WSMM Prayer List 2

Girl Scouts Win

Bronze Award

2

Cake Decorating

Contest Winners

3

Works of Mercy 4

Family Promise

Program

5 & 6

We Give Our Hearts 7

This Week at SMM 8

Yearbook Ordering

Information

7

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St. Margaret Mary Catholic School

Home of the

Chargers

November 6, 2016

ATTEND MASS WITH YOUR FELLOW MOMS AND FRIENDS AT 5:00 PM ON SATURDAY BEFORE THE FESTIVITIES

PLEASE JOIN US IN PRAYER Please keep the following people in your prayers:

The Pope and Church leaders; All service men & women; Police, firefighters

and first responders

Ethan Abbenante, Steve Nichols, James Newcomb, Sr., Bailey Walcott, Mike Cochran,

Donna Turner, Daphine Donnelly, Dylan Gaubert, and Avery Brinks

For the November prayer intention of the Holy Father which IS: That the countries

which take in a great number of displaced persons and refugees may find support for their

efforts which show solidarity.

For our parents, grandparents, and family members who are ill, and all others who

have asked for our prayers.

For the prayers we hold in the silence of our hearts.

WSMM Girl Scout Troop Wins Prestigious Bronze Award

Members of Girl Scout Troop 30773 were recently awarded the Bronze Award. The Bronze Award is the highest that a Girl Scout Junior can receive. Working toward obtaining this award demonstrates a Scout’s commitment to helping others, improving her community and the world, and becoming the best she can be.

The Troop Bronze Take Action Project, The Learning Garden, was planted next to our PreK Building. The next day, the Scouts gave presentations to Mrs. Tonry’s science classes and created a binder of their work that included landscape designs and poetry. A minimum of 20 hours per Scout is required to earn the award. Collectively the troop put in 180 hours. Congratulations Scouts!

Troop 30773 being recognized on WSMM

The Girl Scouts with their Bronze Award. Front row LtoR: Ainsley

Lewis, Mallory Mistretta, and Angel Overby. Back row LtoR: Scout

Leader, Mrs. Tania Fuselier, Annmarie Fuselier, Shannon Landry,

Kathryn Mayeaux, Nadia Anticich, Ariana Blagrove, and Scout Leader,

Mrs. Colleen Blagrove

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CAKE DECORATING

CONTEST WINNERS

Overall Winners : Caleb Keister, 4th; MacKenzie & Grace Green, 3rd; Ariana Barrueto & Mom Amanda, 2nd place; Gianna Hakin & her Nana, 1st Place.

In the Pastry Chef Category - family cakes made by adults and kids of any age: Shelby & Carley Fischer, 3rd place; Ivy Deleon & Hannah Tyrney, tied for 2nd; Makayla Doyle, 1st place.

In the Petit Sous Chef Category - kids ONLY cakes made by those in grades Pre-k through 3rd: Isabel Powell & Emma Dorion, tied for 3rd; Emmalyn Godin, 2nd; Shelby Fischer, 1st place.

In the Sous Chef Category - kids ONLY cakes made by those is grades 4th through 3rd: Sterling Torroll, 3rd; Samantha Luke, 2nd; Hailey Ziegel; 1st place.

In the Executive Chef Category - cakes made by adults: Amy Enright, 3rd; Lisa Landry, 2nd; Ellen Ziegel, 1st place.

Category Winners to the Left

Category Winners Above

Overall Winners Above

Dear Parents,

On March 13, 2015, Pope Francis called for an Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, which began on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Decem-ber 8, 2015, and will end on the Solemnity of Christ the King, November 20 of this year. A Jubilee is a dedicated time on the Church calendar, during which we place a special emphasis on our relationship with Christ and one another. During this Jubilee of Mercy, Pope Francis has called upon Catholics to emphasize the Church’s mission of mercy. We do so by practicing the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.

