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Weekly Newsletter - March 28, 2019
Our Motto: Teaching the Mind...Nourishing the Soul
Theme for the Year - TRUTH
At St. Joseph Catholic School, we are striving to become missionary disciples by revealing the Truth of Christ to others through our actions.
Our Mission and Vision Statements
Mission:
St. Joseph Catholic School provides students with a safe and prayerful learning environment, enveloped by an intimate community of active and faithful families.
Vision:
Catholic schools in the Diocese of Fort Worth are committed to opening the doors so that our students can reach further than the walls that would otherwise enclose them and therefore are able to recognize and cherish the eternal and transcendental goods of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.
From the Principal
We are already approaching the 4th Sunday of Lent. At this week's Monday Morning Prayer Service, I encouraged the students not to complain or grow weary of their Lenten sacrifice. As we are witnessing through the Stations of the Cross, Christ did not complain or give up as he was being led to Calvary. We are to continue on our journey, doing our best to see it through. Our hope is to have grown in our faith, to have become more holy.
Please enjoy the FORMED video found by clicking the link below. The video's presenter speaks to our desire to become holy, and that holiness is for all of us, not just for a select few.
In Christ's service,
Diane Price, M.Ed.L.
Principal
Truth Bible Verse for March
Saintly Quotes to Ponder
Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible. - St. Ignatius of Loyola
Blessed the one who loves truth continually and has not lent his mouth as an instrument of impiety by lying, for he fears the commandment about idle speech. - St. Ephrem of Syria
Latin and greek roots challenge
Enrollment for 2019-2020
- New Family Enrollment Application - The link to the application for new families to the school is on the school website. We are still enrolling new families. Spread the word!
Reminders and Upcoming Events
- Friday, April 5th, Free Dress Day for All!
- If you are an Amazon customer, please use Amazon Smile! We receive a donation from Amazon when you shop. Go to: smile.amazon.com to participate. It is a very easy way to support the school! Thank you!
- If you know a St. Joseph Catholic School alumni, please let them know we are looking to stay in contact, and would love to hear how they are doing. See the notice in our alumni section of below.
The ST. Joseph 22nd Annual Golf Tournament and Dinner
Save the Date!
Sponsors are still needed. Please see the Thursday Folder for more details of this exciting fundraising event!
Box Top update
Home and School Association (HSA)
- Come to our next HSA Spirit Night, Tuesday, April 5th at Spring Creek BBQ on 3608 S. Cooper from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
- The next HSA Meeting will be May 8th at 7:00 pm in the school cafeteria. There is no HSA Meeting in April.
- Please bring in your box tops. Be sure to check out the bulletin board display in the cafeteria to see which homeroom is in the lead! Thank you for all the hard work cutting and collecting for the school!
- Looking for uniform pieces? Need to sell some pieces your child has outgrown? There is a Facebook page for that: SJCS Online Uniform Resale.
Safe Environment Training
You must first create a profile in VIRTUS for the Safe Environment Diocesan Program.
Per the Diocese, all school volunteers if they are current on Safe Environment, will have until 7/31/19 to renew through VIRTUS if you do not expire before that date. You need to go on the VIRTUS website and make a profile. You can do this without signing up for a class. Profiles are needed in the new system so we know you have previous training, as the old database is no longer open for viewing.
04/27/2019 1:15 PM St. Bartholomew Parish Fort Worth (Spanish)
04/27/2019 9:30 AM St. Vincent de Paul Parish Arlington
04/30/2019 6:00 PM St. Andrew Parish Fort Worth
05/02/2019 6:00 PM St. Francis of Assisi Parish-Grapevine Grapevine
05/04/2019 9:00 AM St. Benedict Fort Worth
05/06/2019 9:00 AM Catholic Center Fort Worth
05/06/2019 9:00 AM St. Peter the Apostle Parish-Fort Worth Fort Worth
05/07/2019 6:30 PM St. Vincent de Paul Parish Arlington
05/08/2019 6:00 PM St. Maria Goretti Parish Arlington
05/11/2019 9:00 AM St. Ann Parish Burleson
05/18/2019 9:00 AM St. Maria Goretti Parish Arlington
05/18/2019 9:00 AM Most Blessed Sacrament Parish Arlington
05/28/2019 6:30 PM St. Vincent de Paul Parish Arlington
05/29/2019 9:00 AM Most Blessed Sacrament Parish Arlington
06/01/2019 9:00 AM Most Blessed Sacrament Parish Arlington
06/08/2019 8:45 AM St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Keller
06/15/2019 8:45 AM St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Keller
06/15/2019 9:00 AM St. Maria Goretti Parish Arlington
06/19/2019 6:00 PM St. Maria Goretti Parish Arlington
06/22/2019 9:30 AM St. Vincent de Paul Parish Arlington
07/08/2019 6:00 PM Our Lady Queen of Peace Wichita Falls
Talking to Kids about important matters
As they say in physics, every action has a reaction. When our lecture lobes swell, kids’ learning and listening lobes shrink. Indelibly etched into my memory is the little first-grader I lectured about his chronic hall-running. “You could slip and get brain damage", was the theme of my speech.
