St. JohnElementary School
March 29, 2012
Saint of the Week –St. Therese, the Little Flower – Feast day is October 1.
“St. Therese you wanted only to love God, but you helped many people at the same time.
Help prayer to be easier when I find it difficult.”
Friday, March 30thNO JPS BUSSES!!!
Sunday, April 8thWe wish you a blessed and happy Easter!!!
Monday, April 9thNO SCHOOL ~ Easter Monday
Tuesday, April 10th School Resumes
Girls on the Run – 3:20 to 5:00 pm
Wednesday, April 11th Girls on the Run – 3:20 to 5:00 pm
Volleyball Clinic – 5th/6th grade girls – Queen’s – 3:45 to 5:15
Cyber Safety Community Seminar ~ St. Mary’s ~ 7:00PM
Thursday, April 12th CP Federal Credit Union
TRIP orders and pick-up
Friday, April 13th 9:00 Mass ~ Please join us.
Popcorn .50
Saturday, April 14th1st Communion Retreat ~ 9:00 to 12:00 noon
Sunday, April 15thSt. John School Choir sings at 10:00 parish Mass
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Holy Week Service Schedule for St. John Parish
Our school children learn about the Catholic Faith during Religion classes, our weekly Masses, and throughout each day of the school year. If our children are to fully realize the importance of faith life, it is essential that they see it modeled both at school and at home. One way to grow in faith as a family is to celebrate Mass together every weekend. Another way is to attend one or more of the special Holy Week Services. We provide the following list for your convenience. Please call the parish office at 784-0553 for more information.
Palm Sunday:Sunday, April 1st –Masses at 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., and noon.
10:00 a.m. Mass begins with procession from the parish center.
Individual Confessions: Monday, April 2nd from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 3rd from noon to 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 4th from noon to 1:00 p.m.
Communal Penance Service: Tuesday, April 3rd at 7:00 p.m. – Queen’s Church.
St. John Seder Meal: Wednesday, April 4th beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the parish center.
Reservations requested. Please call the parish office at 784-0553 by April 1st.
Holy Thursday:Thursday, April 5th – 7:00 p.m. – Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the church.
Adoration until 12:00 a.m.
Good Friday – St. JohnChurch:
Friday, April 6th – 12:30 p.m. – Celebration of the Lord’s Passion.
Friday, April 6th – 6:30 p.m. – Prayer Around the Cross.
Good Friday – St. JosephChurch:
Friday, April 6th – 12:30 p.m. – Celebration of the Lord’s Passion.
Friday, April 6th – 2:30 p.m. – Stations of the Cross and Divine Mercy Novena.
St. Joseph Holy Saturday:April 7th – Blessing of Easter food baskets – 12:00 p.m.
St. John Holy Saturday:April 7th – Easter Vigil – 7:30 p.m.
Easter Sunday – St. JohnChurch:Sunday, April 8th – 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and noon.
Easter Sunday – St. JosephChurch:Sunday, April 8th – 9:30 a.m. and noon (Latin).
2012-2013 Registration – Save $20 by registering your children today. Don’t forget that the $40 FACTS registration fee will be raised to $60 as of April 15th. To access the FACTS website, go to our school website at for the link. If you need any help at all, please feel free to call us!
Race for Education – Thank you to all the parents who assisted students in preparing the mailers to be sent out, and to our fabulous Race crew for getting everything mailed this week. Please join me in prayer that God will bless our efforts with a positive response to our requests for financial support.
Reading Month – We thank our wonderful Reading Month Committee members for everything they have done to make this past month both fun and educational! The winners of the two brand new bicycles donated by the Northwest Kiwanis Club are: 6th grader Dustin Anderson, and 2nd grader Makenzie Nees. The winner of the car basket is kindergartener, Kate Graydon. Congratulations to these students and to all of our SJS students who are winners because of the extra time they spent reading this month!
Michigan Cyber Safety Initiative (CSI) – St.MarySchool will be hosting a community seminar to address cyber safety issues on April 11th from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
Smile Makers – Our dress down day last week netted $232 for the area-wide Easter dinner to be held at Queen’s. Thank you to everyone for your donations!
Congratulations to first grader, Caeden Corbin, who took 1st place in his division at the State Wrestling Championship last weekend. Awesome accomplishment, Caeden!!!
Last week at recess, I noticed one of our kindergartener students, Riley Okoniewski, on the playground by herself. She had her hands folded and her lips were moving. When I asked what she was doing, she told me that she was praying. She went on to explain that, “I’m praying that St. JohnSchool will be a nice place.” Love, love, love this!!!
During our daily recycling walk, 3rd graders Eugene Ziepiela shared with me, “I’m glad I’m Catholic and I go to a CatholicSchool. If I wasn’t Catholic, I wouldn’t know about this God stuff. I wouldn’t know to pray. When I pray, it helps me and I can do better.” Prayer helps me, too, Eugene!
Welcome to Michael Allan Korson II – If you would like to send a congratulatory card to Mr. and Mrs. Korson, their address is: 2900 Beau Jardin Dr.
Lansing, MI48910
Mark Your Calendar – Join us for dinner at the West Avenue McDonald’s on Monday, April 16th between the hours of 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. when St. JohnSchoolstaff will be helping in the dining room. Our school will receive 15% of all inside sales! (Drive-in sales do not count!)
ATTENTION MAGAZINE PATRONS: - Anyone with a problem receiving the subscriptions that they ordered this past year, please contact me and we will get them fixed. Because of the problems already experienced in November, I started looking for another company to work with. I was very pleased to hear that QSP sold the magazine division of their company to the exact same company that I was looking at for next year. I am pleased to say that whatever problems I have presented to Great American they have speedily resolved. I look forward to working with this “employee-owned” company that gives great customer service. Thank you for your patience and understanding and I am excited and looking forward to next year. Sr. M&M
Monday Night BINGO Workers Needed - $15.00 voucher to be used toward tuition or your church
offering is awarded. Please call Deana Thomas for more information at 517-206-6646.
Prayer Requests – Mrs. Krueger’s dad
Mrs. Wasick’s sister-in-law
Fr. Bob’s mother
Mrs. Laverty’s uncle
Mr. O’Brien, Liam’s father
Repose of the soul of Mrs. Bunch, the great-grandma of
Cody and Peyton Schneider and Joey Papiersky.