The works of mercy are charitable actions motivated by Christian love by which we help our neighbor obtain what he or she needs spiritually and materially. Instructing, advising, consoling, and comforting are Spiritual Works of Mercy, as are forgiving and bearing wrongs patiently.

The Corporal Works of Mercy consist especially in feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned, and burying the dead. The Works of Mercy are not optional but are absolutely essential to living the Christian life of holiness and goodness. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2447)

Father Ed has spoken to the students on several occasions during Mass about the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy and has given examples of how they, as children, can practice the Works of Mercy. Our religion teachers have also emphasized this in their classes. Our Mission/Service Club and Mary’s Messengers are involved continually in Works of Mercy. One of our Student Council’s annual projects is to visit the Guest House at various times during the school year. Last school year and again this year, our school has received a grant from the Brown Foundation which allows our 6th graders to minister to the homeless in the Slidell Community. And finally, last week, our students participated in “We are His Hands and Feet Week”, sponsored by the National Junior Honor Society, in which they discussed and demonstrated how they can be Jesus’ hands and feet on Earth.

Please read the letter on the following two pages from Marianne Bell who is the coordinator of the Family Promise Program at St. Margaret Mary Parish. She is asking for help from our school community. There are many ways to help and she outlines these in her letter. Please consider helping. This would be an awesome opportunity for our families to practice the Works of Mercy as the Jubilee of Mercy is ending and to remind our children that we are truly His Hands and Feet on Earth.

God Bless our SMM Families,

Coach Gay

ST. MARGARET MARY SCHOOL

MISSION STATEMENT

St. Margaret Mary School is dedicated to creating a Christ-centered environment, actively engaging the teaching mission of the Catholic Church,

forming students in the Catholic faith, promoting academic excellence, cultivating student spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical growth, and providing opportunities for students to exemplify Jesus in the community.

November 2016

Family Promise of St. Margaret Mary

Dear St. Margaret Mary Families,

Having lived through Katrina many of us have experienced the loss of a job and our homes.

We know the pain of that loss and the daily struggle back to something normal. In St. Tammany

Parish there are over 1200 children attending school, but classified “in transition,” due to homeless-

ness. St. Margaret Mary is part of a coalition of Churches under Family Promise of St. Tammany

Parish helping in the effort to stabilize some of these families and give them a future full of hope.

For the past 18 months SMM has hosted these families for one week, 6 times during school breaks.

These families rotate through one of the 20 Host Congregation Churches one week at a time. The

Host Church provides the evening meal, some playtime for the children, a safe place to sleep and

breakfast in the morning. Every morning they are transported to the Day Center located here in

Slidell where they work with a social worker and other professionals to obtain jobs and housing. The

average stay in the program is 90-100 days. Family Promise has operated successfully for 26 years

in over 200 cities in the United States. The Archbishop highly supports this program with the help

of Catholic Charities.

The generous group of SMM volunteers involved with Family Promise in our parish have been pro-

foundly changed and extremely blessed working in this ministry.

St. Margaret Mary will be hosting again Thanksgiving Week and the week between Christmas and

New Years. This holiday season we are asking the SMM Community and the families of our SMM

school children to consider helping the Family Promise families. This a wonderful opportunity to

live out the corporal works of mercy right here in our parish.

Ways to help:

If you wish to be a volunteer call Marianne Bell @ 985-285-5359, mcbpsalm37@gmail.com

(volunteers can provide meals, host families for 2 hours after dinner, chaperone over-

night, serve breakfast and help with setup and breakdown)

Donate Lunch and Breakfast foods—see attached list.

Donate funds to help meet the basic needs of these families as they move towards stability.

Donate gift cards for Christmas needs.

Pray—consider a monthly Family Rosary for the Family Promise Families.

Donations will be accepted at......

School—A member of the Family Promise team will be in the school

cafeteria 7:30-9:30 am M-F, the week before Thanksgiving, Nov.-14-18.

Church—After all Masses Nov. 12-13

Please see next page for acceptable donations …..

The Family Promise Team of SMM thanks you for

your generous hearts.

