St. Cloud Catholic Community Schools

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Steering the way!

Today is Bus Driver Appreciation Day! Thank you to all of our bus drivers across CCS!

Shout out to Father Doug! Father Doug steps in behind the wheel whenever needed, ensuring Cathedral students get safely to and from school activities!

Shout out to Jack! The Dedicated School Bus Driver from SMHOCS. Jack stepped in on Grandparents Day as grand friend.

Thank you to all the other school bus drivers who keep our students safe and happy as they travel to and from school and activities each day.

Due to weather conditions, all Catholic Community Schools will be closed Tuesday, March 26, 2024.

The following schools are a part of the Catholic Community Schools system:

· All Saints Academy, St. Cloud

· St. Joseph Catholic School, St. Joseph

· St. Francis Xavier School, Sartell

· St. Katharine Drexel School, St. Cloud

· St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Cloud

· St. Mary Help of Christians School, St. Augusta

· Cathedral Middle & High School, St. Cloud

Due to inclement weather, all Catholic Community Schools will be closed Monday, March 25, 2024.

The following schools are a part of the Catholic Community Schools system:

· All Saints Academy, St. Cloud

· St. Joseph Catholic School, St. Joseph

· St. Francis Xavier School, Sartell

· St. Katharine Drexel School, St. Cloud

· St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Cloud

· St. Mary Help of Christians School, St. Augusta

· Cathedral Middle & High School, St. Cloud

“United in Faith and Community”

This is the theme for National Catholic Schools Week 2024 and an appropriate theme to celebrate today as all seven of our Catholic Community Schools gathered at Cathedral for Mass.

It was an uplifting celebration of community, love, and faith. To hear the voices of all CCS students, teachers, faculty, priests, and other staff united in prayer and song was the perfect demonstration of the theme for CSW.

Bishop Patrick Neary’s homily wove together the student participation, the CSW theme, dad jokes, a celebration of all the people who make Catholic education special, and reminders grounded in our Catholic faith.

One reminder was to love like Jesus does to all people and to “recognize God in every person.”

Bishop Patrick Neary ended the homily by sharing a quote from the author Craig Groeschel which states, “Don’t settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God created you to be.”

Thank you to everyone who made the Mass today possible.

We love our Catholic Community Schools!💙💛

To view the photos from Mass, click here: https://ccsphoto.smugmug.com/MultiSchool/CCS-All-Schools-Mass

Monday across all the Catholic Community Schools💙💛

🔹All Saints Academy had Readers Theater perform today.

🔹Cathedral had Adam Sandler day.

🔹St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s theme for CSW is SEAS’s Kids Are Out Of This World. The community at SEAS had a busy day with donuts for parents at drop off, astronaut training in the gym, and wacky hair/clothes.

🔹St. Francis Xavier had neon day and the students glowed with lots of bright colors and happy hearts.

🔹St. Joseph Catholic School shown bright in their neon outfits at the Skatin’ Place.

🔹St. Katharine Drexel traveled to different service sites around the St. Cloud area for a morning of service and giving back to the community.

🔹St. Mary Help of Christians School’s theme for CSW is the Sky’s The Limit At SMHOCS. Their Monday theme was ‘You’re An All-Star’ Day. They had donuts off drop off, students dressed up as their favorite “star,” and read with flashlights.

We look forward to seeing what Tuesday brings for all our Catholic Community Schools!💙💛

Celebrate Catholic Schools Week with us!

We invite anyone who is a part of our CCS community to temporarily change their profile photo to the photo attached to this post.

We love our school and we want to spread the love.

Catholic Schools Week starts on January 28 and includes an entire week of celebrating the foundations that make our Catholic school so special.

Congratulations to St. Francis Sartell School on winning the Best of Central Minnesota Preschool of the Year Choice Award!

"We are delighted to once again be chosen as Central Minnesota’s Community Choice Awards Best Preschool," said Principal Heidi Schloe. "Our preschool provides a loving faith-filled environment where students flourish and grow. This is an extremely exciting award to win because it is chosen by our community which shows the love they have for our entire school!"

Thank you to the SFX preschool teachers, paras, volunteers, and the SFX community as a whole for making this award possible.

Catholic Community Schools Spelling Bee 🐝

On Thursday, students from across CCS competed in the CCS Spelling Bee.

The competitors included two fifth grade students from every CCS elementary school, four sixth graders, four seventh graders, and four eight graders.

