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February 12, 2012 Confirmation Initiation
Mass 10AM
February 20, 2012 Presidents Day
Holiday
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Learning, Loving, and Living in Christ
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Principal
Sr. Kathleen Touey, IHM
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Message from the Principal
Dear Parents and Guardians,
May we "act justly, love tenderly, and walk humbly with our God!"
Catholic Schools Week is a week where we thank God and celebrate the beautiful Gift of our entire School Family. What blessings we each experience in the special talents shared by our Priests, Sisters, Teachers, Students, Parents and Guardians and our School Volunteers.
This year's theme in CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: FAITH, ACADEMICS, SERVICE." In just three words, this theme expresses what Catholic Schools are all about for the Student, the Family, the Community, and the Church. We teach our students FAITH, not just the basics of Christianity, but how to have a loving relationship with God. We hold them to high ACADEMIC standards and do everything we can to help students reach their full potential. We also teach them how to SERVE both as a way of expressing their faith and as a means of becoming good citizens.
Here at Saint Matthew School, we are proud to offer an education that is unique and outstanding. So many generous committed people are responsible for creating our school that is "SECOND TO NONE." At this time, I want to express my profound gratitude to our devoted Priests, Teachers, and Staff whose dedication and commitment are beyond description.
On Tuesday evening, January 31, Sister Jeanne and I, along with our Parish Business Manager, Geri McTear, School Administrator, Maria Fassnacht and Advancement Director, Barbara Gress, met with the leaders of the Our Lady of Consolation Parish and School, Father Dennis Carbonaro, Principal Stephen DiCicco, Deacon Joseph Cella who is also the Business Manager, and several parent representatives at Father Judge High School to attend a meeting scheduled by the Office of Catholic Education to discuss certain aspects of our school partnership. One of the topics of our discussion included what will our school name be should we become a regional school?
Our meeting was very productive and we all came away from the time we spent together with a deeper appreciation for each other and our respective communities, families and students. We are continuing to work together in a spirit of union and mutual respect.
The leaders and families at Our Lady of Consolation support us in many aspects of the concerns that were included in our appeal to the Archdiocese to include retaining our school name, Saint Matthew School.
We support the Our Lady of Consolation community in their time of transition and have vowed to do whatever it takes make the transition as joyful and welcoming as possible. We agreed to continue to communicate and share information with each other so that our communities are receiving the same information in similar formats from their respective leaders.
Our Lady of Consolation has been blessed with the history of their parish school for many years. We expressed our sincere appreciation for the privilege to partner with them in the Catholic education of their most precious gifts, their children.
I would also like to add a sincere word of appreciation to each of you. Thank you for the tremendous and loving sacrifices you make to provide a Catholic Education for your children.
God bless you and thank you again for entrusting your children to our care.
Lovingly,
Sister Kathleen Touey, I.H.M.
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