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Mississauga Brampton Central Family of Schools
Trustee Times – December 2017
Anna DaSilva
Vice Chair
Wards 1, 3, 4
Darryl
D’Souza
Wards 2, 5, 6
Anna
Abbruscato
Ward 4
Thomas Thomas
Ward 5Luz del Rosario
Wards 6, 11
Anna Da Silva
Vice-Chair of the
Board
Brampton Wards
1, 3 & 4
Mario Pascucci
Chair of the Board
Mississauga Wards
1 & 3
Congratulations to Anna Da Silva who was
appointed as
Vice-Chair to the Board of TrusteesCongratulations Anna!
“Advent is a journey towards Bethlehem. May we let ourselves be drawn by the light of God”Pope Francis
Our grade 2/3 class have welcomed ‘Baby Amariyah’ and her mother
to their classroom as they are all participating in the Roots of Empathy
program. This program teaches children about feelings their own
feelings and the feelings of others. At school, in preparation for
Christmas, we celebrated a wonderful Advent Mass with Fr. Jan.
Furthermore, our staff are busy preparing for our Christmas Carousel
Night. An evening of singing, dancing, craft making, cookie
decorating, community building and a special visit from Santa.
Finally, our Catholic Advisory Council has been working hard sorting
through many new and gently used community donations for our
Christmas Market for Kids.
School Based News …
On Friday, December 22 from 1:15 pm-2:00 pm our gymnasium will
be full of Christmas spirit through the gift of song. Each class has
prepared a song to sing. They will be led by our School Choir. All
parents and guardians are welcome to join in and sing with us! In
partnership with our Peel Police Liaison officers, we will be holding
a Christmas food drive to collect non-perishable food items to help
feed those in need over the Christmas holidays. Students are asked to
bring in one non-perishable food item to pack into the police cruiser
on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 @ 10 a.m.
The San Lorenzo Ruiz School community had an opportunity to
demonstrate its generosity through our Angels Among Us program during
the month of December. Students selected an Angel from the tree
that represents a student from the Dufferin-Peel community that they
wish to sponsor. Our primary Christmas Concert will take place on
Wednesday December 20th at 6:30 pm. Our dance team who won
platinum last year will be performing along with our students on that
evening. We will celebrate Advent as a school community at our school
Mass on Tuesday December 12th at 9:00 am led by our primary division
and beautiful school choir.
During the month of December, St. Barbara students, staff and parents
have continued to focus on living our Gospel Values by participating in
“Angel On The Tree”. Through this project all of us give gifts to
orphaned children, we also give new hats, scarves and mittens and we
are doing Christmas food and gift hampers for several families. We are
continuing to instill a love for learning and engaging students in
numeracy through the use of technology and math manipulatives. In
order to ensure we have top notch technology, we are also continuing to
do fundraising for new technology at our school. We are welcoming the
Advent Season with daily PA, classroom and division prayers, liturgies
and promoting an understanding of our Gospel.
“THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US” JOHN 1:14
St. Brigid is having its annual Christmas Festival on the evening of
December 6. This CSC sponsored event is open to students and their
families and features craft and other Christmas activities. Our
Kindergarten classes are having a Christmas Celebration on December
21 at 2 pm. We are having Advent Liturgies for the whole school every
Monday in December. We have our Advent Mass at St. Jerome on
December 13. During Advent we will be running a coat drive, a food
drive and will have a mitten and hat tree. We will have a Christmas
Spirit Week to raise money for Sharelife the week of December 18.
School Based News …
On Thursday November 30th, St. Gregory hosted our first Girls Night
In. The theme " I am Strong" embodied the night's events. We had 2
guest speakers who shared with the young women their personal
stories of overcoming obstacles in life by believing in their inner
strength. We had 2 special guests - one who have the girls a lesson on
boxing. Amazing! The evening allowed girls to get to know each other
as the two communities of St. Gertrude and St. Gregory continue to
develop relationships. The evening started and ended in prayer and
reflection and proved to be very moving and emotional. We had 43
girls come and they were supported by 22 staff. It truly was a very
special and empowering night.
Mrs. Dias and Mrs. Paniconi's junior classes from St. Hilary
school raised $880 for Toys For Tots. Students and teachers shopped at
Square One on Friday after attending the movie The Star. Busses were
donated by First Student Canada. What an amazing feeling to give
children a wonderful Christmas!
Our school Christmas food drive runs until this Friday.
The Advent season is alive at St. Joseph! Student and Parent Council
members collaborated in decorating our foyer as we started the month
of December. Father Jan joined us as we celebrated the first week of
Advent with a Mass and lighting of the first candle. Our kindergarten
teams are hosting a Christmas Open House for their students and
parents. On December 19th at noon, our School Council is organizing
the annual School-wide Christmas Luncheon for the students and staff.
Tables will be set up for the entire school to sit down for a meal
together. Santa Claus will hopefully make an appearance. On December
21, our Grade 5/6 class will present our Virtue of Hope assembly to the
school community.
