Just when it is clear to all of us that a New Year promise should include slowing down, the families at St. Mary’s Parish School are busy making other peoples’ lives a little warmer. Our families’ efforts at making love come alive for our resident-friends at West Chicago Terrace Nursing Home have become a tradition over the years. The program called, “Advent Angels,” brings warmth and love to each one of our friends there. Sometimes people are rarely remembered or seldom receive visitors. This gift-giving time offers them hope for new friendships, peace in their hearts that they are loved and sheer joy during the holiest time of the year.
Each year, every school family is asked to purchase special items for a resident-friend. Moms and dads,brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, hand deliver the Christmas gifts to their friends at the Terrace Nursing Home on Christmas Eve morning. The enthusiasm in our students and their resident friends leaves you in awe as you watch the faces of both young and old come together in the shared moment of Jesus Christ’s hope for us…to love and be loved.
The administrators at the Terrace Nursing Home are thrilled by everyone’s generosity and this holiday tradition. Just around Thanksgiving, the director visits each and every resident-friend and asks them, “What do you want for Christmas?” These ideas are then given to our school so that everyone at the Terrace receives something special they hoped for.
Often times our project needs a little extra help in the way of gift cards from local stores such as Jewel, Kohl’s, Target, and Borders. At the last moments just before Christmas Eve, new resident-friends join the Terrace and we want to make sure we have gifts for them, too. So our school committee will do last minute shopping. If you would like to donate to this important program, please drop off any gift card or monetary donation to the school office or the parish office. If you would like a name of resident-friend so that you can make their Christmas special with a gift, please call the school office at 630-231-1776.
May we be ever thankful for the blessings that surround us and in Christ’s peace may we find our kneeling places before the newborn King. From all of us at St. Mary’s Parish and School, we wish a Merry Christmas to our resident-friends.
Justo cuando se nos aclara que una nueva
Promesa de Año Nuevo debe incluir el ir mas despacio, las familias de la escuela parroquial de Santa María están ocupadas haciendo mas tibias las vidas de otras personas. Esos esfuerzos traerán una vez mas alegría a los residentes del asilo West Chicago Terrace, como ha sido nuestra tradición en los últimos años. El programa denominado “Ángeles de Adviento,” lleva calidez y amor a cada uno de nuestros amigos del asilo. Algunas personas residentes del lugar, raramente son recordados y visitados. Este regalo de tiempo que se les brinda les inspira esperanza para hacer nuevos amigos, paz en sus corazones y les hace sentir amados y alegres en esta santa temporada del año.
Cada año, las familias de la escuela compran artículos especiales para esos residentes-amigos. Mamas, papas, hermanos y hermanas, familiares y amigos, llevan y entregan personalmente regalos navideños a los residentes el día 24 de diciembre. El entusiasmo de nuestros estudiantes y de los amigos de los residentes nos dejan sorprendidos al mirar sus rostros tanto de los jóvenes como de los viejos uniéndose y compartiendo un momento con Jesucristo y su esperanza de amar y ser amados.
Los administradores del lugar están maravillados por la generosidad de todos en estos tiempos de tradición. Cerca del Día de Acción de Gracias, la directora visita a todos y cada uno de los residentes y les pregunta “Que quiere usted para Navidad?” Entonces se hacen sugerencias a los padres de la escuela para que los residentes reciban algo especial que ellos esperaban. Continuamente nuestro proyecto necesita de ayuda extraordinaria en la forma de tarjetas de regalo de las tiendas locales como Jewel, Kohl’s, Target, y Borders. Antes de la Nochebuena, de ultimo momento, se reúnen amigos de los residentes de la Terraza y queremos asegurarnos de tener algo para ellos también, así que el comité de nuestra escuela hace compras de ultimo minuto. Si usted quisiera donar para este importante programa, puede llevar tarjetas de regalo o donativos monetario a la oficina de la escuela o a la oficina parroquial. O si quisiera el nombre de alguno de los residentes a quien pueda usted hacer un regalo especial, por favor llame a la oficina de la escuela al (630)231-1776.
From the St. Mary’s Parish Bulletin, December 6th, 2009
Sends Angels to West Chicago
Terrace Nursing Home
Just when it is clear to all of us that a New
Year promise should include slowing down,
the families at St. Mary’s Parish School are
busy making other peoples’ lives a little warmer.
Our families’ efforts at making love come alive for
our resident-friends at West Chicago Terrace Nursing
Home have become a tradition over the years. The
program called, “Advent Angels,” brings warmth and
love to each one of our friends there. Sometimes
people are rarely remembered or seldom receive
visitors. This gift-giving time offers them hope for
new friendships, peace in their hearts that they are
loved and sheer joy during the holiest time of the year.
Each year, every school family is asked to purchase
special items for a resident-friend. Moms and dads,
brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, handdeliver
the Christmas gifts to their friends at the
Terrace Nursing Home on Christmas Eve morning.
The enthusiasm in our students and their residentfriends
leaves you in awe as you watch the faces of
both young and old come together in the shared
moment of Jesus Christ’s hope for us…to love and be loved.
The administrators at the Terrace Nursing Home are
thrilled by everyone’s generosity and this holiday
tradition. Just around Thanksgiving, the director
visits each and every resident-friend and asks them,
“What do you want for Christmas?” These ideas are
then given to our school so that everyone at the
Terrace receives something special they hoped for.
