St. Michael's News
January 3rd, 2025
Happy New Year
May your home be filled with love, laughter, and God's grace this year. We wish you many blessings and joyful times throughout the year ahead.
Our Virtue Focus for the month of January - Self-Control
During this month of January we celebrate the virtue of self-control. Self-control helps us to resist the temptation to do something that we will regret. It also helps us to resist the temptation to do something that will harm ourselves or others. Each time you exercise self-control you grow stronger in the Lord and invite peace to settle over life as you avoid any guilt you may feel from having made a poor decision.
Show me your ways, O Lord, and teach me your paths. -- St. Francis de Sales
A person with self-control...
† is patient
† knows how to wait his or her turn
† can calm him or herself down and think before reacting to situations
† knows how to avoid physical aggression (hitting, kicking, pushing, etc.)
† can think things through
† applies effective communication, decision making, problem-solving & resource management skills
Let us pray for the virtue of self-control so that we will resist the temptation to cause harm to ourselves or to others around us. AMEN
Upcoming Events and Activities
January Family Mass
Our January Family Mass will be the 8:30 AM Mass on January 12th. We encourage as many of our families as possible to join us. Our choir will lead us in song as we come together to rejoice. We look forward to seeing you there.
Sunday, Jan 12, 2025, 08:30 AM
St. Michael's Parish
New Student Applications
Applications for new student registration for the 2025-2026 school year are now open. If you have a child at St. Michaels and have a sibling entering in September, please contact Mrs. DeJulius to ensure we have their name added to our sibling list.
Registration forms for new families can be found on our school website https://www.stmichaelschool.ca/how-to-apply/
Basketball Season
The CISVA basketball season runs through January and February for Grades 5, 6, and 7. All games and practices have been added to the school Athletics Calendar. Please see the link below. We look forward to cheering on all of our St. Michael's teams. As always, we are grateful to the coaches, teachers, and parents who help ensure our students have the opportunity to participate in the league.
First Confession
Please continue to pray for those students receiving the sacrament of First Reconciliation on Wednesday, January 15th.
Community News
St. Michael's Gala
Tickets for the most glamorous event of the year, the Casino Royale Gala go on sale starting January 12, 2025. Tickets will be available for purchase at the School and Church offices and after weekly Sunday Masses. Ticket sales will end on February 20, 2025.
Early bird special – a table for 10 people for only $500.
Limited VIP tickets $80, with general entry $60.
Get your tickets early and be a part of what will be a fabulous evening!
For more information and Volunteer opportunities please contact
Rupa Marcus
Gala Chairperson
Email: rupa.marcus@gmail.com
Tel:604-306-4190
Jan 6th: School opens. Classes begin at 8:40 AM
Jan 7th: Confession Gr. 4
Jan 9th: Kindergarten 2025-2026 Application deadline
Jan 10th: 9 AM School Mass; 3 - 3:30 PM Used Uniform Store
Jan 12th: 8:30 AM Family Mass with school choir
Jan 14th: Confession for Gr. 3
Jan 15th: First Confession 7 PM
Jan 17th: 9 AM School Mass
Jan 21st: Confession for Gr. 7, Gr. 3 Assembly at 9:15 AM
Jan 24th: Professional Development Day No School
Dear Lord,
We pray that this New Year will bring us closer to You.
May we take the time to get to know You.
Help us to truly celebrate the gifts You have graciously given us
and use them to serve You and spread Your word,
May we also see and love you in all the people we meet,
so that in turn, they can see You in us.
We know that all human relations take time
if they are to grow and deepen.
This is also true of our relations with You,
the Father and the Holy Spirit,
which must grow over the course of our lives.
In this new year,
let us realize that every action of ours
no matter how great or small
enables us to be in touch with You.
Let us accept You in our lives,
in the way it pleases You,
as Truth, to be spoken,
as Life, to be lived,
as Light, to be lighted,
as Love, to be followed,
as Joy, to be given,
as Peace, to be spread about,
as Sacrifice, to be offered among our relatives,
friends, neighbours and all people.
Amen.