From the Principal's Desk...
Dear Divine Mercy Families,
We continue this month of gratitude as we wait for Thanksgiving. I remind the students that we all have so much to be grateful for every day. Spending time thinking about and listing these things helps make us appreciate the gifts we have been given by God. I pray that this Thanksgiving is a time of reflection and appreciation for all.
The MNSAA team spent three days at our school, and we were very glad to host them! Their report will be presented to the Board of Directors at the December meeting, and we will receive the board’s decision. Everything seems to be going well so far! I look forward to using the feedback we receive from this review and the one we will have in the spring with Lumen Accreditation to build a strategic plan that highlights our priorities for the next six years. These plans provide a framework for growth and improvement in our school.
We look forward to a well-deserved Reward Dress Down Day tomorrow and a short week next week. There will be no newsletter on Thanksgiving. May you all enjoy a blessed holiday!
We live in HOPE-holding on to God’s promises every day!
Mrs. Ashley
Divine Mercy Catholic School- A community grounded in faith dedicated to the development of the whole child: mind, body, and soul.
Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Reclaiming Sundays
After all the work God did during the week, on the seventh day, He rested and made it holy. We should, too.
November Reclaiming Sundays: Beauty
“There are saints to discover, there are stories to be told, and there are symbols to be talked about. We have all this right at our fingertips.”
In November’s videos of our Reclaiming Sundays series, Bernadette Gockowski, Catholic artist, wife and mother, shares her appreciation of the “wow factor” of beauty in our Catholic faith and what her family does to lean into the fullness of the beauty of the Catholic Church. Let’s reclaim Sundays for the Lord and our families.
Calendar and Upcoming Events
Nov. 21 Reward Dress Down Day/No Bussing
Nov. 25 Spelling Bee 8:30 AM
Nov. 26-28 No School-Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 30 First Sunday of Advent
Dec. 1 School resumes-Butterbraid Orders Due
Dec. 2 Reconciliation Grades 3-5
Dec. 3 School Mass-Grade 5
Dec. 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception-Mass with BA 8:30
Dec. 10 Christmas Shop
Dec. 12 Adoration 8:15/No Bussing
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Dec. 16 Christmas Concert 1:00PM and 6:30PM
Dec. 17 School Mass- Grade 3
Dec. 18 Reward Dress Down Day
Dec. 19 End of 2nd Quarter/Pajama Day
Dec. 22-Jan. 2 Christmas Break-No School