We’ve learned a lot from our own mistakes… and those made by others. We’ve learned even more by watching extremely effective parents and educators. Over the past thirty years, we’ve noticed that really successful ones understand the following concept:
The more words we use when kids are misbehaving or acting irresponsibly, the less effective we become.
Kids test us to see if we will love and accept them regardless of what they may do.
Questions do two powerful, important things. First, they show others that we can and want to understand their viewpoint. Secondly, they force people to do plenty of thinking. Questions create a lack of closure deep in the psyche. Humans yearn for closure and sort of go nuts when they don’t have it. Even when our kids don’t answer our questions verbally, their subconscious minds can’t resist the urge to give them plenty of thought. Some examples include:
• What do you think about how you’re doing in school right now?
• What are your ideas on whether bikes like your new one ever get stolen?
• What are your thoughts on kids experimenting with drugs?
• How do you think some kids put themselves in danger while chatting on the internet?
Listening to our youngsters’ opinions… even when they’re silly, strange, or downright scary… dramatically increase the odds that they’ll listen when it’s our turn to speak.
Let’s think about this. Do children have control over whether they listen to us… even when we don’t give them this control? You bet! Do stubborn kids know this? Yep! Whenever we pretend to have control over things we clearly do not, it erodes their respect for us… and creates a battle they cannot resist.
Here are a few tips to experiment with when talking with your kids about important matters:
• Have plenty of short discussion rather than a few long ones.
• Ask thoughtful and sincere open-ended questions.
• Ask permission to share your thoughts.
• Describe potential consequences using the “Some kids worry…” routine.
• Provide a positive expectation.
• If they refuse to talk, don’t fall into the trap of trying to make them.
We all know at least one child… or adult… who just has to learn life’s lessons the hard way. Despite all of our gallant attempts to endow them with our wisdom, they choose to take the rocky road to maturity by making plenty of mistakes and experiencing their consequences. Isn’t it interesting that the hardest lessons learned are usually the ones that teach us the very most!
Dr. Charles Fay
President of the Love and Logic Institute, Inc.
Knights in Action!
8th Grade Student of the Month
Frassati Recipients
The Beatitude you exemplify: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
American Way Award
Moments Captured around campus
God's Promise
Gravity in action!
Works of art
7th grade Math
6th Grade at Catholic Charities of Fort Worth
RoboKnights in Action!
alumni news
Do you have any information you would like to share with the entire Knight Community? We would love that as well! Please send your news to mhurtado@stjosephtx.org.
Once a Knight - Forever a Knight!
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Meet our parish priests!
Rev. Daniel Kelley
Fr. Tom Kennedy
Fr. Peter Opoku Ware
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Parish
- Check out the Thursday Folder for an invitation to stroll down memory lane at the St. Joseph Parish 1950's through the 1960's dance on April 27th beginning at 7pm. Stop by after the Golf Tournament!
- St. Joseph Men's Club Fish Fry happening at the parish during Lent.
- Be sure to look into FORMED.org. The parish has paid for your subscription to this vast library of inspiring videos and essential reads to help grow your faith. Just go straight to the "Enter Code" button and enter 4BDX9H to begin the process. You may also access this through the parish website link below. Enjoy!
- Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is occurring after daily Mass in the Chapel until 5:45pm. Come spend some time with our Lord.
- Please enjoy this link to a lovely article in the North Texas Catholic about the pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Fr. Kelley: https://t.co/3ItrotxIyf
Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth link:
Contact us at (817) 419-6800
ST. JOSEPH, PROTECTOR OF FAMILIES, PRAY FOR US.