Letter from the Principal
Dear Tiger Families,
Thank You for Supporting the Anything But a Run Fundraiser!
We are incredibly grateful to everyone who has registered and donated. Your generosity directly impacts St. Teresa School’s budget and classroom accounts, allowing our teachers to offer extended activities and unique learning experiences. Thank you for making a difference!
⛪ Children's Mass – Sunday at 11 AM ⛪
We hope to see you this Sunday at the Children’s Mass at St. Teresa Church at 11 AM. It’s always a joy to see our students participating and celebrating their faith together.
🎩🍩 Hat & Donut Day – Monday 🍩🎩
To celebrate reaching the PTO Raffle Ticket Goal, K-8th grade students are invited to wear a hat and enjoy a donut on Monday. (PreK/Preschool families – look for an email from your teacher with specific details.)
🙏 First Reconciliation – Wednesday 🙏
Please keep our 2nd graders in your prayers as they make their First Reconciliation this Wednesday. This is an important step in their sacramental journey, and we are proud to support them with our prayers and encouragement.
✝️ Stations of the Cross – Friday ✝️
St. Teresa students will participate in the Stations of the Cross on Friday at 8:30 AM at St. Teresa Church. All are welcome to join us for this meaningful Lenten tradition.
👕 Uniform Reminders 👖
- Orange Socks: Only permitted on Mondays in support of Adam (Adam Mondays).
- Skirt Length: Skirts should be no more than four inches above the knee.
- Shirts: Must be tucked in.
- Belts: Students wearing pants with belt loops are required to wear a belt.
We appreciate your cooperation in ensuring our students follow the uniform guidelines.
Thank you for your continued support of St. Teresa School. We are blessed to have such a dedicated and caring community! 🌿
As always, we thank you for sharing your student with us. We appreciate your trust, support, and partnership. TIGERS LEAD THE WAY!
TIGERS TOGETHER FOR ADAM!
Sincerely,
Nicole Green
Principal
Stand Up For Life Today
March 11, 2025
Dear Friends in Christ,
For some time now I have been writing and preaching concerning the importance of defending human life from conception until natural death. As residents of Illinois at this very moment we face a serious threat with the introduction of two bills in the Illinois State Assembly; SB 9 (in the State Senate) and HB 1328 (in the State House ). These two bills, if passed and signed into law, would authorize medical aid in dying. The legislation would allow mentally capable adults with 6 months or less to live to seek the assistance of medical personnel to acquire and use lethal drugs to end their lives immediately.
It is a humane teaching and practice that we do not kill those who are ill or suffering. Medical providers work on curing the sick and healing them. If medical treatment is unsuccessful and a person’s illness is terminal, we believe in providing palliative care during which pain is managed and the dignity of the patient is respected until natural death.
It is very important that we resist and oppose SB 9 and HB 1328, because if medical personnel are used to facilitate the taking of human life, our culture can easily cross a line in which ending your life by taking lethal drugs is not only a possibility but becomes an expectation. This can also open the door for insurance companies to object to funding palliative care and insist they will only fund the drugs for accelerating the death of a patient. Do we really want matters of life and death to depend on whether the insurance company will pay for palliative care?
Friends, I urge you to immediately contact your State Senator and State House member and tell them you oppose SB 9 and HB 1328 and want them to also oppose the bills. These bills are under consideration in both state houses right now. Our legislators need to hear from us today.
On a related note, please keep in your prayers the many people, especially our youth, who will gather for the Mass for Life and Pro-Life March in Springfield on March 25, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of our Lord. How fitting that on the day we liturgically celebrate the wonder of the Eternal Word becoming flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary through the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit, we will gather to pray for an increase in respect for human life at all of life’s stages and with all of life’s vulnerabilities. Please unite your prayers with me and all the participants in Springfield. Let’s pray and work together to promote the dignity of every human being in Illinois and beyond.
God bless you all!
Bishop Michael McGovern
Click HERE to fill out a Witness Slip.
Click HERE to find and contact your Illinois State Legislator.
FIELD DAY
Field Day is fast approaching! If you would like to volunteer to help out on May 2nd 7:30AM-11:30AM, please click the link provided. Field Day would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of our volunteers. Thank you so much!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0449ACA92BA2F49-55577678-field#/
Children Mass Dates and Signup
Once a month at 11am Mass at St. Teresa Church, we have our "Children and Youth Mass" where our children/youth serve in the different ministries during Mass (altar server, greeter, usher, readers, gift bearers, choir). Please mark your calendars as the dates and sign ups are below. March 23rd, May 18th
March 23rd
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080E4EA5A622A0FF2-50197666-march
May 18th
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080E4EA5A622A0FF2-50197680-may18th
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