Monday, March 9, 2020
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This Week at a Glance
- Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - Parents in Prayer (More information below)
- Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - Home and School Meeting, 6:00 PM, Conference Room
- Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - SAC Meeting, 7:00 PM, School Library
- Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - Join us for our first STM Spirit Night of the Year! From 4:00 to 8:00 pm, if you dine at Chipotle near Park Meadows Mall and mention STM Catholic School when you check out, Chipotle will donate 33% of your bill to our school. Take a night off from the kitchen and help support our kids and teachers! Location: 8255 S. Chester Street.
- Friday, March 13, 2020 - NO SCHOOL, Archdiocesan Catechetical Conference (Lion's Den Closed)
- Sunday, March 15, 2020 - April Hot Lunch Ordering Closes
- Tuesday, March 17, 2020 - Parents in Prayer (More information next week)
- Wednesday, March 18, 2020 - Beta Harvest Day (More Information Below)
- Friday, March 20, 2020 - STM Spirit Dress - any STM shirt and jeans or uniform bottoms
- Friday, March 20, 2020 - Living Stations of the Cross, 2:00 PM, Church
Calendar Change
We have a small change in our calendar for April. Friday, April 3 will be an early dismissal at 11:30 AM.
Diaper Drive
Thank you to all who have donated diapers thus far! We appreciate your Lenten sacrifice.
We have reached18% toward our goal of 75,000 diapers!
OUR GREATER COMMUNITY “DEPENDS” ON YOU!!
Please pick up diapers on your regular Costco, Wal-Mart, Target, King Soopers run! Look for coupons in the Sunday paper or online.
Consider asking your neighbors to participate and leave a collection bin at the end of your driveway.
Let’s knock it out of the park and diaper those babies.
Service opportunity...
We will be collecting diapers at all Masses on 3/21 & 3/22. Please sign up for a Mass to wave a sign and collect diapers. We need many volunteers for a successful parish collection weekend. Students will receive one hour of service and will receive a free dress day if they wear their dress uniform. Please sign up here:
Lenten Blessings,
BETA and FIAT
Beta Harvest Days
There will be two more Beta Harvest Days coming up. Your child earns free dress if they bring in one OR MORE non-perishable food item. The two Beta Harvest Days will be on Wednesday, March 18 and Thursday, April 2. Thank you in advance for your generous donations!
The yearbook needs your help!
Please look through your pictures & share them with everyone in the STM Catholic community!! If you have cute pictures from any STM event, game, club, or if you have cute pictures of any STM students or teachers, please email them along with grade &/or event name to Stacy Terry stacyrterry@comcast.net or 303-478-4730.
Thank you & God Bless!
Singing at the Rockies Game
All 3rd – 8th grade STM students interested in singing the National Anthem at the Rockies game on Sunday, April 5th at 1:10 pm, please email Mrs. Burkholder at rachelb@stthomasmore.org by Friday, March 13th. You can purchase reduced rate Rockies tickets at www.rockies.com/catholic for this game. Thank you!
Important Links
In case you wanted to know….the tie blankets went to the following places:
St. Clares Ministry and St Francis Center of Denver (35)
Little Sisters of the Poor (10)
Holy Family Plaza (50)
Christ in the City (65)
40 Days for Life
* Pray for an hour on Saturday, March 28 or Wednesday, April 1 at Planned Parenthood in Denver (7155 E. 38th Avenue). Sign up at https://www.40daysforlife.com/Denver
* Join Monsignor Tom Fryar at Mass across the street from Planned Parenthood in Denver on Wednesday, April 1 at 1 p.m.
* Pray for an hour outside the Littleton Planned Parenthood office (that distributes the abortion pill) on the NW corner of Broadway and County Line. Sign up at https://www.40daysforlife.com/Littleton
* Pray and fast for an end to abortion any day during 40 Days for Life.
* Commit to pray for one hour each month throughout the year at the Denver Planned Parenthood through www.SaversofSouls.org.
Contact respectlife@stthomasmore.org with any questions.
Parents In Prayer
Parents/guardians, please join us on Tuesday, March 10 at 2:30 in front of the school to pray for Mrs. Wolf's 5th-grade class. You may park in the church or padre lot, or leave your car in the carline.
What better gift can we give to our community?
Parents/guardians, please join us on Tuesday, March 10 at 2:30 in front of the school to pray for Mrs. Wolf's 5th-grade class. You may park in the church or padre lot, or leave your car in the carline.
What better gift can we give to our community?
Hot Lunch Volunteers
Volunteers to serve hot lunch are needed on a daily basis from 10:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Please access the March Sign-Up at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F48ADAD28A5F94-stmhot33
If you would like to be added to the volunteer distribution list, please contact Betsy Reagan at ereagan@hotmail.com. Thank you for your help serving hot lunch at STM!
Altar Server Training
NEW Altar Server Training workshop taking place in the church from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM on Thursday, May 7, 2020.
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