We are all looking forward to the long weekend for family fun and rest! Things are really happening around campus! I am so proud of all the students, teachers, and staff as I walk around campus and see interesting lessons, engaged students in class, both in person and online, great routines and inspirational posters displayed in the hall-ways on doors and bulletin boards. There’s energy in the air and positive enthusiasm all around the school! Buddy groups met for the first time this week preparing for our first school assembly today. The cheerleaders executed a great pep rally Wednesday for the opening football game! There were cheer stunts, spirit drawing excitement, screeching battle cries, and entertaining dancing. The boys were ready for their first six man game; they played well giving the crowd excitement and ending in a tie! The volleyball girls started the week with all teams victorious! We are proud of our cardinal spirit leaders and athletes! Way to Go Cardinals! GRANDPARENTS are invited to mass next week with our school family and to a reception in their honor Thursday at the outdoor Children’s Chapel. We want to recognize and honor them for their support to family, community and Catholic Education! National Grandparents Day is next Sunday, September 13. There will be another delicious drive-thru dinner Sunday at the KC Hall. It is picnic style and put on by the KCs and St. Rose HSA. Come on out! We appreciate the support working and buying plates! Yesterday, September 3 was the feast day of St. Gregory the Great! He is the Patron Saint of England and Teachers. Gregory founded six monasteries on his Sicilian estate and became a Benedictine monk in his home at Rome. Ordained a priest, he became one of the pope's seven deacons, and served in the East as papal representa-tive in Constantinople. He was recalled to become abbot, and at age 50 was elected pope of Rome. He was direct and firm. He removed unworthy priests from office, forbade taking money for many services, and emptied the pa-pal treasury to ransom prisoners and care for persecuted Jews and victims of plague and famine. He was very con-cerned about the conversion of England, sending 40 monks from his monastery. He is known for reform of the litur-gy and strengthening respect for doctrine. He is also known for the "Gregorian" chant. Gregory lived in a time of strife with invading Lombards and difficult relations with the East. When Rome was under attack, he met with the Lombard king. An Anglican historian wrote: "It is impossible to conceive what would have been the chaotic state of the Middle Ages without the medieval papacy; of which, the real father is Gregory the Great." His book, Pastoral Care, on duties and qualities of a bishop, was read for centuries after his death. He described bishops as physicians whose main duties were preaching and enforcement of discipline. In his own down-to-earth preaching, Gregory was skilled at applying daily gospel to needs of his listeners. Called "the Great," Gregory has been given a place with Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome as one of the four key doctors of the Church. Gregory was content to be a monk, but he willingly served the Church in other ways when asked, especially when he was called to be Bishop of Rome. "Perhaps it is not after all so difficult for a man to part with his possessions, but it is certainly most difficult for him to part with himself. To renounce what one has is a minor thing; but to renounce what one is, that is asking a lot" (St. Gregory, Homilies on the Gospels).

Have a great Labor Day weekend! Take Care and God Bless!

Rosanne Gallia

St. Rose of Lima Catholic School strosecardinals.org “Excellence Through Jesus” Since 1889

September 4, 2020

Weekly Newsletter

Catholic Schools: F.I.R.S.T. Class Education … for life F – faith I – integrity R – respect S – scholarship T - tradition

Monday: Labor Day holiday

Tuesday: FB at St. Michael 6pm

Wednesday: VB Nazareth here

Thursday: Mass 5, Grandparent’s Day reception

Friday:

Kellen Mechura donated 4 books to our library.

The Stanzel Foundation Healthy High / Healthy Choices provided breakfast for our staff on Thursday.

Healthy High/Healthy Choices donated toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss to our 3K-6 students.

Bryn Stryk donated 20 books to our library.

Bentley Bubela Cheyenne Henneke Adam Reeves Lane Schiffli

The Cardinal volleyball teams won all three of their matches against El Campo St. Philip on Monday night. The C-team won 25-23, 25-14. The B-team won 25-10, 25-18. The A-team won 25-5 and 25-9. Avery Helms had 4 aces, one kill, 2 assists, and one dig. Reagan Dusek had one ace, 3 kills, one dig, and one block. Madison Kunschick had 4 aces, one kill, and one dig. Landry Zapalac had one ace, 2 kills, and 3 assists. Kenna Oliver had one dig and Grace Schramek had one ace. The Cardinals will play at home again next Wednesday September 9th against Victoria Nazareth Academy. All three teams will be playing with the C-team starting at 5pm. The Cardinal football team opened the season with a 26-26 tie with Yoakum St. Joseph. The Cardinal football team will play next week in Weimar against St. Michael on Tuesday September 8th. The game will be played at the St. Michael School Field next to the gym and will start at 6pm. The visiting team and fans will enter through the entrance closest to the gym. All fans will need to bring lawn chairs. There are NO bleachers at the field. Masks or face cover-ings are recommended.

Football Report by Coach Travis Wagner

On Wednesday the St. Rose football team traveled to Yoakum to take on the St. Joseph tigers. The Cardinals and Tigers were pretty evenly matched with the score ending in a 26-26 tie. The 8th graders Cooper Demel, Kellen Mechura, Marcus Seger and Tyson Wagner showed great leadership on the field. We have a short turnaround with St. Michael's on Tuesday at 6 pm in Weimar.

Pep Rally Notice Rallies will be held at 3 p.m. in the Gym on football game days.

No booster tags at this time but spirit tattoos will be sold for $1.00 Only parents of cheerleaders, pep squad and football players will be

allowed to attend.

Grandparents Day will be celebrated Thurs, Sept. 10

prior to National Grandparents Day on Sunday, September 13. We will have a reception after mass outside at the Children's Chapel for grandparents to come and enjoy bakery treats, juice and water.

Family Day will be celebrated Tue, Sept. 29. Although we

are not able to have a meal together in the cafeteria we will be having a delicious to go dinner to pick up and enjoy at home with your families. In the spirit of national family day we encourage dinner at the table with immediate and extended family. The fam-ily unit is so vital and important to the success of children, school, church, community, and nation. The meal will be catered from Oakridge and served by our faculty and staff family.

Academic Planners

available in the office $5 each

These are great for parents!