Madonna Catholic School
Parent Bulletin. March 19th - March 23rd
Return to Me with Your Whole Heart
From the first day of Lent, the Ash Wednesday readings make God’s call to us clear: “Return to me with your whole heart” (Joel 2:12 NAB). It is an extraordinary invitation from God to each one of us—to me in a personal, individual way. God invites me to drop the defenses that I hold up between myself and God.
God wants us to realize that our standards, our ways of judging and loving, are very different from God’s way, and so much smaller. God loves each one of us. For an entire Lenten season, for an entire lifetime, God loves each one of us.
“A clean heart create for me, God,” Psalm 51:12 NAB offers. “Give me back the joy of your salvation.” That is exactly what our loving God wants to give us, the joy of salvation.
Excerpted from Praying Lent by Andy Alexander, SJ, and Maureen McCann Waldron.
Please join us for Mass and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Following mass, all students and parents will have the opportunity to participate in adoration in the chapel. We will send out a schedule of when each grade will attend if you wish to participate in adoration with your child.
No experience needed!!! Just come and join us.....
Grade 3L Leads us in Assembly
In assembly this week the grade 3L class taught us a little bit about St Patrick. What is the little bit? It's that each one of us can make a difference, and that as children of God, by our baptism we are call to share the Good News and make a difference in other people's lives.
As a school we have making a significant difference by alms giving and raising money to sponsor a needy child.
Our SUPER School Community raised $631.65 towards Sponsoring a Child.
Thank you to all! $444 will be spent to Sponsor a Child for one year. The remainder $187.65 will be donated to Chalice.
Fantastic job!
Thank you to all of you as parents who are helping your children to understand the need to give to others! We appreciate your support.
Madonna Bake Sale!
We need your help! We only have a few volunteers to help with the sale. If you have a few hours can you please contact email Jennifer at
b4after@shaw.ca asap
Thank you!
Grade 2L works out with the Oilers!
Madonna Catholic School is rewarded with a lunch with the Oilers' Simon Bennett, Joel Schneider and Hunter providing a lesson in eating healthy
Madonna Annual Student Faith and Wellness Day!
Don't miss this great event - Thursday, March 23
All day in the school students will be participating in all sorts of activities that will engage them in areas of Faith and Wellness.
We will start off our morning with Tracy Lockwood who will kick-off our day with a presentation titled “Everyday Heroes” where she will speak to students that superheroes are not born...they're made. During her presentation, Tracy will be getting the students to dance, move their bodies and get them excited for the day’s events.
As well, there will be 2 large group sessions; a play about St Thérèse of Lisieux in the MPR as well as a Dance Play session in the gym.
In addition, we will have a variety of small group break-out sessions on Mindfulness, How to Build Resiliency, Managing Stress, Outdoor Fun, Baking Scripture Cookies and Story Books About Nutrition. Then, in the afternoon we will have the Madonna Catholic School Cup Stacking tournament and we finally end the day with a school wide Dance Play session in the gym.
Everyone is invited for the AM keynote at 9:00am as well as the closing session at 2:30PM. We hope you can come and join in the fun! See you in the gym!
Thank you so very much to Parent Council for their continued financial support of this very special day!
Upcoming Parent Teacher Interviews
- Sign up for your interviews at https://www.schoolinterviews.ca/
Event code is 9ezu6
Be Sure to Visit the Book Fair on the evening of your interviews.
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO....
Check out the data responses from our recent Division Assurance Survey.
Be sure to let us know how we can do better in all areas to better serve the needs of your children as our students. Thank you
Soap Stone Crosses for Lent
*********Madonna School Announces******* PRE-KINDERGARTEN for 4 Year Olds.
Registration opens soon!
Spring Break Begins Friday March 25th. See you back on Monday April 3rd
About Us
Email: mcs@eics.ab.ca
Website: https://mcs.eics.ab.ca/
Location: 15 Main Boulevard, Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
Phone: 780 467-7971
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