Some of our Fourth Class students are scheduled to appear in a segment on Santa’s Helpers that will air during KMOV Channel 4’s Thanksgiving Day parade Thursday. Tune in!
Santa’s Helpers
November 26, 2013
Music Discovery – Christmas Songs and Crafts
November 21, 2013
Don’t miss these three special classes in December filled with Christmas songs for Pre-Primary, Primary, and 1st Class!
Please reference the Christmas Songs and Crafts Flyer on the Parent Portal – Clubs and Activities page for more information.
New 2013 Ornament Available in the Gift Shop
November 21, 2013
Gratitude
November 21, 2013
With Thanksgiving around the corner, allow me to take a moment to thank you all for giving your child the gift of Sacred Heart education. I know that for many of you, it is a conscious lifestyle choice and financial sacrifice to do so. Yet, as I said at the General PCC meeting and as I say to all who inquire, the choices and sacrifices you make to provide your child with this gift, not only girds your child with a sound value system and moral compass, but, you provide the world with men and women of courage, confidence and compassion who, by their lives and choices, reveal the Heart of Christ and thus, the Face of God! THANK YOU for doing so!
With deep gratitude for each and every one of you!
— Maureen Glavin, rscj
Picasso’s Coffee House Presents Academy Blend
November 20, 2013
Just in time for the coffee lovers on your holiday gift list, Picasso’s, the Art of Coffee, has introduced a special Academy blend. For each 12-oz. bag sold, the coffee house will donate $2 to the school. ASH Blend will be one of Picasso’s featured coffees on their brew bar the first week of December. Beginning Monday, Dec. 2, stop by Picasso’s at 101 North Main to give it a try. It’s available for purchase online:
Celebrating Philippine
November 19, 2013
Our school community celebrated the Feast of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne with an all-school liturgy in Rauch Memorial. Father Sean Martin, celebrant, asked the students to reflect on Philippine’s sense of adventure in her quest to bring God’s love to the American frontier.
Our thanks to the Sixth Class, who, under Sister Margaret Munch’s direction, presented a play about Philippine’s life for students in Classes 4-8.
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Click here, on the Society of the Sacred Heart’s website, to read more about St. Philippine Duchesne.
Healthy Holiday Eating
November 19, 2013
Food Service Consultants has provided Helpful Hints for Healthy Holiday Eating.
ASH Spirit Shop
November 15, 2013
The Spirit Shop (located on the upper floor of the White Center) will be open today and again next Friday, Nov. 22, from 3–4 p.m., for all your holiday shopping needs. Come check out the ASH apparel and merchandise. We’ve also got lots of candy at great prices!
Capital Campaign »
November 14, 2013
Philippine Reflections
November 14, 2013
Head of School Sister Maureen Glavin reflects on the life of our foundress, St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, whose Feast Day we’ll celebrate on Monday, November 18. CLICK HERE
Happy Feast
November 14, 2013
On Monday we will be celebrating the Feast Day of our school’s founder, St. Rose Philippine Duchesne. As part of our celebration, we will be remembering her life story. In its simplest form, Philippine’s story (as is true of all saints) is a love story.
One half of that love story is Philippine’s deep awareness of God’s great love for her. We know about this half of the love story when we read about Philippine’s passion for prayer and her desires for spending time with God in prayer. You’ve heard the tales of how the children in France put little papers on her habit to see how long Mother Duchesne would kneel motionless in the chapel. Or perhaps you’ve read about how the Native Americans or little pioneer children would put leaves on her habit for the same reason. Or, maybe you recall how the Potawatomi people would reverently come to the rustic log chapel on the Kansas prairie and kiss the hem of her habit during the hours this holy old woman was ‘lost’ in God. At the center of all these remembrances is Philippine’s capacity for prayer. What is at the heart of this capacity was the simple JOY of being with her Beloved. She was opening her heart to God and allowing the One Who loves her to fill her heart to overflowing. In the process, Philippine was being sustained and suffused with knowing herself to be loved by Love’s Very Self.
The other half of this love story is Philippine’s life poured out in love. Her whole life can be seen as returning love with love. She wanted to reveal God’s Love to others. Her love for God was the impetus for her passion and the energy behind her famous zeal. We can imagine Philippine up early in the morning and we can picture her going to bed late at night, busy about many things. What is important to remember is that she was a woman whose very life was poured out AS love for the one whom she knew loved her first!
So, let us celebrate Philippine’s Feast by opening our Hearts to that same Love. Let us allow God in, let us let God love us. Let us take time to sit with and in that Love. And then, like Philippine, let us allow our lives to be a witness to that Love through all that we do!
Happy Feast!
— Maureen Glavin, rscj
