PRAYER REQUESTS Please pray for CSSE 5th grade student Jesalyne McKinish, who is in the hospital battling a serious infection. Keep Robyn Paliotta, grandmother of Christopher and Sofia Petromilli, in your prayers, as she undergoes her cancer treatment. Pray for Karen Vandiver, great grandmother of Alaina and Davyn Schoppa who is battling breast cancer. Please pray for Joe Hill, husband of former CSSE teacher and librarian Lynn Hill, who was recently diagnosed with cancer.
If you would like to include something in the Prayer Requests section, please contact Kristin Goodale at
[email protected]
IMPORTANT DATES Today School Mass, 8:15am
Fri, Dec. 21 Christmas Program for Preschool and Kindergarten, 9:00am, Ross Hall
Dec. 22-Jan 6 CHRISTMAS BREAK - NO SCHOOL!
Jan 7 Begin 3rd quarter/2nd semester
Check the calendar on the school webpage for more!
SCHOOL NEWS
Safety and Security: Weekday Church Entry In an effort to provide more weekday safety and security for our students, parishioners and staff, we will begin limiting entrance into our non-school buildings to the Ross Hall entrance under the bell tower. Starting Tuesday, January 1, all the outside doors to the church (North, East and South) will remain locked on weekdays. The church will still be accessible, however, by entering under the bell tower. The far northwest entrance, which is a school entrance, will continue to stay locked except for student arrival and dismissal.
Get ready for PJ Day tomorrow! Get those Christmas PJs ready! Friday December 21 will be PJ Day at school! Students can relax and wear their festive pajamas to school as we get ready for Christmas break!
Please follow the following guidelines for pajamas: No house shoes, pj shorts, or tank tops please. If fitted pj bottoms are worn, the shirt should be at least 2 inches above the knee or longer. Leggings should be worn under night gowns. If weather permits, students will still be having recess on this day.
Preschool and Kindergarten Christmas Performance Friday!
Our Preschool & Kindergarten classes will hold a performance for their families on the morning of Friday, December 21st at 9:00am in Ross Hall. Time and details will be sent in classroom information soon.
Spelling Bee Spelling bee lists have gone home for grades first through eighth. Classroom spelling bees will be held sometime in January. Access the spelling word lists and the spelling bee rules and procedures can be found on the link below.
smore.com/85hxr
New Level I Atrium Time Opening! Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a Montessori-based approach to learning our Catholic faith. The 3-6 year old child is especially receptive to delighting in the announcement of God’s love through the Good Shepherd.
Do you have a preschool or homeschooled child who is 3-6 years old? Come to the atrium at St. Eugene’s on Monday, December 10th @ 4:00 p.m. to see and to register. Please email
[email protected] so we will know who to expect.
Moms of St. Eugene is starting up! Join us the 2nd Wednesday of each month starting January 9th at 8:15am to meet other moms of St. Eugene! At the meetings we will discuss the upcoming Sunday readings, have fellowship over coffee and end in time for you to go to Adoration. Free childcare is provided so please RSVP by Monday, January 7. For questions or to RSVP please call/text Sarah Schimpf at 703-728-8802 or email at
[email protected]. Join our Facebook group:
facebook.com/groups/momsofsteugenes/
ST. EUGENE PARISH NEWS
EMBRACES: Marriage Enrichment Ministry We meet the 2nd Saturday of each month after the 5:00 pm Mass for about 11/2 hours (next meeting is January 12, 2019).
After a short program, couples are invited to go on a “mini” date to discuss the topics as they relate to their marriages. If they have children in our FREE “Evening Care”, they can stay with us until 10:00pm. Contact us at: [email protected].
Follow us on myParish app / EMBRACES or facebook: St.Eugene EMBRACES
PLEASE PRAYER THE FOLLOWING PRAYER EVERY DAY FOR THE PARISH MISSION AND ALL THOSE WHO WILL ATTEND.
Prayer for a Clean Heart – Parish Mission February 24-26, 2019 Please, Holy Spirit renew my mind, heart and soul. Lord, all I want is to be with You.
Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Oh God, heavenly Father! Lord Jesus Christ! Holy Spirit of the living God. Thank You for this, another chance and day You have given to me. Help me to remove all the doubts and unclean thoughts that are inside my mind, heart, and soul now. Let Your power be revealed in me and through me, oh God and create in me a clean heart.
John 14:6 Jesus answered, ” I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Please wake up this sleeping soul. Use my life, oh God, for Your glory and let my life be the proof of Your unfailing love. Oh, sweet Jesus! You never fail to amaze me. Your love remains in me.
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Please, Holy Spirit renew my mind, heart, and soul. Lord, all I want is to be with You. Oh God, heavenly Father, please freely use me and my life to be a living testimony of how Your power and wonders have worked in me.
Father, bless our Parish Mission. Bring all those who need to hear it’s message of hope and promise. Create in all a clean heart and a right spirit.
May all of our efforts work to bring you Glory!
Psalm 51:10 – Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.