May God Bless You!

Family Promise Items needed..........

Breakfast-individual boxed cereals, breakfast bars, pop-tarts, instant grits

and oatmeal , individual juice or milk , frozen-breakfast sandwiches, pan-

cakes on a stick, frozen waffles, biscuits

Lunch-----Bread, sliced cheese, sliced turkey or ham, peanut butter & jelly

Snacks- any individually packaged lunch items-raisins, crackers, cookies etc.

Drinks-individual boxed drinks—juices, Capri Sun, yahoo, etc. bottled water

Other needs...Toys for 1-7 year olds, puzzles, books, DVD's for all age children, color-

ing books, simple holiday crafts to do in evenings, holiday color sheets, colored pencils,

markers book bags, pencil cases, pencils, pens, loose leaf, computer paper

Personal items—toothbrushes in travel cases, toothpaste, body wash, shampoo, wash

cloths, hand towels, diapers-size1,2 &3, wipes, digital thermometers,

Medications-Tylenol, Advil, liquid cold medications, Vitamin C-children and adults, can

be generic

Household-Paper towels, toilet paper, holiday plates, cups & napkins, dawn dish deter-

gent, clothes detergent & dryer sheets (both for sensitive skin-any brand)

Clothing and shoes—call to get list of sizes

Drop off times @school 7:30-9:30 November 14-18 in the school cafeteria

@church-after every Mass November 11th—13th

@ your house—just call

Can't get items to school or church—call and someone from the Family Promise team

will pick up.

Call Marianne Bell @ 985-285-5359 or email @ mcbpsalm37@gmail.com

“Whatyoudofortheleastofthese,youdoforMe.”

Order your 2016-17 Yearbook Today !!!

All orders must be placed online, by using the web address listed below.

www.smmyearbook.com

The cost for the basic yearbook is $30.

If you have trouble with the link above go to JostensYearbooks.com and navigate your way through the ordering process. It is easy. Make sure you find St. Margaret Mary School, Slidell.

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We Give Our Hearts to Support Human Life

Students who participated in the October service pro-ject should bring their hearts to Mass on Thursday, November 10th. They will be collected before Mass and presented on the altar.

Thanksgiving Food Drive

Our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive for the needy families in our community will take place this week.

Each class has been assigned a specific item. The class food items will be combined together to make complete meals for needy families. Notices were sent home with students last week stating what item their class has been asked to bring. If you are able to help, please send the item with your child to school by Thursday, November 10th.

Thank you for giving!!

St. Margaret Mary School

1050 Robert Boulevard

Slidell, Louisiana 70458

Phone: 985-643-4612

Fax: 985-643-4659

Email: smmschool@saintmm.org

Check out our

website at

www.saintmm.org

THIS WEEK AT SMM Monday, November, 7

JV Boys’ Basketball Practice 3:15-4:30 pm Gym

Men’s Club Mtg 6:30 pm Gym

Tuesday, November 8

SCHOOL CLOSED—Election Day

Wednesday, November 9

SV Boys’ Basketball Tryouts 4:30—6pm Gym

School Board Mtg 7:30 pm

Thursday, November 10

School Mass 8:20 am

Spirit/Collections Day

Mary’s Messengers Mtg

Papa John’s Pizza Night

Talent Show Practice 6:30 pm Gym

Fire Drill 2:05 pm

Friday, November 11

Veterans Day Program 9 am Gym

Chess Club 3:00 Library

Saturday, November 12

PTO Mother/Son Tailgating Party with Mass at 5:00 pm & Fun 6:00—8:00 pm

Monday, November 14

PTO Room Parent Mtg 8:15 am E-Bldg Hall

Tuesday, November 15

Interims Issued

PTO Teacher/Staff Birthday Luncheon

Gift Wrap Pick-Up 2:00—7:00 pm Gym

Talent Show Practice

PTO General Mtg 7:00 pm E-Bldg Hall

6th Grade Field Trip