● For coordinating a barbeque after the football game: Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Schardt, Mrs. Elizabeth Tractenberg.
● For hosting cross country runners for a cookout after the final cross country meet: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bonello.
● For hosting a cake and coffee evening in their home for prospective new families: Mr. and Mrs. Philip Dardaine.
General announcements to Parents
● Fr. Godfrey Bushmaker, O. Praem. will be our guest speaker on Sunday, November 14th at 7:00 p.m. for the second in a series of Parent Talks focusing on “Raising A Man Of God For Others”
● All room leaders will be trained in CPR by Capt. Matt Holke this week
College representatives visiting this week:
Wednesday: Whittier College
Admission Matters
St. Michael’s hosts an Open House in our library on Saturday, November 13th from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.. Any families interested in finding out more about our unique academic and spiritual experience are encouraged to join us.
Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)–Western Catholic Education Association (WCEA)
The WASC/WCEA Self-Study Report
concludes with a school Action Plan, that is, several tasks/goals which the school sets for itself over the next 6 years. This Action Plan is formed from the input of all the school’s stakeholders (Board Members, Parents, Students, Faculty and Staff).This week’s photos: Serving the poor in Laguna Beach; Cross Country
Parent/Student Handbook: Chapter 4, Sections 16 and 17
Section 16: Discipline Review Board
A Discipline Review Board is called for consultation when those student offenses could conclude with a decision for dismissal. The Board is composed of an odd number of persons (ideally 5) who called together on an ad hoc basis and would typically include the dean, assistant dean, and several faculty members. Any appeal of the Board’s decision must be written and submitted within a two-week time frame to the headmaster whose decision will be final.
Section 17: Borrowing, Lending, Etc. Among StudentsStudents are discouraged to sell, lend, buy or borrow anything without the written permission of their parents and the expressed consent of the dean. St. Michael’s is in no way responsible for the loss or damage to any student’s personal belongings which he loans to or borrows from another student, leaves unattended on school property, or loses on a school outing. Individual items of value which students bring to the school (such as personal computers) must be insured under the parents’ policy.
Parent/Student Handbook: Chapter 4, Sections 16 and 17
Section 16: Discipline Review Board
A Discipline Review Board is called for consultation when those student offenses could conclude with a decision for dismissal. The Board is composed of an odd number of persons (ideally 5) who called together on an ad hoc basis and would typically include the dean, assistant dean, and several faculty members. Any appeal of the Board’s decision must be written and submitted within a two-week time frame to the headmaster whose decision will be final.
Section 17: Borrowing, Lending, Etc. Among StudentsStudents are discouraged to sell, lend, buy or borrow anything without the written permission of their parents and the expressed consent of the dean. St. Michael’s is in no way responsible for the loss or damage to any student’s personal belongings which he loans to or borrows from another student, leaves unattended on school property, or loses on a school outing. Individual items of value which students bring to the school (such as personal computers) must be insured under the parents’ policy.
Etiquette Point of the Week
A gentleman does not try to make himself appear important or try to call attention to himself by using crude language. This includes using the Lord’s name in vain as an exclamation of astonishment.
How To Raise A Gentleman, Kay West; Brooks Brothers Press
A gentleman does not try to make himself appear important or try to call attention to himself by using crude language. This includes using the Lord’s name in vain as an exclamation of astonishment.
How To Raise A Gentleman, Kay West; Brooks Brothers Press
Homily preached by Abbot Eugene Hayes, O.Praem.
“Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints.” Each evening we pray this invocation as the last of the divine praises offered by us to God the most holy, in the presence of the most blessed sacrament exposed on this altar. “Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints.” Again, this evening, God-willing that invocation will be prayed once more by us but maybe
after our celebration of the solemnity of All the Saints, it will be prayed with just a little more awareness of who God is and how he can be known and loved ever more and how he offers us each day and in so many ways the means by which we too, one day, and again God-willing, can be among those in whom God is blessed.
