St. Catherine’s Academy StCatherinesAcademy @SCA92805 Parent Newsletter Lunch Menu: March 9-13, 2020 Fresh salad, fruits and vegetables are served with the meals. Monday Sloppy Joe Tuesday Pesto Chicken Fettuccine Wednesday Turkey Soft Tacos Thursday Corn Dogs Friday Baked Ziti Stcatherines.academy March 5, 2020 Volume 25 Administrator/Principal Letter Dear St. Catherine’s Family, Blessings on each of you as we recall the journey of Jesus to Calvary and to his Resurrection to new life!? I pray we will find just a few minutes each day at home, work, in the car, wherever we can to breathe in the love of God as we recommit to being Christ for one another. At times, we may find ourselves saying: “Maybe tomorrow or the weekend when I have more time. ” We must MAKE the time! After we have done so, our hearts feel such a special peace! Could I ask you a favor? If you have questions or concerns about what happens at school, please come to me or to us directly. Information shared through group chats cannot be addressed unless we know about it. Often times we hear information second or third hand and that can create unrest and mistrust. Thanks so much for your help with this concern. Following is a reflection that might give you some pause moments: Over the last months we ran around the houses frantical- ly closing all the windows, trying in vain to keep out the ashes and the smell of burning trees. Like an old movie of some silent catastrophe, we watched an enormous cloud of smoke overtaking the coastline to the north. It seemed like all of California was burning. Months later, Australia would also be on fire, and on the other side of the world piles of ash would turn all the landscape gray as a volcano erupted in the Philippines. Perhaps we have been misreading the ashes. Perhaps as we receive a safely small smudge on our foreheads, we’ve forgotten that ashes are the result of violence and destruction. This Lent I want my ashes to remind me that the entire earth is groaning in pain and walking to Calvary with Christ. I want my ashes to help me feel the death of species and of landscapes. I want to know their sorrow and weep with them. I want my ashes to tell me about the radical sameness and kinship of all that is, because it needs me and I need it. This Lent, I want to hold hands with the whole earth, to remember God’s delight in its Creation and Christ’s embrace in his Incarnation. This Lent is about all of us: tiny creatures, vast forests, old folks and young. The one living organism that is planet earth, finally realizing our radical unity. And on Easter, rising together from our shared ashes to sow new seeds and help rebirth the abundant life that Jesus came to bring. -Dr. Cecilia González-Andieu Please REMEMBER: Tomorrow, Friday, March 6 th – Eucharist – at 11:30AM 3:00 – 4:00PM – Military Ball Practice for 8 th graders and Moms who can attend. Tuesday, March 17 th — Happy St. Patrick’s Day and special Irish Blessings Saturday, March 21 st – Military Ball – please send in your reservations if you wish to attend. It is a very special evening! Thanks to all who have responded! Monday, June 1 st – Our Golf Tournament is June 1 st …..help us find golfers!! With a loving and grateful heart – Your, Sister Johnellen sca_92805 SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF March 6-15, 2020 Friday, March 6, 2020 11:30am Eucharist prepared by 7A. Father Jerome Karcher will preside. 3:00pm Military Ball Practice Sunday, March 8, 2020 5-6:45pm Resident cadets check-in Friday, March 13, 2020 - End of 3rd Quarter 11:30am Eucharist prepared by 7B. Father Leonel Vargas will preside. 2:15pm Stations of the Cross 3:00pm Military Ball Practice Sunday, March 15, 2020 5-6:45pm Resident cadets check-in Priority Re-Enrollment for the 2020-2021 School Year Re-enrollment invitations were mailed out. Forms and enrollment fee of $400 is due by March 13, 2020. Pay your down payment by April 3, 2020 to receive a $300 discount! If you have any questions or did not receive your packet, please contact Deisy at 714-772-1363 or [email protected] 2020 Spring Fundraiser Order forms to sell or buy See’s Candies for Easter, were sent out this week. The deadline for ordering is Thursday, March 26. Please fill out the form completely and return with funds to the front office by this date, to ensure your order is filled by Spring Break.