Celebrate What's Right In The World - LITTLE FLOWER CATHOLIC SCHOOL September 7, 2021

LITTLE FLOWER CATHOLIC SCHOOL
September 7, 2021

       Celebrate What’s Right

               In The World

Please send your child to school with a mask (or two) every day! Masks have
proven to be effective in limiting the transmission of the coronavirus and all
students, staff, and adults in our building must wear one. However, we are going
through masks very quickly. Please provide masks for your child(ren) each day.

PPS
Please join us for a first-of-its-kind meeting. Our new idea is to have the first
ever PPS. Parish. Parents. School.

The purpose of this new association is to build a strong partnership between our
church and school community. Our overarching goal is to collaborate so that we
can continue to enrich the lives of our students, as well as the hearts of our
parish. While this organization will take on many of the roles of a PTO-
fundraising, teacher appreciation, room parents, etc- there are so many other
wonderful things happening at both our church and our school for us to share.
Together we are stronger and everyone benefits.

If you are interested in joining or just hearing more about this new endeavor
please join us on Wednesday, September 15 at 6:15 PM in Duffey Hall
(cafeteria) or call our principal, Mr. Gawrys, at 317-353-2282.

TRASH BAG SALE BEGINS TODAY. One of the very best fundraisers
anywhere is the LF Trash Bag Sale. Everyone needs trash bags and
these are high quality bags at a good price. Order forms are being
sent home today. Please try these bags and support Little Flower in
the process.

Picture Day is this Thursday, September 9. All students may be out of
uniform on that day.       Order forms were sent home last week or you
can order online at inter-state.com/order
use order code 59466GB

Vision and Hearing Screenings will be this Thursday and Friday. Vision
Screenings will be for grades 1, 3, 5, and 8. Hearing for grades 1, 4, and 7.

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Tuition payments were due last week, August 31st. Thank you to all the families
who have already submitted this payment. If you have not yet paid, please send
your family's tuition in by Friday, September 10th. It can be given to the school
office or dropped off at the Parish Center (entrance 11 or 13) between 9:00 AM -
3:00 PM weekdays. This affects families who are not using FACTS this year.
Please contact Sandy Clegg at sclegg@littleflowerparish.org or 317-357-8352
ext. 104 if you need to know your balance or have any questions.

The Red Cross will hold a Blood Drive at Little Flower on Wednesday, October 6
from 3:00-7:00 PM in Duffey Hall (cafeteria).

Subject: Cub Scout Pack 126 Den Meeting Tonight

Attention parents of any boy or girl in kindergarten through 5th grade. Little Flower’s
Pack 126 will have its first pack/den meeting of the school year this evening from 6:30-
7:30 pm at Ellenberger Park. We will meet on the north side of the park by the
volleyball court near the intersection of E St Clair St and Ellenberger Pkwy E Dr.

As a precaution during the pandemic, the pack and den meetings during the fall will be
outside. If you have any questions you can contact Joe Bruno
at bruno.jsph.dwrd@gmail.com or 317.515.4267 or visit Pack 126’s website
at: https://lfscouts126.org

Scecina news is attached

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Our Little Way trait for the next two weeks is “Do All Things With
Love”. Today we discussed that love is about doing for others- “when
one person struggles, we all struggle. When one person triumphs, we
all triumph.” What can we do to lift others up?

  One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up
 and gently throwing it into the ocean. Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”
 The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going
  out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.” “Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are
        miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can’t make a difference!”
After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back
into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said…” I made a difference for that one.”

Students have been encouraged to turn in the names of other students
who are deserving of Little Way bucks. We want everyone to see the
good kids are doing

CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING

Last year we focused on the seven themes of Catholic Social Teaching. This
year we will look at the 10 principles of Catholic Social Justice. While in some
places they are worded slightly differently, the principles are:

    1. Dignity of the Human Person
    2. Common Good
    3. Solidarity
    4. Preferential Option for the Poor
    5. Stewardship of Creation
    6. Subsidiarity and the Role of Government
    7. Participation
    8. Rights and Responsibilities
    9. Economic Justice
    10.         Peace

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THE LITTLE WAY
                    God is first.

            Do all things with love.

      Do even the simplest of things to
          the best of your ability.

                  Show integrity.

                 Welcome everyone.

          Find the joy in everything.

       Make every day and every moment
                    count.

               Serve the community.

              Strive for excellence.

    “I will seek out a means of getting to heaven by
    a LITTLE WAY.”               ~ St. Therese

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