Once more we have heard and prayed the liturgical texts so familiar to some of us who are blessed each year to do precisely that, to hear them and pray them and be instructed and lifted up by them. And as we have done and are doing throughout this day we become aware once more just how close they are to us. For even now, the preface reminds us, this assembly, this crown of brethren, this circle of the elect, praises God, wonderful and ho
ly in those who offer this praise. These brethren, that same preface recalls for us are brethren to us, a crown of our brethren, who at this moment in a state transcending the limits of time, even now right now praise God. As our brothers and sisters they know us and are involved in our lives particularly to the degree that we invite and allow them. As sons and daughters of God now confirmed in their salvation, having received a victor’s crown for the contest which is human life, these same brothers and sisters of ours are concerned about our salvation, care what goes on in our life, plead for our victory likewise, especially accompany us in all the ways and at all the points when we invoke their names and enliven even more the mission they carry out on our behalf as they praise God, holy in his angels and saints.
May each of us rejoice this day in the assistance of all the saints given us in our weakness and in the example given for our instruction, and the goal to which we hurry in faith, spurred on and assisted by the vast assembly of witnesses who await us and long for our coming more than we can imagine.
In publishing this homily, we hope to share a portion of the spiritual treasure by which the students are enriched every day. However, this homily may not be reproduced by the parents or friends of St. Michael’s without written permission of the author.
Prayer Requests
● Mrs. Betty Vaughan who suffers from declining health.
● Sr. Mary Vianney, Principal of St. John the Baptist School, who is suffering from declining health.
● Those who suffer in the current economic crisis.
● Those who are in the armed forces.
● St. Michael’s older priests and those who care for them.
●Repose of the soul of alumnus Brent Johnson ‘75
“Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints.” Each evening we pray this invocation as the last of the divine praises offered by us to God the most holy, in the presence of the most blessed sacrament exposed on this altar. “Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints.” Again, this evening, God-willing that invocation will be prayed once more by us but maybe
after our celebration of the solemnity of All the Saints, it will be prayed with just a little more awareness of who God is and how he can be known and loved ever more and how he offers us each day and in so many ways the means by which we too, one day, and again God-willing, can be among those in whom God is blessed.Once more we have heard and prayed the liturgical texts so familiar to some of us who are blessed each year to do precisely that, to hear them and pray them and be instructed and lifted up by them. And as we have done and are doing throughout this day we become aware once more just how close they are to us. For even now, the preface reminds us, this assembly, this crown of brethren, this circle of the elect, praises God, wonderful and ho
ly in those who offer this praise. These brethren, that same preface recalls for us are brethren to us, a crown of our brethren, who at this moment in a state transcending the limits of time, even now right now praise God. As our brothers and sisters they know us and are involved in our lives particularly to the degree that we invite and allow them. As sons and daughters of God now confirmed in their salvation, having received a victor’s crown for the contest which is human life, these same brothers and sisters of ours are concerned about our salvation, care what goes on in our life, plead for our victory likewise, especially accompany us in all the ways and at all the points when we invoke their names and enliven even more the mission they carry out on our behalf as they praise God, holy in his angels and saints.May each of us rejoice this day in the assistance of all the saints given us in our weakness and in the example given for our instruction, and the goal to which we hurry in faith, spurred on and assisted by the vast assembly of witnesses who await us and long for our coming more than we can imagine.
In publishing this homily, we hope to share a portion of the spiritual treasure by which the students are enriched every day. However, this homily may not be reproduced by the parents or friends of St. Michael’s without written permission of the author.
Prayer Requests
● Mrs. Betty Vaughan who suffers from declining health.
● Sr. Mary Vianney, Principal of St. John the Baptist School, who is suffering from declining health.
● Those who suffer in the current economic crisis.
● Those who are in the armed forces.
● St. Michael’s older priests and those who care for them.
●Repose of the soul of alumnus Brent Johnson ‘75
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