Dear St. Peter Community,
Thank you for a wonderful week at St. Peter School.
This Wednesday the 2nd grade students put their Faith In Action and visited homes of older parishioners. They prayed for the parishioners and shared their joy with them.
We had another meeting with our new "sister-school" St. Louis Catholic Academy. Most of the students from Most Holy Trinity School transferred to SLCA when it closed. The 8th grade at each school is preparing a video of their class to share with each other. Once the students have introduced themselves we will plan the rest of the year.
Our 8th grade students received their 8th grade sweatshirts today. Their motto this year is: "When you find God, you find peace!" Simple, yet profound. Let us take this message to heart this year.
Next Friday, October 30th is our School-Wide, Halloween dress up day! All students and staff can wear Halloween costumes and/or fall wear. This is not a "free dress day" so please join in! Students will celebrate with their class sections. Make sure the students wear something they can wear all day. COVID masks are still required.
We continue to give thanks for our community. Thank you for your prayers and support.
With gratitude,
Dr. John Freitag, Principal
Nurse's Notes
To follow up on Dr. Freitag's communication yesterday, please continue to follow the Student Symptom Decision Tree and the document explaining when to keep your child home. Nurse Arzy reviews email 24/7, so please continue to contact her anytime with questions.
Faith in Action
FAITH: Let Jesus Catch You...
We held another beautiful Mass led by Mrs. Skoff and her fourth graders. For Wednesday’s Mass, we added the theological virtue of faith to our year-long emphasis on the virtue of peace. Msgr. Jack’s homily stressed that faith is a gift from God. Even though we can’t always see Jesus, Jesus asks us to trust Him.
During Wednesday’s homily, Msgr. asked a student to do a trust fall--to fall back into the arms of someone without looking backward. Msgr. likened this trust fall to the trust fall we all must do when we’re scared or struggling: fall backward into Jesus’ arms, for Jesus will always catch us. Our faith leads us to trust in God, which brings us peace. Peace is knowing that Jesus is always with us to catch us--even when we can’t see Him. What a gift faith is!
Let God Speak First...
Msgr. also stressed the Second Part of Mass: the Liturgy of the Word. After the Introductory Rites, we sit down to listen to God’s Word. We allow God to speak first, usually through the Old Testament (and on Sundays additionally the New Testament), and we listen to what God is saying to us. Then we stand for the Gospel--Jesus’ own words--and listen to what Jesus is saying to us in the Gospel. We end the Liturgy of the Word with our own prayers to God, our Prayers of the Faithful or petitions.
World Priest Day
What a blessing our three priests are: Msgr. Jack, Msgr. Greg, and Fr. Paul! Many thanks to our priests who dedicate their lives in service to our Church and to us. Each week at our all-school mass a different class takes a vocation chalice to their classrooms so that they might pray for vocations to the priesthood and the religious life. We know that our world and our Church is in need of priests. Let’s all remember to pray for our priests and for all those young men considering the vocation to the priesthood.
A Prayer for Vocations
God, thank you for loving me.
In Baptism you called me by name
to live as your child.
Help all your people to know their call in life.
For your greater glory, raise up generous leaders
to serve as priests, deacons, sisters, and brothers.
Amen.
Next week…All You Holy Men and Women Pray for Us
Our traditional Saints Mass is next Wednesday, October 28, at 8:15AM. From our school, only the fifth graders will be in attendance but we welcome all (including our school children) to livestream the Mass. We will celebrate the many canonized saints who make up our Communion of Saints. Look for some of these saints to come marchin’ in: St. Augustine, St. Catherine, St. Genevieve, St. Thomas, and of course St. Patrick. While we celebrate these “Big S”--or canonized--saints this week, let’s also remember all the “Little S” saints, those holy men and women in our lives. And let’s all remember our goal in life: to become saints, even if just little ones. :)
News and Announcements
PTO News
StP Halloween Costume Contest
In addition to the students being able to wear those costumes to school on Friday, 10/30, the PTO would love to see ALL of your Halloween spirit.
In addition to the students being able to wear those costumes to school on Friday, 10/30, the PTO would love to see ALL of your Halloween spirit.
Post a picture of your child’s and/or family’s costumes to the parent Facebook page, or email them to kpm5810@gmail.com by midnight Friday, 10/30 to be eligible to win a prize from PTO.
Prizes will be awarded in multiple categories: kid’s costume, family costume, home-made costume, trickiest costume, cutest costume and scariest costume. Winners will be announced the following week. Get out those costumes and get creative!
Reducing Racial Bias Presentation
Save the Date!
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
7:00 pm.
St. Peter Parish Committee on Racism
Virtually presents
Reducing Racial Bias:
Everyday strategies for people seeking to deepen their understanding and build more committed families and equitable communities
Join Adelaide Lancaster for a virtual, interactive conversation on reducing racial bias. Adelaide is the co-founder of We Stories, a St. Louis-based non-profit that helps families start and strengthen conversations about race and racism and then engages them in the work of racial justice. Ms. Lancaster helps families and individuals reexamine the role that socialization has played in their own comfort and discomfort around topics of race. Together we will consult the research, trace the origins of our collective discomfort, and dig into everyday strategies that counteract bias formation. There will be a special focus on supporting school-age learners.
All are invited! This presentation will be enlightening for all adults of the parish.
The Zoom link for the event will be in upcoming parish emails and
and in the bulletin on Sunday, Nov. 1 and Sunday, Nov. 8.
For more information, contact Joan Turnure at jsturnure@gmail.com
All are Welcome to Join the St. Peter Boys Scouts of America
Scouting is Adventure, Family, Fun, Character, and so Much More! St Peter Troop 323 is welcome to boys and girls of any age. Anyone interested can call or text Brian Alexander at 414-704-0529 or sign-up on the link here.