Often times our project needs a little extra help in the
way of gift cards from local stores such as Jewel,
Kohl’s, Target, and Borders. At the last moments just
before Christmas Eve, new resident-friends join the
Terrace and we want to make sure we have gifts for
them, too. So our school committee will do last
minute shopping. If you would like to donate to this
important program, please drop off any gift card or
monetary donation to the school office or the parish
office. If you would like a name of resident-friend so
that you can make their Christmas special with a gift,
please call the school office at 630-231-1776.
May we be ever thankful for the blessings that
surround us and in Christ’s peace may we find our
kneeling places before the newborn King. From all of
us at St. Mary’s Parish and School, we wish a Merry
Christmas to our resident-friends.. Mary’s Parish School
Sends Angels to West Chicago
Terrace Nursing Home
Just when it is clear to all of us that a New
Year promise should include slowing down,
the families at St. Mary’s Parish School are
busy making other peoples’ lives a little warmer.
Our families’ efforts at making love come alive for
our resident-friends at West Chicago Terrace Nursing
Home have become a tradition over the years. The
program called, “Advent Angels,” brings warmth and
love to each one of our friends there. Sometimes
people are rarely remembered or seldom receive
visitors. This gift-giving time offers them hope for
new friendships, peace in their hearts that they are
loved and sheer joy during the holiest time of the year.
Each year, every school family is asked to purchase
special items for a resident-friend. Moms and dads,
brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, handdeliver
the Christmas gifts to their friends at the
Terrace Nursing Home on Christmas Eve morning.
The enthusiasm in our students and their residentfriends
leaves you in awe as you watch the faces of
both young and old come together in the shared
moment of Jesus Christ’s hope for us…to love and be loved.
The administrators at the Terrace Nursing Home are
thrilled by everyone’s generosity and this holiday
tradition. Just around Thanksgiving, the director
visits each and every resident-friend and asks them,
“What do you want for Christmas?” These ideas are
then given to our school so that everyone at the
Terrace receives something special they hoped for.
Often times our project needs a little extra help in the
way of gift cards from local stores such as Jewel,
Kohl’s, Target, and Borders. At the last moments just
before Christmas Eve, new resident-friends join the
Terrace and we want to make sure we have gifts for
them, too. So our school committee will do last
minute shopping. If you would like to donate to this
important program, please drop off any gift card or
monetary donation to the school office or the parish
office. If you would like a name of resident-friend so
that you can make their Christmas special with a gift,
please call the school office at 630-231-1776.
May we be ever thankful for the blessings that
surround us and in Christ’s peace may we find our
kneeling places before the newborn King. From all of
us at St. Mary’s Parish and School, we wish a Merry
Christmas to our resident-friendsSt. Mary’s Parish School
Sends Angels to West Chicago
Terrace Nursing Home
Just when it is clear to all of us that a New
Year promise should include slowing down,
the families at St. Mary’s Parish School are
busy making other peoples’ lives a little warmer.
Our families’ efforts at making love come alive for
our resident-friends at West Chicago Terrace Nursing
Home have become a tradition over the years. The
program called, “Advent Angels,” brings warmth and
love to each one of our friends there. Sometimes
people are rarely remembered or seldom receive
visitors. This gift-giving time offers them hope for
new friendships, peace in their hearts that they are
loved and sheer joy during the holiest time of the year.
Each year, every school family is asked to purchase
special items for a resident-friend. Moms and dads,
brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, handdeliver
the Christmas gifts to their friends at the
Terrace Nursing Home on Christmas Eve morning.
The enthusiasm in our students and their residentfriends
leaves you in awe as you watch the faces of
both young and old come together in the shared
moment of Jesus Christ’s hope for us…to love and be loved.
The administrators at the Terrace Nursing Home are
thrilled by everyone’s generosity and this holiday
tradition. Just around Thanksgiving, the director
visits each and every resident-friend and asks them,
“What do you want for Christmas?” These ideas are
then given to our school so that everyone at the
Terrace receives something special they hoped for.
Often times our project needs a little extra help in the
way of gift cards from local stores such as Jewel,
Kohl’s, Target, and Borders. At the last moments just
before Christmas Eve, new resident-friends join the
Terrace and we want to make sure we have gifts for
them, too. So our school committee will do last
minute shopping. If you would like to donate to this
important program, please drop off any gift card or
monetary donation to the school office or the parish
office. If you would like a name of resident-friend so
that you can make their Christmas special with a gift,
please call the school office at 630-231-1776.
May we be ever thankful for the blessings that
surround us and in Christ’s peace may we find our
kneeling places before the newborn King. From all of
us at St. Mary’s Parish and School, we wish a Merry
Christmas to our resident-friends.
This week we will look at the “Festival Tithes”. These were tithes Israelite families used for their special feasts. Deuteronomy 12:6-7 states the Israelites should go to designated places and “there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. There you will eat in the presence of Yahweh, and you and your family will rejoice in everything you have worked for, because God has blessed you.”
This week we will continue examining the different types of tithes mentioned in the Law of Moses. The second of theses tithes are the “tithes to the poor”. Deuteronomy 26:12 says the Israelites should shout with joy when “you have finished setting aside all the tithes of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithes, and have given them to the Levite, the resident alien, the orphan and the widow, that they may eat and be satisfied in your own communities”.
Coordinating
On December 6, 2009, St. Mary’s will hold its Annual Live Nativity, Christmas Concert, and Cookie Walk. Join us for an evening of Christmas spirit! Mingle near the live animals as you watch our 8th graders and a St. Mary’s family perform the Live Nativity. Savor delicious cookies while sipping hot chocolate or hot apple cider. Enjoy the lively caroling as our students sing some of your favorite Christmas songs
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