Rosie (Cathedral) won for the second year in a row. She won with the word “sentinel.” Trayvon (St. Elizabeth Ann Seton) placed second. Elode (St. Joseph) is the alternate. Rosie and Trayvon will compete at the Regional Spelling Bee at St. Cloud State University in February.

Erin Hatlestad, Cathedral’s middle school principal, said, “I love the spelling bee because it allows students to achieve in an academic area. It’s fun to see 5th graders advance.”

Congratulations and good luck to Rosie and Trayvon!

Photos from the Spelling Bee can be found here: https://ccsphoto.smugmug.com/Cathedral/24-student-life-/1-18-24-Spelling-Bee

Congratulations Abbott Douglas Mullin, the newly appointed Abbott of Saint John's Abbey

From all the St. Cloud Catholic Community Schools, we pray for you and wish you all the best.

Abbot Douglas Mullin, OSB Elected Eleventh Abbot of Saint John's Abbey — Saint John's Abbey The monastic community of Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, MN, has elected Abbot Douglas Mullin, OSB, as the 11th abbot of Saint John’s. He succeeds Abbot John Klassen, OSB, who has just retired at age 75. The election was overseen by Abbot Augustine J. Curley, OSB of Newark Abbey in New Jers...

CCS announces a new president

David Fremo selected as president of Catholic Community Schools

Bishop names interim Catholic schools superintendent for Diocese of St. Cloud, Sara Michaelson

To view the full press release, click here: https://knsiradio.com/2023/12/18/catholic-community-schools-promotes-david-fremo-to-president/

CCS Faith in Action

On December 1, CCS faculty and staff participated in a half day of service at nonprofits across the St. Cloud area.

Some of the places people volunteered at included Anna Marie’s, Catholic Charities, Country Manor, Great River Children’s Museum, the Tri-County Humane Society, and more.

Service is a pillar of all Catholic Community Schools for our students which is why it’s important for our faculty and staff to lead by example.

Across CCS, we had 125 employees involved in the day of service and combined 375 hours of service across 17 St. Cloud organizations.

It was a day full of faith, service, and community.

There are two hours left to bid in the Cathedral Winter Gala Silent Auction.

There are amazing items that would make for perfect Christmas gifts include a Retro Winnipeg Jets jersey signed by the entire team.

Check out the silent auction items here: https://one.bidpal.net/wintergala23/browse/all?fbclid=IwAR3oWyYILJXFX8ozMGkEJ3TrKwTmvPyYpmynMq-G0A6LAzc5QkyUWayy2mg_aem_Af457D88zX9Bxsw1XE7LfVS7vR4zIYh5i_o71Mdh482eEem7TKcZ-VlZSeNoMVEa4cU

Mark your calendars on November 2, 4:00-6:00 pm for the Cathedral Open House!!

Join Cathedral for their open house on Thursday, November 2 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm! During the open house, you will enjoy a tour of the Cathedral campus while meeting some of the amazing faculty, staff, and students.

You can learn about their curriculum across middle and high school, including their middle school’s hands-on ‘project-based learning’ approach.

We welcome you to attend Cathedral's open house to learn what electives are offered, how faith is integrated into everyday learning, and explore the vast choices across all their extra-curricular activities and athletics.

Cathedral looks forward to welcoming you into the school on Thursday, November 2!

To register for their open house, click here: https://cathedralcrusaders.org/cathedral-open-house/

You are invited to attend Cathedral's Homecoming Tailgate and Football Game!

Friday, September 29, 2023 |St. John's University Clemens Football Field
5 - 6:45 pm | Tailgating Event
7:00 pm | Football Game

Cathedral wants to welcome everyone to the Homecoming tailgating event and Homecoming football game at St. John's University Clemens Field on September 29. All CCS elementary students and Cathedral alumni attending the tailgating party will receive a free ice cream treat and face painting. Stop by the Cathedral merchandise table to pick up your ice cream voucher to the Wandering Cow Ice Cream Truck.

Note: All game tickets MUST be purchased in advance online.

Adults: $9.50
Seniors: $7.50
Students K-12: $5.50

Purchase Game Tickets Here:

https://www.vancoevents.com/us/events/33351/sessions/88833/sections/57037/tickets

Tailgating Event Details:
Lily's Wings & Things
Grab dinner from this Cathedral family-owned food bus buffet!

