 22
Mass @ 8:30
Food Drive
Friday, October 24
Spirit Dress (Fall Fest Shirts)
Partners in Faith
Partners in Faith is a periodic publicaion designed especially to give Catholic parents the practical help and support needed to raise faithful Catholic children. It is filled with actionable ideas parents can use to build a Christ-centered family life, to increase in knowledge of the Catholic faith, and to grow in devotion to the sacraments. Partners in Faith uses friendly, everyday language that is easy to read and absorb in just a few minutes. As a service to our parents, St. Joseph Catholic School will share this important publication with our parents through the online newsletter. We hope everyone finds it helpful and informative. PARTNERS in FAITH SEPTEMBER
PARTNERS in FAITH OCTOBER
Exam Schedule - October 2
Exam Schedule (for students in grades 6-7-8)Thursday, October 2
English and Social Studies
Friday, October 3
Reading and Science
Tuesday, October 7
Math
No Bus Service - October 3
Tangipahoa Parish School System will not have school on Friday, October 3. This is their parish fair holiday.St. Joseph Catholic School DOES have school on Friday, October 3.
However, we will have no bus service on that date. Everyone will be carpool. Carpool will run on both sides of the building in the morning as well as the afternoon.
Accelerated Reader Deadline - October 3
The Accelerated Reader deadline for the first quarter is Friday. October 3, at 2:50.All points accumulated after that date will apply to the second quarter.
Fair Planning Meeting - October 6
A planning meeting for our May Fair will be held on Monday, October 6, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the school library.Everyone is encouraged to attend this meeting. The more ideas and help we have, the better the fair will be. Whether you're a new family to the school or one that has been with us forever, we welcome you to attend this meeting.
SJS/Papa John's Pizza Night - October 7
St. Joseph School and Papa John's Pizza will collaborate on a fund raiser for the school on Tuesday, October 7. October 7 is also Home & School Meeting, so ordering pizza is a great way to feed the family and make it to the meeting on time.
Tell Papa John's you're with St. Joseph School when ordering. They will donate a percentage of those sales to the school.
Please pass this message on to friends and relatives. Just by mentioning the school name when ordering pizza, they can have money donated to the school. It doesn't cost a dime extra.
This is a great way to help SJS and enjoy great pizza at the same time.
Home & School Meeting - October 7
The next meeting of the St. Joseph Catholic School Home and School Association will be on Tuesday, October 7, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the gym.Child care will be provided free of charge during the meeting.
We hope to see everyone there.
STA Pink Out Volleyball Game - October 7
St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Catholic High School invites all 7th and 8th grade students to their Pink Out volleyball game on Tuesday, October 7, at 5:00 p.m. All proceeds go to Mary Bird Perkins for breast cancer research. Tickets to the event will be distributed to the students on Tuesday.Living Rosary - October 8
The month of October is the month of the Holy Rosary. The students at St. Joseph will participate in a patriotic living rosary on Wednesday, October 8, at 8:30 in the church. The patriotic rosary is dedicated to the consecration of our entire nation to Our Ldy's Immaculte heart.
We will not have Mass that day.
From our parish bulletin, September 28, 2014:
October is the month of the rosary - the best known Marian devotion.
Its origin is not perfectly clear. In the 9th century, Irish monks would chant all 150 Psalms. Because books were rare and most people could not read, 150 Hail Mary's were substituted for the Psalms.
Tradition has it that Mary gave St. Dominic the rosary in an apparition in the 14th century in Prouille, France. This is depicted in a stained glass window in our chapel. Another Dominican, St. Alan of Rock, and a Carthusian, Dominic of Prussia, promoted saying of the rosary and meditations on the beads.
St. Louis de Montfort, in ~1700 AD, developed the three sets of mysteries - Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious. In 2002, St. John Paul II added the Luminous Mysteries. Outside of Advent and Lent, the Joyful Mysteries are particularly recited on Monday and Saturday, the Luminous on Thursday, the Sorrowful on Tuesday and Friday, and the Glorious on Wednesday and Sunday.
The rosary is a beautiful way to peacefully meditate on the lives of Jesus and Mary. If you don't know how, or have forgotten how, to say the rosary, see http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-workship/prayers-and-devotions/rosaries/how-to-pray-the-rosary.cfm, or "Google" it. The rosary is a lovely prayer that can bring you closer to God. Spend some time praying the rosary and experience its blessings.
Respect Life Mass - October 12
On Sunday, October 12, at 11:00 a.m., Bishop Robert W. Muench will celebrated the Bishop's Respect Life Mass at Sacred Heart Church. Sacred Heart Church is located at 2250 Main Street in Baton Rouge.
Each of us is a masterpiece of God's creation.
There will be a special blessing for all those involved in Respect Life ministries.
All are invited to a reception following Mass in the parish hall.
This event is sponsored by the Office of Marriage & Family Life, Christian Formation Secretariat, Diocese of Baton Rouge.
For more information, please contact Danielle Van Haute at 225-242-0164.
No Bus Service/Early Dismissal - October 13
Tangipahoa Parish School System will not have school on Monday, October 13. This is their professional development day.St. Joseph Catholic School DOES have school on Monday, October 13, until 1:00 p.m.
However, we will have no bus service on that date. Everyone will be carpool. Carpool will run on both sides of the building in the morning as well as the afternoon.
We will dismiss at 1:00 p.m. on this date so that our teachers may participate in professional development.
After school care will be open on October 13.
October Birthdays - October 14
All students at St. Joseph who have a birthday in October may come out of uniform on Tuesday, October 14. This is the only day students with October birthdays may come out of uniform. There is no make-up day.
