Nativity BVM School

Nativity BVM School 1046 Beach Blvd. Biloxi, MS. 39530

December 1, 2017

Dear Parents and Guardians, Although you will find the usual monthly calendar attached, I thought it might be a good idea to highlight some of the special events taking place in the next week! Hopefully this will help you in coordinating your own work schedule, family schedule and school schedule! SATURDAY (12/2) *Breakfast with Santa – Half Shell Oyster House/Biloxi - 8:00-10:00 Come and enjoy breakfast with family and friends or come and lend a helping hand! *Robotics Tournament – Nineteen of our students will be participating at this tournament which will be held at St. Patrick’s from 8:00-5:00. *Choir – Our choir will be singing at Christmas in the City at 10:00 a.m. Information notes/emails went home prior to Thanksgiving. *Cheer Squad – Our cheer squad will be performing at Christmas in the City at 10:30. Information was distributed/emailed. *Ordination – Two men will be ordained deacons for our Diocese at 10:00 at Nativity Cathedral. Please hold them in prayer. SUNDAY (12/3) The Elks Lodge in Biloxi (near the Biloxi Cemetery on the Beach) will be hosting a BINGO to benefit our school from 2:00 to 4:00. CHILDREN as well as adults are welcome! Tickets are $25.00 per person and take care of the cost of all games. These tickets are on sale in the office. You are invited to send in door prizes and/or baked goodies to sell. THURSDAY (12/7) – Our Nativity Parish will host a press conference of our current and former Bishops on December 7th as a way to begin our parish celebration of 175 years. Our Nativity School Choir has been invited to sing prior to this event. The choir members will perform at 11:45 on the steps of the Cathedral. We are honored to be invited to do this! FRIDAY (12/8) – Our celebrant for our 9:00 holy day Mass at school will be BISHOP LOUIS KIHNEMAN. Please consider joining us for prayer and celebration. FUTURE EVENTS: NATIVITY SCHOOL CHOIR CONCERT – December 11th NATIVITY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM – December 18th

As you know our recent I Give Catholic campaign was a big success, raising over $3,000 for our school library program. Books will be purchased for classroom library collections as well as our main library. As I often mention to the children, we need to continue to have grateful hearts “for the many people who are so good to us and so good to our school.” Last year, the Nativity Men’s Club sold cross-shaped Christmas ornaments for $20.00 We have a limited number of these pottery crosses remaining. We will be selling them at school for $10.00. All proceeds will benefit our school. This Sunday, December 3rd, begins the special season of Advent; a time when we prepare out hearts and homes in a special way for the coming of Jesus. Sometimes holiday preparations prove stressful and we feel that we cannot enjoy the season as we would like. I would encourage each of us to find some quiet moment for ourselves, each day. Sometimes, we only focus on those stressors in our lives rather than on the joy and beauty of this season.

May God bless us as we continue to work together! You are in my prayers each day!