St. Bartholomew

Join us as we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. 5:30 am Mananitas (morning prayer in church). 7:00 pm Mass followed by a Fiesta at 8:00 pm in the Gym. Posadas will begin December 18 and end Christmas Eve, December 24. Please join us in Barth Hall.

• Last week we had the Blessings of the Candy Canes at our school mass. • This week will be our pre-kindergarten and kindergarten Christmas program at 8:00 am on Wednesday, December 11 in our community center. • Please say a prayer for our Academy students who will be taking the Catholic High School Placement Test next Saturday, December 14. We are thankful that families continue to choose a catholic education in secondary school for their children. We pray that our students have calm nerves and brave spirits as they use this opportunity to show how hard they have worked and how much they have learned at John Paul II Academy. Go Titans!

The tree is up and filled with gift tags to choose. Please return your gifts unwrapped with the tag attached and place under the tree. We are not shopping for a specific child, so if you can’t find the item, make a comparable substitute. Forgot the tag, what would you want if you were a kid again? Don’t forget the batteries.

The Peace Light (www.peacelight.org) is coming to Louisville! Soon the Peace Light will be lit from a lamp that burns in Bethlehem at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The light will travel from the Holy Land through Europe and on to the United States. The Peace Light will be on display at the Swope Scout Center of the Boy Scouts of America, 12001 Sycamore Station Place from December 16-20. You are welcome to come to light a lamp and bring the Peace Light to your church or home. Saint Edward Parish (9608 Sue Helen Drive) will have the Peace Light in the Church vestibule the last weekend of Advent to share with the parish. Thereafter, it will be used during the Christmas season and finally to relight the sanctuary lamp before the Most Blessed Sacrament. We invite you to share in this simple, yet profound gesture of unity and peace throughout the world. Check out the website: www.peacelight.org for more information.

• Mrs. Mayrose, a fifth-grade parent, shared with us about her October trip to Our Lady of Lourdes and the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal in France. • Our third graders are learning about the relationship between multiplication and division. • On Wednesday, December 4 we will have the Blessing of the Candy Canes at our school mass. • Our fourth and fifth grade Quick Recall team is practicing and preparing for their new season.