GLVN Bulletin
News for GLVN Volunteers (Thông Tin cho Thầy Cô GLVN)
February 9, 2017
Just a quick note to thank you for all the love that you give our students. Let's continue to remind our students always that "we love because He loved us first" :-) and help them always feel God's unconditional love for them.
This Sunday, we will be making a quick visit to all the classes to give a little Valentine's treat to all the students.
In Christ,
Chi
Fruits of the Holy Spirit
Look at how happy the students were on the last day of the retreat! That's the kind of joy we want our youth to have when they encounter Christ!
Our chaperones were also all filled with so much joy -- even after 3 days with 31 teens :-)
Parent/Teacher Conferences: February 12
This Sunday is our first parent/teacher conference! Thank you for all that you are doing to prepare for it. Please read the important info below regarding how parent/teacher conference will go, so that you are well-prepared for this.
Attendance reports will be provided to you on Sunday morning. Sorry for the delay in getting this to you.
Don't forget to come by the Teacher's Lounge over the lunch break -- we have food for you!!!
Date: Sunday, Feb. 12
Time:
- 10:00-11:10 a.m. -- Việt Ngữ teachers
- 11:15-11:45 a.m. -- Lunch for all catechists in the teacher's lounge
- 11:50-1:00 p.m. -- Giáo Lý teachers
Location: Gym. We will have table/chairs set up for each class.
Format: Parents will be invited to come during those hours to meet with teachers. No appointment necessary. Meet with them as they come. Limit your tie with each parent to about 5 minutes so that you have an opportunity to meet with all the parents who come.
What to discuss: As always, parent/teacher conferences are a time to connect with parents to discuss how we can all better support their child's faith formation. It is not a time to give negative feedback about their child's behavior, study habits or grades.
Share the student's current grades with the parent, but do not use it as a time to judge the student's performance. Share what the grade is and the expectations of the class assignments and tests, and then discuss any suggestions you have to help the student continue to grow in their knowledge in the class.
If the student has class behaviors and study habits that you need the parent's to help with, ask for the help from the parents without speaking negatively of the child.
Click here for a conference worksheet that can help guide your discussion with parents.
Letters to Baby Jesus
Christmas may be over, but hopefully the joy and peace of Baby Jesus is still with everyone! Just a friendly reminder about this fun little project
We especially encourage our younger grades to let your kids do this project. It will be a beautiful gift you give them later on when they receive these letters in lớp 10!
The "Mailbox" has been placed in the hallway outside the GLVN office for anyone who wants to write a letter (or draw a picture!) to Jesus. We will leave it out for the rest of February.
Please encourage students to write a letter telling Jesus all about their life today, who they are, who they dream to be, where their faith is now, about their family, what they like, what they hope for, what their fears are ... anything that they want to tell baby Jesus.
Envelopes will be provided. If students write their full name and grade on the envelope, we will hold on to these letters and return it to the student when they reach their last year of the GLVN program. This will be a yearly project that will be something fun to give the students years down the road to help them see how they've grown and changed in their love for Jesus and in their spiritual lives.
Teachers & TAs are more than welcomed to write a letter to Jesus too! We will keep it filed away to give back to you in a few years :-)
The GLVN Tet Performance
Prayers for a.Hung Do
Visitation & Funeral Prayers
Morning Prayer Together
Don't forget to join us exactly at 9:45 a.m. each Sunday morning in the Teacher's Lounge for morning prayer together. It will be brief (2-3 minutes) so that you can get to your classrooms before 10. Whether there are 30 of us or just 2 of us -- this brief prayer time will take place every Sunday, so please join in to offer up our day to Jesus!
All-School Prayer for 2016-2017
KINH NHẬT TỤNG THÁNH TÔ-MA AQUI-NÔ
Lạy Thiên Chúa của con, xin cho con một trí tuệ để nhận biết Chúa, một trái tim để tìm kiếm Chúa, sự khôn ngoan để gặp gỡ Chúa, mọi hành động được đẹp lòng Chúa một lòng kiên trì chờ đợi Chúa, và sau cùng là niềm hy vọng sẽ được ôm chặt lấy Chúa. Amen.
St. Thomas Aquinas Daily Prayer
Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.
Important GLVN Documents & Forms
Chuong Trinh Giao Ly Viet Ngu
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Email: chipham.sasjhparish@gmail.com
Website: www.gxannagiusehien.net
Phone: 763-639-4566