Tuesday, November 8, 2011


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Nov. 8, 2011                          


School Raffle
Your school raffle letter and raffle tickets will be sent home on Monday, Nov. 14. The raffle sale begins on Monday, Nov. 14 and ends Friday, Dec. 2.

This is your first mandatory fundraiser.

Marie Callender’s Family Night
Join us for our first Marie Callender’s Family Night in Glendale on Tue. Nov. 15 from 4 pm to 9 pm.  Please invite your family, friends, and neighbors to our family night.

Mandatory PTO Meeting
Our second mandatory PTO meeting is next Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall.

Cookie Dough Sale
Need cookie for your holiday celebrations?
We have $2.00 off each tub and box.
The following cookie tubs are available for Sale: $12.00: White Oatmeal (1), Sugar (2), Monster (1), Reeses Peanut Butter (4), Chocolate Chuck (10) Peanut Butter (4), and Triple Chocolate (2), White Chocolate Oatmeal Cranberry (1), Walnut Chocolate Chunk (1), and Cookie Dough Bites (4).

Proportioned Boxes for $14.00 are available:
Sugar (3), Oatmeal Raisin (3), White Chocolate Macadamia (5), Walnut Chocolate Chunk (4), Snicker Doodle (1), M & M Candies (3), Sugar
 (3), Chocolate Chunk (4), Classic Sensation (5).

Scrip
Need to buy your scrip for the holidays? Our PTO is selling scrip on Sunday Nov. 20. They will be selling after the 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Masses.

Please call Eva Matas @ 323-336-2186 if you want to earn service hours and would like to help out on Sunday, Nov. 20.



Discovering Our Faith
Join us for a lecture on Discovering our Faith with Fr. Michael on Tues. Nov. 15.

The lecture will cover the seven major virtues, the seven major vices, and mortal and venial sin. You are asked to read paragraphs 1803 through 1876 in Catechism of the Catholic Church before coming to the lecture and discussion.


Schoolwide Learning Expectations
These are the Schoolwide Learning Expectations students are expected to review this week.
A graduate of St. Dominic Parish School will be…
A responsible and respectful person who:
  • understands his or her innate value and value of others as beloved children of God.
  • is self-confident and self-motivated and has the inner strength to make moral, compassionate, and healthy choices.
  • is prepared to make a positive difference in the world though his or her words and actions.

Food for Family Thought
Quickly make a spiritual timeline that lists the moments and events in your life that had the most impact on your spiritual beliefs. Review the highs and the lows, and list the top three most influential events. Reflect on what God was trying to tell you in these moments.

If you could travel back in time to live through any one year or event in American history, which year or event would you want to experience?