Confirmation

Our Confirmation ceremony will take place on Thursday October 29th at 7:00pm. Rehearsal is this Sunday October 25th at 6:00 at Queen of Peace. We are asking that your sponsor or a parent attend with you. If one can't attend please call or email me. Just a reminder that church is going to be very crowded on Thursday. If you want to have a decent seat I suggest that you arrive early.

Haunted House

Fall Fun Fest is this Saturday, October 24th. The Youth Group will be hosting the haunted house! If you are a teenager between the grades of 7th-12th please come and help! Rehearsal will be Friday from 8-10. On Saturday we want you at the church at 10:00 am to prepare for the festival. The haunted house will run from 11-8 on Saturday. If you are not participating in the haunted house please make sure to come support the youth group by walk through the house!

Confirmation

This is a busy week for the new 10th grade Confirmation class. On Wednesday, we have our parent meeting all parents of Confirmation students (being confirmed next year) are required to attend. The meeting will be in the social hall at 7:10pm. We also will have our first retreat of the year. This is a mandatory retreat. If students do not attend they will not be confirmed next year.

This years Confirmation ceremony is on October 29th at 7:00pm. There will also be a rehersal on Sunday October 25th. If your sponsors are able to attend I suggest they do, but I know several are coming from out of town and will not be in town.

There is a parent meeting for First Communion meeting on Sunday October 4th at 9:45. All parents are required to attend.

Sunday RE

Today was our first day of Sunday RE classes. We have wonderful teachers once again! I am so grateful that they have agreed to volunteer their time. If you are able to help as a substitute in your child's class please contact me by email or talk with your child's teacher. We are also looking for a few teacher assistants for the classes. Wednesday night students make make great assistants and earn a lot of service hours for Confirmation and school programs.

If you have not registered your children PLEASE, PLEASE do so before Sunday. The teachers are working very hard to get all their class work done in one hour and things run more smoothly if kids can just go to class without the class being disruptive. Thank you for your cooperation!

Youth Group and RE Pot Luck

Last night's pot luck dinner was filled with wonderful food and great fellowship. Thank you to all the families that participated. It is a wonderful thing to see families come together to laugh, talk and pray. This is the way to build a strong church community that will continue to grow as our children become adults. If you were not able to make it do not worry as we will have another pot luck in may.

The youth group support team met after the pot luck. We had several new parents come to the meeting. We discussed upcoming events that include our Confirmation retreat on October 3rd and the haunted house for the Fall Fun Fest. Teri Leister sent me this email below about the haunted house-

Attention ALL parish youth (7^th grade and up) – It is once again time to plan – prepare – practice for this year’s upcoming Fall Fun Fest Haunted House on October 24^th. If you are interested, make plans now to attend the first meeting on Sept. 12^th at 9 AM by the playground. Any questions: contact Gary Cail @ gcail@adt.com or Theresa Leister @ theresa.leister@memphistn.gov.

Pot Luck Dinner Tonight

Just a reminder that tonight is the pot luck dinner to kick off our RE school year. It starts at 6:30. Please bring a dish to pass and your family to enjoy all of the good food. Classes start this Sunday at 9:30 am for k-5th and Wednesday at 7:00pm for 6th-12th. I look forward to seeing all of you tonight!

RE REGISTRATION

We will begin student registration for religious education classes tomorrow August 9th, 2010. We will also register at all masses next week August 15 and 16. If your child is entering 2nd grade or 10th grade and is going to be preparing for sacramental prep. I will need to have their baptismal certificate on file at the church. Cost of classes are as follows: One child $30.00, two children $55.00 and three or more children $60.00. Our first class is on Wed. September 9th, this is our beginning of the year Pot Luck. All students, parents and teachers are invited to attend for great food and fellowship.