St. Joseph Weekly

Board of Education News

During the regular meeting of the Board of Education on Tuesday evening, the board acted on several items.  Among those items included acting officially on the recent resignations of teaching personnel, and adopting a new Costitution for the Faith Formation Commission and the Catholic School Board to align with the recently revised Archdiocesan Policy 8620.1.

Additionally, the Board approved the following:

• A request by Mrs.

St. Joseph Second Grade Celebrates the sacrament of First Eucharist-Traditionally the second grade student of St. Joseph Parish celebrate First Communion during the Second and Third Sunday of Easter.  This year, 76 second grade students received First Commuion.  The banners pictured above represent each student who celebrated in our parish.   Every square on the banner was created by a second grade student who either participates in the Religious Education program on Wednesday evening or in the Catholic school program during the day.  While the significance of the banner is to represent the Universal Church, they also serve as a reminder of the unity that exists in our own parish.  Congratulations to all our second graders, and a special thank you to all the teachers who helped prepare our youngsters for this very important Sacrament of Initiation.

5th Grade Birdhouse Service

Our fifth grade students with Mr. Stephenson helped the Cedar Rapids rebuild project by decorating birdhouses. For the next six weeks, these houses will be used as centerpieces at the dinners for the volunteers and the families whose houses are being rebuilt by the Church World Service group. At the last dinner sponsored by the Catholic Churches, each family will pick a birdhouse to keep as a remembrance.

Fifth grade student, Kayla Seymour and Mrs.