GLVN Bulletin
News for GLVN Volunteers (Thông Tin cho Thầy Cô GLVN)
April 20, 2017
Happy Easter to everyone!
I am really excited to be able to celebrate the last weeks of GLVN with you in the spirit of the Easter season. Yes! Easter started this past Sunday and is celebrated for 50 days until Pentecost! So when you bring those extra Easter eggs and Easter candy that you got on sale this week into class for your students ... remind them that we can celebrate Easter for another few weeks together!
There's lots of important news about the last week's of school in this bulletin. Please read it and don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns!
Thank you for all that you do!!!
In Christ,
Chi
A Female Retreat for Grades 7-12
This retreat is for ...
- a young woman seeking her truest identity
- a young woman searching for Sisterhood
- a young woman in need of peace and prayer
- a young woman yearning to be…loved!
In today's culture, girls are often told that they need to be someone better, more beautiful and different than who they are. This pressure affects their confidence and their self image, making them feel like that are not worthy, not important and not loved. This is far beyond the truth – because God loves them for who He created them to be.
The theme of this retreat day – Beloved (Be Loved by Him) – is meant to plant the seeds of trust, security and hope in God that our girls need in today’s world to help them grow into faithful, kind, compassionate, and loving young women who know that they are loved by Him and know how to share His love with their sisters in Christ.
We appreciate your help to extend the invite to female teens that you know!! It will be a beautiful retreat day together learning how to Be Loved by God and sharing in the sisterhood that God has given our youth here at our parish.
Use this link to share more info with other families who have teen daughters:
Important Info About May GLVN Schedule
Thank you so much for your ongoing input on so many things this past year. I feel like we have made a lot of positive changes and good progress in our program! We are so blessed to have everyone on this GLVN team!
Ban Điều Hành met before Easter to figure out details for our last weeks of school (yes! It is almost upon us!). There is a slight change from the original GLVN schedule for the last 2 weeks of school based on our resources and manpower and other parish conflicts. We appreciate your support and flexibility.
Here is an outline of what will be happening in May in detail so that you are well-prepared from your end and we have your full support to make these things happen for the kids (and for each other J).
May 7 – as previously communicated – all classes should have this as your final test day. We need to have the final test on this day to give you enough time to grade the tests and identify your top students for the awards by May 21 (our last day of school). More details on the award categories and stuff will be shared before the final testing day.
May 14 – on the original GLVN schedule we planned to have this as a “Service Day” for the entire school since you are done with tests and teaching lessons. The idea is that by using their hands and feet to do small things to make our parish a beautiful space for worship and learning about God, we hope to instill a sense of ownership and pride in this church/school space as their second home J
This is still part of the plan, but we are also incorporating the end-of-school year celebration with the kids on this day. We will still need you to be with your classes, but the activities will be planned out for you and your students for the whole day. We just need to you to guide and have fun with your students in doing these service projects. Lunch will be provided for the whole school this day. More details to come.
May 21 – Last day of classes – since we incorporated the all-school celebration on May 14 as part of our service day, here’s the thinking for the last day of classes.
- 10:00-11:15 – Students in classes with teachers for last day of fun as a class (Teachers – this is up to you on what you want to do with this last day. GLVN will provide each class a $50 budget to purchase what you need for a mini-class celebration with your students. Please submit your receipts to c.Nga in the GLVN office on May 21.)
- 11:15-11:45 – Lunch as normal (students/teachers buy lunch in the cafeteria as usual)
- 11:45-12:00 – Gather back in classrooms and then head over to church for the awards ceremony and Mass
Please let Chi know if you have any questions, concerns, ideas to make these last few weeks fun and meaningful for the students and each other!
Background About the Challenge
This year, students will earn tickets, and they can exchange them any time throughout the GLVN Challenge for all sorts of fun prizes. It's a little like Chuck E Cheese. This way the students are really just challenging themselves (versus competing against others). Last year's competition got a little to competitive, and so we wanted to change it up a little this year to keep it fun.
Challenge activities will be handed out before the Mass time, and are always due the following Sunday to earn the points for the specific activities. No late submissions will be accepted.
Click here to read the details on how to participate. Please encourage your students to take part in the GLVN Challenge!
Weekly challenge worksheets will also be posted online at https://www.smore.com/4avnt
Get FORMED -- Online!
Many Lent resources at this online resource too!
Get the best of Catholic movies (children's included), books, audio, and fantastic programs whenever and wherever you want! On phone, tablet, or computer, however you go online, you can be FORMED in our rich Catholic faith by visiting www.formed.org. Use our parish access code, CXV63J, to set up your own account with a valid e-mail address. Many tools for adults, catechists, young adults, teens, and kids to grow in love and knowledge of Christ.
Check it out!!! For more details, contact Yen Fasano at yen.sasjhparish@gmail.com or for technical assistance, select "Help" at the bottom of their site. Blessings as you deepen and enrich your faith!
Mạng lưới tài liệu: FORMED
FORMED là mạng lưới với rất nhiều tài liệu hữu dụng về giáo lý Công giáo bao gồm phim ảnh cho người lớn, trẻ em, tài liệu sách đọc, tài liệu nghe qua âm thanh, và thêm cả những chương trình khác rất hay.
Với hệ thống điện thoại, computer nhỏ (tablet), hoặc computer mà quí vị có thể vào mạng, quí vị có thể trực tiếp vào mạng lưới www.formed.org, sử dùng mật mã của giáo xứ CXV63J để tự mở cho mình một mục cá nhân với email chính của quí vị. Có nhiều công cụ cho người lớn, giáo viên, giới trẻ, các em tuổi trung học, và các trẻ em, giúp cho sự trưởng thành trong tình yêu và kiến thức của Chúa Giêsu Kitô.
Xin mời tìm hiểu!!! Để biết thêm chi tiết, liên lạc Yến Fasano qua yen.sasjhparish@gmail.com hoặc nếu gặp trở ngại kỹ thuật và cần giúp, xin bấm nút “Help” ngay phía cuối của trang mạng.
Xin Chúa chúc lành cho quí vị trong tiến trình đào sâu và phát triển đức tin.
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