Sunday, January 29 Catholic Schools Week

Kickoff Mass

11:30am

Saint Joseph Church

Dress Code:

School Uniform

Monday, January 30

CSW—Celebrating

Our Community

Dress Code: Jeans

with Sports Shirt &

Can of Soup

Girls Basketball

Cougars vs Dayspring

Christian Academy

Home @ 4pm

Tuesday, January 31

CSW—Celebrating

Volunteers with Breakfast

Wednesday, February 1

CSW—Celebrating

Students

Dress Code: Crazy Hair

& Accessories

Adoration

SPIRIT Meeting

SPIRIT Room @ 8:30am

Thursday, February 2

Feast of Saint Blaise

Blessing of the Throats

CSW—Celebrating Staff

Girls Basketball

Cougars vs Loveland

Classical School

Away @ 4pm

Friday, February 3

No School

Staff Development

Education, Faith & Community for LIFE

Let your faith shine on

your servant. Save me

in your merciful love.”

—cf. Psalm 31:17—

127 N. Howes St., Fort Collins, CO 80521 Tel: 970-484-1171 Web: stjosephschoolfortcollins.org Principal: Dr. Chuck Hubbeling, Ph.D.

Saint Joseph’s is a family thing! What do Isabella Cederquist and Sophia and Grace Howie have in

common? They all have parents who went to Saint Joseph’s! Sophia

and Grace’s dad, Justin graduated from 6th grade in 1995 (there was

no middle school here then), and Isabella’s mom, Benita Cederquist

attended school here too! Speaking of alumni, Noah Clark from the

Class of 2011, will be appearing as an extra in the Western “Hostiles”

starring Christian Bale which will be released this summer. When not

appearing in movies, Noah has been attending classes at Front Range

Community College and interning in the Marketing Department of the

Denver Art Museum. Mrs. Kinney’s art classes have really paid off!

Read the entire Bible in a year! Are you fuzzy about Habakkuk? Not sure who Ahab’s wife was?

Don’t know Timothy from Titus? Then take the Saint Jerome

Challenge and read the entire Bible in a year! Saint Jerome did all

the difficult work for us by translating the Bible from Hebrew and

Greek into Latin. By spending just fifteen minutes a day with the Bible,

you can read all of God’s word in one year. Remember Saint Jerome’s

famous words – “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.” So get

yourself a good Catholic Study Bible and start reading. If you are up

for the challenge, e-mail dworkman@stjosephchurchfc.org for the

plan. We will celebrate your accomplishment during Catholic Schools

Week next year!

Catholic Schools Week: January 29-February 4 Are you ready to celebrate Catholic schools and the gift of a Catholic

education? Let’s do it beginning with the 11:30am Mass on Sunday at

Saint Joseph Catholic Church!

On Tuesday, parents, volunteers and Board members are invited to

swing by the Cougar Café at 8:15am for a continental breakfast. RSVP

to kgogela@stjosephchurchfc.org by 1pm tomorrow.

Other fun activities are listed on the attached 2017 Catholic Schools

Week Schedule of events, including a visit to the Starbooks Café in

the library! If you’d like to be a barista and serve hot cocoa to our

students, please email jkeiss@stjosephchurchfc.org.

Noah Clark Justin Howie Benita and Chris Cederquist

Applause

Congratulations to

Morgan Carlson, kindergarten,

for receiving a BIG trophy for the

courage she showed participating

in the Mutton Bustin’ competition

during the Pro Rodeo at the

National Western Stock Show

earlier this month.

Special thanks to Kate Orr,

Julie Tynan and Ann Woodley,

Teacher Appreciation Lunch

Coordinators, and our 6th grade

families for the Taste of Italy

lunch last week. The lasagna,

salads, soup and dessert

were bellissimo!

The Feast of Saint Blaise

One of the gifts of attending a Catholic school is celebrating the rich

traditions of the Catholic faith. Blessing of the Throats on the

Feast of Saint Blaise is such a tradition. This year, our priests and

deacons will be visiting classrooms and blessing each child’s throat on

February 2nd (instead of February 3rd due to staff development).

While we invoke Saint Blaise for his protection against any physical

ailment of the throat, it is suggested that students pray for protection

from all evil - physical and spiritual - which may attack the throat,

including gossip, profanity, and unkind remarks.

Friends of the Bible Book Club

Did you know your child has been invited to be a part of our Friends of

the Bible/Friends of the Faith Club? Encourage your child to read and

retell stories of our faith to you, or a school staff member. For each

story recorded on the attached log, students earn their way toward a

special celebration at the end of the year. For more details, contact

Ms. Keiss at jkeiss@stjosephchurchfc.org.

Summer Enrichment We know that many of you are registering now for summer camps.

That’s why we wanted to give you a heads up about Cougar Camp.

Unfortunately, it will not be offered this summer. However, Vacation

Bible Study will be! Save the dates of Monday, June 5th-Friday, June 9th

and join campers from 9am-12pm for a week of Bible fun, exploration,

and adventure. Cecilia White, Family Life Coordinator, is looking for

adult and youth volunteers. Interested? Please email Cecilia at

cwhite@stjosephchurchfc.org. Details and the registration form

will be coming home soon, so keep your eyes open!

Saint Joseph Catholic School is committed to providing an education rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Catholic teaching and

academic excellence; which invites students to love God and others, to develop their unique talents and gifts and to become life-long learners.

Join the party!!!

5:30pm, Saturday, February 11

at the beautifully renovated

Hilton Fort Collins

Live music and dancing!

All proceeds to benefit

Saint Joseph Catholic School