Catholic Schools Week in the March 2015 Issue of the Courier

Catholic Schools Week 2015

in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona

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Loyola Catholic School

In honor of Catholic Schools Week, the Loyola community celebrated with an All School Mass at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Mankato. Over the past few weeks, Loyola students recorded their acts of kindness on paper chains that were presented and displayed at Mass. At the end of Mass, we honored our longest standing Loyola employees: Chris Biehn, Tom Jensen, Pat Marzinske, Linda Ruehle and Patti Stierlen.

Their combined commitment to Loyola Catholic School totals 178 years!

Pacelli Catholic Schools

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The Pacelli Singers perform at the Winter Gala at the end of Catholic Schools Week (below left). Reading Across the Street, where our MS/HS students go to the Elementary school and read to another grade. This is the 12th grade reading to the Kindergarten History Day: We had students find five class (below right). in history. We had them find inform people besides George Washington the students dressed as this famous p

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St. John Vianney St. John Vianney's all school photo (right) was put in their local paper to help promote their school in preparation for Catholic Schools Week, which was full of activities like a movie theatre field trip, a performance by MSU theatre group and a beach party.

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Sacred Heart School, Adams

St. Mary, Madelia

ed to the right is our elebration of Catholic ls Week of St. Mary's Madelia's family. This n annual event that is possible to our school by a generous parishoner's donation.

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e facts about a famous person mation about other famous and Abraham Lincoln. Then person. We then had a “live” museum (Seen below).

Students in grades 4-6 became their famous person and told visitors about themselves. The younger grades made posters or dioramas about their famous person. Right: Alex Danielson portrayed Henry Ford.

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Left: For a CSW service project, students made 28 fleece tie-blankets to give to homeless veterans in the Twin Cities area.

Isaac Halverson, Brandon Thome and John Hegge worked together to complete their blanket.

Below: Eight teams of 1-8th graders competed in Tuesday's Religion Bee. Pictured are Lexy Foster, Lydia Reinartz, Theo Smith and Lawson Jax.

St. Theodore Catholic School

St. Theodore students enjoyed a fun and faith filled week for Catholic School's Week 2015. The week began by having our student's participate in the weekend Masses at St. Theodore. After the Masses, there was an "Open House". On Monday, the students began their week decorating white t-shirts with faith symbols, sayings, and verses that held meanings for them. On Tuesday, we share in a movie called “Joseph, The King of Dreams”. On Wednesday, the students dressed in their best clothes and enjoyed going to our weekly Mass. Thursday they wore camouflage because we hunted for Christ. The week concluded with the students wearing the t-shirts they designed and decorated on Monday. Even though Catholic School’s Week 2015 has come to an end. The students have shared many great times and created new memories that will live on as we continue on our faith journey at St. Theodore Catholic School.

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St. Mary's, Worthington

Right: Sixth Grade Students at St. Mary’s Catholic School, Worthington: from left to right Beatriz Gabriel, Jack Black, Jena Joens, Daniel Pavelko, Austin Gundermann and Jeffrey Ludes.

Below: Finger painting fun with (clockwise) Valery Agustin, Alexandra Fellows, Addison Joens and Jayden Spartz.

St. Mary's, Caledonia

Rochester Catholic Schools

Cotter Schools

Campus Ministry students from Cotter High School engage with WACS second graders for an afternoon of fun!

The Cotter Schools Board of Directors held its first annual Stakeholders' Meeting on Monday evening, January 26th. Pictured here are Sr. Judy Schaefer, O.P., President of Cotter Schools, and the members of the Cotter Schools Board of Directors.

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Left: Father Fasnacht and our 2nd Graders on class color day. Below: The students brought in 435 pounds of food to donate during the week. (top photo). On school spirit day all the students made a "Minion" and wrote on them why they thought "St. Mary's School is one in a Minion."

Winona Area Catholic Schools WACS students celebrating Catholic Schools Week Mass on Thursday January 29.