2 # food tray = $10
3 # food tray = $15

Food Options:

Bone-in Wings (GF)
Chicken Tenders
Pulled Pork Sandwich (GF w/o Bun)
Mac-N-Cheese
Corn Dogs
Fries (GF)
Potato Salad
Coleslaw (GF)

The Wandering Cow Hand-Dipped Ice Cream and Shaved Ice
This Cathedral family-owned ice cream truck will be on site with tasty cold treats.

Free Face Painting
Show your school spirit with blue and gold face painting provided by Cathedral students!

Details and a map of the tailgating party and football field location are in the photo!

Happy Homecoming week!

We’re hiring!!

The school year is just around the corner and our Catholic Community Schools staff and faculty are eagerly anticipating the arrival of new and returning students. It's going to be a great year! We are fully staffed with amazing educators in all of our schools, but there are a few other open positions that we wanted to make you aware of in case you or someone you know might be interested in joining our team. Two of these positions are in our Development Department in the CCS Central Office. We also have a custodian position open at Cathedral School, a head cook position at St. Mary Help of Christians, and we are looking for aftercare supervisors in a couple of schools.

To learn more about these positions and apply, visit https://catholiccommunityschools.org/jobs/.

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Multiple teaching opportunities across grades PreK through 12th grade in all our Catholic Community Schools.

Benefits of teaching at a Catholic Community School:
- Small Class Sizes
- Vibrant, Engaged Community
- Teaching & Learning Career Development
- Supportive Teaching Teams
- Competitive Benefits

Apply today! https://catholiccommunityschools.org/jobs/

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Update: Due to road conditions not improving, Catholic Community Schools will be closed today, Friday, March 31.
All before-school and after-school kid care, programs, and activities are also canceled. Buildings will be closed.

Proud of the Cathedral students - yesterday was a full day of activities and athletes!

Congratulations all around!

Come stop by the Sartell Community Center and chat with us!

We are at the Preschool Fair from 10-12 at the Sartell Community Center and we would love to chat with you regarding all of the preschool options we offer.

We are so excited that Cathedral is offering Mass tomorrow in Spanish at 10:40 am!

The link to mass is here: https://youtu.be/JREq9ElqP7Y

Join us for Mass in Spanish tomorrow at 10:40 am!

Ms. Miley's Spanish II and Spanish III classes have organized Masses spoken in Spanish this week, and we want to extend an invite to one of them to the entire community.

A little background:

Fr. Doug had expressed interest in joining the students and Ms. Miley on one of the Guatemala mission trips that Cathedral organizes, but then COVID-19 arrived and everyone's travel plans changed.

Since travel plans have been on hold, Fr. Doug and Ms. Miley talked about ways to connect with our local Spanish-speaking community. Ms. Miley encourages students to attend the Spanish Mass at St. Joseph Parish in Waite Park on Sundays, and this week, putting his Spanish missile that he received five years ago for his ordination to use for the first time, Fr. Doug offered to say Mass in our new chapel in Spanish.

Link for Spanish Mass - https://youtu.be/JREq9ElqP7Y

¡Dios les bendiga!

Every day is special for the moments, big and small.

Each week, we will be highlight positive moments from our St. Cloud Catholic Community Schools to celebrate all the special moments that happen within our schools to provide a little extra joy and positivity.

▫️ The ASA 6th graders got to Zoom with the New York Cities Argus String Quartet.

▫️ Students at Holy Cross and SEAS celebrated the 100th day of school.

▫️ St. Francis had their 10th Annual Fundraiser featuring the Gregory James Band, which was a huge success.

▫️ All the little Valentines at St. Joseph started the week off full of love with Valentine's Day celebrations.

▫️ SKD had their first Lenten Fish Fry Drive-Thru on Friday. If you missed this tasty meal, don't worry, they are having another one on March 19th.

▫️ SMHOCS enjoyed parachute fun this week that resulted in a great deal of laughter.

▫️ St. Wendelin students are learning cursive in the classroom and are practicing it in the snow.

▫️ Cathedral celebrated a fantastic week in all of their winter sports. We specifically wanted to highlight an athlete that broke not one but two records in the pool, Chris Morris. One in the 100 freestyle and the second in the 100 backstroke with times of 46.48 and 51.45, respectively.

Have a blessed week!

Fish Fry Friday!!! 🐟

St. Katharine Drexel is having a drive-thru fish fry tomorrow from 4-7 pm. Drive on by for a delicious dinner!