Celebrating Catholic Schools

Each year at the end of January Catholic parishes around the country celebrate ‘Catholic Schools Week.’ We do this for several reasons:

+ To thank all of our parishioners for their prayerful and financial support of this important ministry in our parish.

+ To promote the value of Catholic schools to those who may not be familiar with this parish ministry that helps parents pass on the faith to their children.

+ To help the school children realize the uniqueness of their Catholic education. We are also grateful to have two Catholic High Schools in our diocese relatively close to our parish that I encourage our parents to also consider for continuing their children’s faith formation. Althoff Catholic High School is in Belleville and Mater Dei is in Breese, both of them within a half hour drive. I also know that some of our parents choose other excellent Catholic high schools in the metro area.

Of course our parish also supports our parents who choose our great PSR program on Sunday mornings or faith-filled homeschooling.

I want to thank all of for your seeing the value of our parish offering a Catholic school education and for your financial support of it through your weekly tithe.

God’s Peace be with you,
Fr. Jim Deiters