Dear St. Mary’s Families, Welcome back from Spring Break – I hope you enjoyed your time away and made the most of Pi Day, St. Patrick’s Day, and any other holiday you could squeeze into the 10 day break. We have a busy couple of weeks leading up to Easter. In addition to the school…
Dear St. Mary’s Families, Spring Break is here – I hope you all rest, relax, and enjoy. Safe travels if you are leaving town or have others coming to see you. We are looking forward to seeing everybody back at school on March 23rd. 😀 Thursday, March 12th, students can wear Pi Day Attire or…
Dear St. Mary’s Families, Welcome to March. During the month of March, Boise will increase its daily sunlight by 80-90 minutes per day. Brighter days are literally ahead of us 😀 Fr. John spoke at Mass today about renewing our Lenten commitments. It is a journey and should be difficult. If we are still searching…
Dear St. Mary’s Families, Our Lenten journey is well underway Many of us have joined the Hallow Lenten challenge. It is a 40 day challenge to spend time in prayer and/or reflection each day. While each day is unique, there is a prayer being shared frequently. Lord, empty me – fill me – use me …
Dear St. Mary’s Families, It is hard to imagine we are approaching the middle to end of February. It has been a terrific month to date. Thank you for your positive support and encouragement. Warm fuzzies! The students and teachers had a great deal of fun handing out Warm Fuzzies leading up to Valentine’s Day!…
Dear St. Mary’s Families, Welcome to February and Happy Valentine’s Day! On Friday, students can wear spirit wear in addition to pink, red or white..💗 Today at Mass, we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. It commemorates the first of 18 apparitions of the Blessed Mary to 14 year old St. Bernadette…
Dear St. Mary’s Families, Thank you for a fabulous Catholic Schools Week and an amazing Imagine If Gala. It was a wonderful week celebrating Catholic Schools and, specifically, St. Mary’s. Thank you for all of your support and encouragement. The Gala was an extraordinary event of family, community, and support. Thank you to everyone who…
Dear St. Mary’s Families, Catholic Schools Week has been terrific. Still a couple days of festivities. Wednesday – Mass Dress – All Schools Mass at St. Mark’s at 10:00 – Buddy Lunch Thursday – Spirit Dress – Anything but a Backpack – Buddy Reading 2:30-3:00 Friday – Spirit Dress – Family Picnic 11:55 – Ringing…
Dear St. Mary’s Families, We are rapidly approaching the last week of January…. That means two things – Catholic Schools Week Imagine If – Gala All week long we will be celebrating our Catholic Schoolness with special days which include dress up and events and sometimes both… What better way to end Catholic Schools Week…
Dear St. Mary’s Families, Fr. John’s homily this week was very fitting. He encouraged each of us to listen to the Lord. To give ourselves the opportunity to listen, we might need to find a time to be silent. Ironically, the letters used to spell “listen” are the same needed for “silent”. In the busy…