Thank you to all of our students who brought flowers for Our Blessed Mother's Grotto on Thursday for Mary's Birthday!
A Note from Mrs. Sigler:
Dear St. Peter Community,
Words fail me in trying to convey how grateful my family and I are for your generosity, support, love — and most importantly — your prayers. Over the last several weeks, we have been showered with so many blessings from our priests, administration, fellow teachers and staff, parents, and students — our beautiful school community. In particular, prayers offered before the Blessed Sacrament (and on Mother Mary’s birthday!) was an incredibly touching experience. Undoubtedly, the prayers of all your precious children were delivered to heaven from the holy hands of Our Lady. What an incredible gift! It was an emotional day for my family, as our hearts overflowed with gratitude.
Finally, we are simply in awe of the many donations received from all of you. We wish we could personally thank each of you, for we know each contribution truly came from the heart. As we lift up prayers of thanksgiving to God for your kindness, we pray He will repay you — like the Good Father that He is — two hundred fold for your generosity.
Please continue to keep Michael in your prayers as he continues his battle with cancer. We have a long road ahead, but I feel blessed to know we are not alone. God is certainly with us, Our Lady isn’t far behind, and we have all of you — a school community actively supporting us with prayers and much love. I couldn’t possibly ask for more!
Many blessings, Mrs. Nila Sigler
Students will take pictures on Tuesday, September 27th and Wednesday, September 28th. Order forms will be sent home the week of September 19th.
September 27th Picture Day: KC2G, KC5A, KC5S, PK, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
September 28th Picture Day: KC3G, K, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th
(7th grade students who are attending the Archbishop Hannan Shadow Day on Wednesday, September 28th, will take their picture on Tuesday, September 27th)
Becoming an Altar Server by Noah Rea, 7th grader
At a recent morning assembly, Fr. Bru inspired me to become a part of the altar servers at St. Peter. There were 36 new/experienced Altar servers that gathered at a recent informational meeting. When we got to the Church we all sat down in pews and filled out a paper with some of our information on it, then we got split up into the groups of: JMC (Junior Master of the Ceremony), JMC in training, servers that have been serving for over a year, and beginners with no experience. Each of our groups were called orders and had special names. For example: The Order of our Blessed Mother (JMC’s),The Order of Saint Peter (JMC’s in Training),The Order of Saint Michael (Altar Servers with over one year of training), and lastly, the Order of Saint Francis (All of the beginners). We were split into smaller groups of 6 or 7 and went to different stations led by the JMC’s. They taught us how to help the priest by setting up the Altar or bringing the Deacon the unconsecrated body of Christ, holding the cross during the procession at the beginning of the mass, holding the candles, and even ringing the bells for when to stand up at the start of the Mass. That was my experience of becoming an altar server and if you want to become one, there will be three more practices at the beginning of each quarter.