Crusader Chronicle

I want to wish our 2nd grade students an early congratulations on receiving their First Communion tomorrow! First Communion will be at 3:00 p.m. at St. Francis de Sales Church. Many thanks to Mrs. Wunderlich, Mrs. Truesdale, PJ Ehling, Fr. Craig, Fr. Brice, and all of the parents for all they have done to prepare the students to receive their First Communion!

Next week, we will be celebrating the Staff. Staff Appreciation Week is May 5-9. Many thanks to Mrs. Greiner for planning all of the fun activities for the students and staff! To see a list of the events, please look under the Upcoming Events section.

Lastly, the Honoring Mary Mass will take place on Wednesday, May 7. The 2nd and 8th grade students will walk into Church together and place flowers in front of Mary's statue. An 8th grade student will place a flower crown on Mary's head. The focus of the Mass will be to honor Mary, and all mothers, ahead of Mother's Day on Sunday, May 11. All are welcome to attend.

As always, thank you for all you do to support the school!

Gratefully,

Sarah Bitzer

Principal

The 7th grade class did an amazing prayer service focused on St. Carlo Acutis!

Many thanks to the St. Albert’s Nutrition Kitchen Staff for all they do to make our school lunch program awesome! We are so blessed to have them!

The 7th/8th grade SFDS track team competed Friday, April 25, at the Bishop Fenwick Invitational.

Congratulations to the following students:
Vanessa Treml (7th grade) for placing 1st in the discus and 3rd in the 400 meter dash!

Hailey Yontz (8th grade) for placing 3rd in the 1600 meter run and 2nd in the 800 meter run!

Sophia Tebbe (8th grade) for placing 2nd in the 200 meter dash, 1st in the 400 meter dash, and 1st in the long jump!

Federation of North American Explorers (FNE), a Vatican-approved Catholic scouting organization.

My sons Nick and Gabe are members as are several other parish families, and I also volunteer as a leader with the group.

While we participate in traditional scouting activities, our primary mission is to help form boys into strong Catholic men. Boys typically join around age 7 or 8 and can remain active through age 18.

The day after the fish fry, Fr. Berger kindly led our Promise Ceremony and encouraged us to grow the group and look into holding meetings at the school gym or St. Philip's. (A photo from the ceremony is attached.)

To help raise awareness, we’ll be ending our spring camp on Sunday, April 27th by attending Mass at St. Francis de Sales (camp typically ends on Sunday with mass). Our leaders will be available after Mass to speak with any interested parents about the program—whether they’d like to join this spring or at the start of our next program year in September.

For questions, or more information, please email Leader Mark Burleson (Sahi while in my FNE uniform). His email is mburleson@protonmail.com