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In honor of Catholic Schools Week, the Loyola community celebrated with an All School Mass at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Mankato. Over

the past few weeks, Loyola students recorded their acts of kindness on paper chains that were presented and displayed at Mass. At the

end of Mass, we honored our longest standing Loyola employees: Chris Biehn, Tom Jensen, Pat Marzinske, Linda Ruehle and Patti Stierlen.

Their combined commitment to Loyola Catholic

School totals 178 years!

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Pictured to the right is our Friday celebration of Catholic

Schools Week of St. Mary's School Madelia's family. This trip is an annual event that is made possible to our school

children by a generous parish-ioner's donation.

CRuCifixion SChoolHistory Day: We had students find five facts about a famous person

in history. We had them find information about other famous people besides George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Then the students dressed as this famous person. We then had a “live”

museum (Seen below). Students in grades 4-6 became their famous

person and told visitors about themselves. The younger grades made

posters or dioramas about their famous person. Right: Alex

Danielson portrayed Henry Ford.St. John

Vianney

PaCelli CatholiC SChoolSThe Pacelli Singers perform at the Winter Gala at the end of

Catholic Schools Week (below left). Reading Across the Street, where our MS/HS students go to the Elementary school and read to another grade. This is the 12th grade reading to the Kindergarten

class (below right).

St. John Vianney's all school photo

(right) was put in their local paper to help

promote their school in preparation for Catholic

Schools Week, which was full of activities like a movie theatre field trip, a

performance by MSU theatre group and a beach party.

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Pictured to the right is our Friday celebration of Catholic

Schools Week of St. Mary's School Madelia's family. This trip is an annual event that is made possible to our school

children by a generous parish-ioner's donation.

Left: For a CSW service project, students made 28 fleece tie-blankets to give to

homeless veterans in the Twin Cities area. Isaac Halverson, Brandon Thome and John Hegge worked together to complete their

blanket.Below: Eight teams of 1-8th graders

competed in Tuesday's Religion Bee. Pictured are Lexy Foster, Lydia Reinartz,

Theo Smith and Lawson Jax.

CRuCifixion SChoolHistory Day: We had students find five facts about a famous person

in history. We had them find information about other famous people besides George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Then the students dressed as this famous person. We then had a “live”

museum (Seen below). Students in grades 4-6 became their famous

person and told visitors about themselves. The younger grades made

posters or dioramas about their famous person. Right: Alex

Danielson portrayed Henry Ford.

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St. Theodore students enjoyed a fun and faith filled week for Catholic School's Week 2015. The week began by having our student's participate

in the weekend Masses at St. Theodore. After the Masses, there was an "Open House". On Monday, the students began their week decorating white t-shirts with faith symbols, sayings, and verses that held meanings for them. On Tuesday, we share in a movie called “Joseph, The King of Dreams”. On Wednesday, the students dressed in their best clothes and

enjoyed going to our weekly Mass. Thursday they wore camouflage because we hunted for Christ. The week concluded with the students wearing the t-shirts they designed and decorated on Monday. Even

though Catholic School’s Week 2015 has come to an end. The students have shared many great times and created new memories that will live on as we continue on our faith journey at St. Theodore Catholic School.

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WoRthingtonRight: Sixth Grade Students at St. Mary’s

Catholic School, Worthington: from left to right Beatriz Gabriel, Jack Black, Jena Joens, Daniel Pavelko, Austin Gundermann and Jeffrey Ludes.

Below: Finger painting fun with (clockwise) Valery Agustin, Alexandra Fellows, Addison

Joens and Jayden Spartz.Left: Father Fasnacht

and our 2nd Graders on class color day. Below: The students brought in 435 pounds of food to

donate during the week. (top photo). On school spirit day all the students made a "Minion" and wrote on them why they thought "St. Mary's School is

one in a Minion."

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Winona aRea CatholiC SChoolSWACS students celebrating Catholic Schools

Week Mass on Thursday January 29.

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Campus Ministry students from Cotter High School

engage with WACS second graders for an

afternoon of fun!

The Cotter Schools Board of Directors held its first annual

Stakeholders' Meeting on Monday

evening, January 26th. Pictured

here are Sr. Judy Schaefer, O.P., President of Cotter Schools, and the members of the Cotter Schools Board of Directors.

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