Monday, March 20, 2023
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This Week at a Glance
- Friday, March 24, STM Spirit Dress Day - Wear any STM Spirit shirt with jeans or uniform bottoms.
- Friday, March 24 - Middle School Consecration to Mary
- Wednesday, March 29 - Coffee with the Principal - 8:00am-8:45am; small cafeteria
- Thursday, March 30 - Lenten Reconciliation - 10:15am
- Friday, March 31 - Living Stations - More information below
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Living Stations
Please join us next Friday, March 31st for the Living Stations of the Cross presented by the MS students. The school will be praying through the 14 stations of the cross starting around 2:10. We would love to have the school community join us for this afternoon of prayer and reflection.
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Students Needed for Diaper Drive
Parish Push Weekend
We need your help! This weekend is the Parish Push for STM’s Diaper Drive. Students will waive signs and collect diapers and cash donations from parishioners before each mass, increasing parish awareness of the diaper drive and our great school, and allowing us to help more babies!
If you are signed up to participate in mass or help with the diaper drive, please wear your mass uniform and you will get service hours, a free dress day the following Monday (March 27), and the satisfaction of serving your community. This is also a great act of Lenten almsgiving. Please sign up at the following link:
We would like to have a good showing at all the masses, so please consider signing up for a mass that is under-represented. Right now there are no students signed up for Sunday 7 am, 12:30 pm, or 5:30 pm mass. The presence of cheerful, respectful students is so important to bringing in donations on Parish Push weekend!
Diaper Drive Progress
The week before Spring Break, STM Catholic collected a total of 2523 diapers and $1084 (equivalent to another 6376 diapers). To date, we’ve collected the equivalent of 29,387 diaper. Thanks to all who have donated!
We’ve got a long way to go to meet our goal of 110,000 diapers with only 2 ½ weeks remaining. Spring Break slowed us down, but I know we can rally to meet this goal!
The classes that are currently leading the class competitions are:
Preschool: Lions $101.73
K-2: Ms. Baker 1st grade class - $199.15
3-5: Ms. Arrieta 4th grade class - $337.84
6-8: Ms. Basile - 8th Grade - $274.54
Important Links
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Date Night with Father Randy: Marriage Advice from a Celibate
Calling all married couples who are ready for a night out!
Join us for a true date night with dinner, music, ambiance, and an evening of laughter and reflection with your spouse as we celebrate marriage. Take time from your busy lives to renew & refresh your relationship and reflect on what is truly important.
Father Randy will delight us with his humor and spiritual direction!
Saturday April 1, 2023, in McCallin Hall
6:30pm – drinks, wine & beer
7pm – dinner
7:30pm – presentation
Cost: $50 per couple
Questions? Contact Sandra at sandras@stthomasmore.orgor 303-221-9235.
Limited childcare is available upon request. We are unable to accept children under the age of 9 months old. Please email Donna at donnae@stthomasmore.org by March 24 to reserve your spot and indicate the name(s) and age(s) of your child(ren). A 24-hour cancellation notice is required.
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Butter Braid
STM is kicking off March with our favorite Spring fundraiser with Butter Braid that runs starting today March 6th ending March 30th.. Start dreaming about the delicious must-have specialty pastries to add to your Easter Brunch table. Or to spoil the family with carbalicious treats like a Cinnamon Braid or Caramel Glazed rolls. When it comes to bread, we’ll take it all! Butter Braid will generously give back 40% of Sales to STM. Order today using the link below and pick up at STM on April 5, right before Easter Weekend. Details below:
WHAT: BUTTER BRAID – Braided Pastry
STM SPIRIT FUNDRAISER (Month instead of Night)
40% of orders submitted through STM’s personal link are donated back to STM
WHEN: Order March 6 - 30, 2023
Pick-up Wednesday, April 5 at STM
HOW: Step 1 – Order anytime from March 6th to 30th through STM’s personal link here:
Step 2 – Pick-up order Wednesday April 5 after 1 PM at STM (more details on exact time & location at STM to follow)
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7th Grade Field Trip
The seventh grade and Father Matt went to BMH-BJ, an orthodox synagogue in Denver. There they learned about Judaism from Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky. BMH-BJ is also home to extremely rare Torah Scrolls that were rescued from Czestochova, Poland following the Holocaust. They also had a star that Jews were forced to wear on their outer clothing during the regime of the Nazis and their collaborators. The star is from France and says “Jew.” The students learned a lot in our time at the synagogue, and Father Matt was there to facilitate cross-theological understanding. Rabbi Chaitovksy said of our seventh grade, “The students were exemplary representatives of the school in every way. You are clearly doing something right!”