Out of uniform guidelines can be found on the WEBSITE.
Raffle Tickets Due - October 15
The St. Joseph Home and School Association is excited to announce the football tickets raffle again this year! The first name drawn will have the choice of Saints v 49ers or LSU v Ole Miss tickets. The remaining tickets will go to the second name drawn.
The student body is asked to get involved by selling ten raffle tickets at $5.00 each. Raffle tickets were sent home on Wednesday, September 17.
First, second, and third place ticket sellers will receive a LSU/Saints gift basket donated by Chuck's Field of Dreams.
The student who sells the winning ticket will receive tickets to the LSU/Kentucky game!
In addition to the individual prizes, the class between preK and 3rd grade and the class between 4th and 8th grade that sells the most tickets will each be awarded a pizza party.
All tickets and money must be turned into the office by Wednesday, October 15. The drawing will be held on Friday, October 17.
Surveys Due - October 15
As a Reminder:We are in the process of renewing our SACS Accreditation for the school and need some help from our parents.
This help comes in the form of taking a survey regarding our program effectiveness. We need at least a 20% response rate from our parents in order to use the information in our report.
The survey will be open until October 15. It only takes a few minutes of your time, costs nothing, and gives us much-needed feedback.
Program Effectiveness Parent Survey
http://www.advanc-ed.org/survey/public/5922246
Thank you in advance for helping us acquire the data needed to complete your accreditation reports.
STA Open House - October 16
St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Catholic High School welcomes current 7th and 8th grade students and their parents to an Open House on Thursday, October 16, beginning at 6:00 p.m.Come see the exciting opportunities St. Thomas has to offer!
Our School-Wide Service Project
Look at all of the food collected this morning for our local needy!First grade students (from left) Raymond Baham, Camille Digby, and Giada Guarneri admire the volume of donations made by our student body this morning to help feed our area hungry.
As a weekly service project, students fill up two large wagons with bagged, boxed, or canned goods on their way to Mass. This food is then donated to the parish food pantry operated by the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
We thank our wonderful students for their generous support of this worthy cause!
The 8th Grade Shirts Are Here!
Traditionally, 8th grade students receive special t-shirts to wear to school with blue jeans on Fridays as part of their spirit dress. Modeling their shirts on the first day they were able to wear them are Marlee Little (kneeling) and (from left) Catherine Dahmer, Alayna Chelette, and Marley Bohning.To see other 8th graders in their shirts, please visit 8th GRADE SHIRTS.
People in History Project
To make their American History class "come alive", 7th graders dressed up as people in history and presented biographies of their characters.Collin Babin poses as his favorite historical character, Christopher Columbus.
To see the other students, please visit PEOPLE IN HISTORY.
Varsity Volleyball Teams
This year, St. Joseph School is blessed with lots of varsity volleyball talent. So much talent, in fact, that two varsity level teams were formed - Varisty Blue and Varsity White.Front row, left to right - Madissen Ford (B), Skylar Cheek (B), Sophia Nuzzolillo (B), Madison Gill (B)
Midde row, left to right - Camryn Ernst (W), Emily Stricker (W), Chloe Ernst (W), Alexandra Falk (W), Claire Cyrus (W)
Back row, left to right - Nadia Roccaforte (B), Abby Hebert (B), Cheyanne Hartman (W), Alexis Vega (W), Kaitlynn Landry (W), Mia Kugler (B), Samantha Wisecarver (B).
(B) = Blue Varisity Team
(W) = White Varsity Team
Wavette Dance Clinic
The 2014 Wavette Dance Clinic will be held on Saturday, October 25, in the Ponchatoula High School gym.
The clinic is open for students in grades K-8th.
Fee is $25 per student.
Students may register by filling out the form at CLINIC and mailing it to the included address.
For more information, please contact Molly Bel or Erica Morse at 985-386-3514.
Ponchatoula Youth Basketball
Online registration is open until November 2, at www.pard1.com.Forms may also be dropped off at the gym on Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. and on Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
Uniform try on dates are 9/27, 10/4, and 10/18 from 9:00-1:00 in the gym.
Email: ponchatoulayouthbasketball@yahoo.com.
Ponchatoula Youth Volleyball
Girls and boys in grades 5-9.Online registration is open until October 4, at www.pard1.com.
Forms may also be dropped off at the gym on Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. and on Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
A player clinic wil be held on September 30 and October 2 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
www.facebook.com/ponchatoulayouthvolleyball.
Email: PYVolleyball@yahoo.com.
Hungarian Harvest Fest Celebration
Saturday, October 4 @ 6:00-10:00 p.m. at the American Legion Hall on Highway 43 in Springfield, LA.Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
For more information contact:
Connie Olah ..... 225-573-1400
Nichole McMorris ..... 985-974-8045
Julia Ourso ..... 225-567-3224
Pauline Frisbie ..... 225-294-3797
www.magyars.org
Smoked Pull Pork Dinners
October 24 @ 11:00-1:00
Hungarian Settlement Museum on Highway 43.
For more information contact
225-610-7475.
Our Parish
Personnel Fr. Paul A. McDuffie, Pastor
Larry J. Melancon - Deacon
Mike Agnello - Deacon
Weekend Mass Schedule
Saturday Vigil Mass - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday Mass - 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m.
Weekday Mass Schedule
The week day Masses on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday will be at 8:30 a.m.
Reconciliation (Confessions) will be available before all week day Masses at 8:00 a.m. in addition to Confessions on Saturday from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Contact Information
Address - 255 North 8th Street (P.O. Box 368), Ponchatoula, LA 70454
Phone - 985.386.3749
Website - http://www.stjosephsonline.com
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