Friday, January 4, 2013
Thank You For Donations to Teacher Wishlists
Thank you to all the families who donated items from the Teacher Wishlists during the holidays. These donations help enhance the classrooms, playground, library, science lab, and YDP program — and they benefit all our students!
Baldwin Family: Cash donations to 2nd grade and Kindergarten
Matteri Family: Nerf Balls and jump ropes for the playground
Slaughter Family: Puzzle for YDP and Barnes and Noble gift card for Kindergarten
Pettey Family: Kinex for YDP
Black Family: Michael’s gift card to Kindergarten
Lance Family: Amazon.com gift card to the library
Jackson Family: National Geographic subscription to 6th grade
Robinson Family: Hand boiler science toy to the science lab
Gladysz Family: Dipping Bird to science lab and iTunes gift card to 2nd grade
Anonymous Donor: New TV for 4th grade classroom
Sign Up for a Winter Respite
Did you miss this Auction “Easel Item”? There is still time to sign up!
Winter Respite: Friday, January 25th, 2013 @ The Pinomesa Home
End your work week by a crackling fire while listening to romantic and popular tunes on a grand piano. Your hosts’ favorite appetizers will have you begging for their recipes and toasty cocktails will help take the chill out of the night air. Mingle with friends (new & old) and take cover from the wintry winds drifting down from the Alameda Ridge.
Hosts: Pinomesa, Robinson, Fiedler, & O’Leary
Cost: $30 per Person | Guests: 24
Sign Up in the School Office
Christmas Tree Recycling This Weekend
Saturday, January 5 • The Madeleine School parking lot
Local Cub Scout Pack 47 will be holding their annual Christmas Tree recycling event on Saturday, January 5, between 9 am and 3pm. All donations will benefit Pack 47, sponsored by The Madeleine Parish
A couple notes:
• Please remove all decorations and tinsel
• Suggested donation $10/tree
Locations:
• The Madeleine School parking lot, NE 24th Avenue & NE Klickitat Street
• Archbishop Howard School parking lot on NE 54th Avenue
3rd Grade Delivers 97 St. Michael's Lunches
The 3rd grade brought in 97 well labeled, nutritious sack lunches the week before Christmas. A big thank you to all who donated socks to the folks who visit St. Michael’s. We collected enough to fill is big, blue tub, and many Portland feet will be warm this Christmas! Thank you for all your hard work. I know it’s not easy to throw together extra lunches during the busy holiday season but every donation is greatly appreciated.
Crab Feed only two weeks away...we could use some volunteers!
Our annual Crab Feed is one of the biggest events of our year, and we couldn’t do it without our great volunteers! If you have an opportunity, we need help with everything from setup to cleanup, serving to scrip sales. Please call Nora Gravengaard, our Events Manager, in the parish office at ext. 28. Thank you!
Save the date!
Mass at 6:00, Mardi Gras party at 7:00
Last year was such a blast, we decided to make our Mardi Gras celebration an annual event! Details to come, but mark your calendars for a big Tuesday night to celebrate with your friends. Watch the bulletin, our website and your mailboxes and inboxes for more information.
Winter Leadership Night
Wednesday, January 16 • Parish Hall
All committee, council, commission and ministry leads, chairpersons are requested to attend our quarterly Parish Leadership Night, Wednesday, January 16. The format will be similar to past years, as we will break out into commission groupings, update each of the other groups, then come together to update the entire assembly. This is an important time to get to know other leaders in our parish and to learn how your group can help further our mission. Please join us!
Liturgical Ministry training date set
Saturday, January 19, 9:00 am
Liturgical Ministry training for the upcoming year is scheduled for January 19 from 9:00–10:30 am in the Church. All Ministers of Hospitality, Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, Music Ministers and Sacristans are requested to attend.
This annual training is extremely important for all of us to help build our Ministry, share the experience of being a Minister with others, and review our duties. Please contact Scott Baier, our Seminarian Intern, at ext. 22, with questions.
Next Kids’ Night tentatively scheduled for early February
The exact date is yet to be finalized, but be ready in early February for our second Kids’ Night In. We could use some more volunteers, both adults and kids 6th Grade and up. Contact Tina Hanselman, Director of Faith Formation, thanselman@themadeleine.edu, or 503-281-5777 ext. 27
Confirmation sessions begin on January 13—Sign up now!
www.themadeleine.edu/faithformation
Confirmation time is near, and if there's a 14-year old in your home who's at least a freshman in high school, they're eligible! And the best part? This year’s Confirmation will be held at The Madeleine on May 8.
The fast-paced classes will be taught by our own Faith Formation Fun Bunch: Mary Hoglund (licensed elementary teacher) and Tina Hanselman (licensed secondary teacher).
A few details:
- Sign up at www.themadeleine.edu/faithformation
- 10 one-hour sessions held on Sundays after 9:00 am Mass
- One on-site retreat
- You do not need to be a parishioner at The Madeleine to take part in the program. And if you have a friend outside the parish, invite them to join in!
- First session is January 13 after 9:00 am Mass in the school library
In This Week's Parish Bulletin
Download yours at www.themadeleine.edu/bulletin
- Theology Corner with Sister Cecilia. The Wealth of Nations Shall Be Brought to You: Jesus’ Welcome to All Nations
- Theology On Tap, Tuesday, Jan. 8 at The Sidebar
- Living the Eucharist signups set for January 19-20
- Madeleine Mens Group, Saturday, Jan. 19
- Madeleine Book Club, Jan. 9 & Jan. 17
If you have information to contribute to the Friday Footnotes, please email the copy exactly as you would like it to appear in a Word document to: fridayfootnotes@themadeleine.edu. Deadline is Wednesday evenings, or Tuesday evening if there is no school on Friday.