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel”Matthew 1:23
In the spirit of community building , the St. Jude parent council,
hosted a morning and invited the parents to decorate the school for
Christmas. The school council is also hosting a movie night on Dec 6.
From 5:30 to 7:30 pm. During the evening pizza and popcorn will also
be available for the families. Our school Advent Mass will be held on
Friday Dec. 8. The primary Christmas Concert will be held on the
afternoon of Dec. 19. Food is being collected to support our parish
food drive.
School Based News …
This month St. Julia is participating in a variety of Advent activities as
we prepare for the birth of our Saviour. On Thursday, December 5th,
Father Nieman celebrated mass with St Julia staff and students and our
junior choir shared their gift of song. Each Friday morning during
Advent staff gather to celebrate morning liturgy. Classes also gather to
pray and reflect each week on the gifts of hope, peace, joy and love
this Advent season. Our YFA have been putting our faith into action by
organizing our Giving Angels outreach initiative. The generosity of the
St. Julia community has allowed us to support 21 families through the
SVDP Society of St. Joseph Parish. Our Kindergarten and Primary
classes are busy preparing for our annual Christmas concert which will
take place on Tuesday December 19th.
St. Kevin School community celebrated the beginning of the Advent
Season by gathering together on December 4th for our Advent Mass. We
were pleased that many family members were able to join us and we
thank Fr. Gustavo Campos for presiding over the Mass. We are excited
about the upcoming volleyball game on December 21 where Peel Police
will challenge St. Kevin staff and the Intermediate Volleyball teams to a
fun-filled game. We are also looking forward to Christmas Spirit Week
which will include a Sing-a-long and the Christmas Extravaganza.
Classes are preparing diligently for their performances. We congratulate
our many students who will be receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation
on November 9th.
The St. Matthew School community will be very busy over the Advent
season. We will come together to prepare our hearts and minds for the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ at our Family Advent Mass at Cristo
Rei Church. Other events during this season include an Advent Retreat,
a Virtue of Hope Liturgy, “Twas the Night Before Christmas” play,
photos with Santa and a Christmas Sing-a-long. In the spirit of giving,
we will also collect food for the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Cram-
a-Cruiser with toy donations along with Peel Police in support of the
Toys for Tots drive in Peel.
“Be shepherds of the flock God has given you” (1 Peter 5:2)
School Based News …
We are continuing with our St. Monica School “Gifts of Warmth”
tradition. To help those in need this winter we will be collecting NEW
mittens, gloves, hats, scarves, winter headbands, earmuffs, socks,
jackets, snowsuits and neck warmers. The posts on the first floor will
be decorated with yarn. For each new item a student, community
member or staff bring in, they will receive a cut out lightbulb and print
their name on it to acknowledge their kind and generous donation. We
will give our gifts of warmth to those in need through St. Vincent De
Paul Society or St. Louise Outreach. Special thanks to M. Scalise, T.
Gratton, Gr. 6 EF and Gr. 1 students for coordinating.
During the month of December, St. Veronica’s youth faith ambassadors
are preparing our hearts for the Advent season by modelling how to
show compassion for other families through the Christmas Angel Tree.
We asked the community to purchase gift cards for families in our
community who are experiencing hardships. Our primary division will
be ringing in the Christmas season with our Christmas Concert on
Wednesday December 20th at 6:30 pm. We will be offering family
photos in front of our new green screen with all donations going to our
Angel Tree. whole school sign-a-long to bring Christmas cheer!
St. Marcellinus celebrates December’s virtue of the month Hope as it
opened its doors to over 90 refugees from Sojourn House back on
November 30th for its annual Family Faith Night. Also, our special
education students prepared for its annual Christmas Market as
students were busy creating hand-made items including stained glass
ornaments and wreaths to be purchased by staff and students. The Co-
Op students showcased their careers during the Co-op Fair on
December 4th. Moreover, our football players accompanied by their
parents and staff celebrated the athletes talents and gifts during the
Parent/Football Banquet held on December 7th. Furthermore, our
community will come together to prepare for the coming of our savior
Jesus Christ during our Advent mass scheduled December 13th.
Finally, our Arts Christmas Showcase that displays all of the visual arts
and performing arts talent at St. Marcellinus will take place Thursday,
December 14th at 7pm with an open house art gallery between 6pm
and 7pm and with the performing arts show starting at 7pm . All
community members are welcome.
“It Is I; Be Not Afraid” John 6:20
Advent season at St. Augustine Secondary School is filled with
wonderful activities in preparation for the coming of Jesus on
Christmas Day. The school is busy collecting items for our Annual
Christmas Basket Drive which helps the members of our own school
community and their families, helping over 15 families in our school.
Our Advent liturgy will take place on December 14, 2017. We will be
celebrating our students who display the virtues and make a difference
in our school with our Breakfast of Champions on December 8, 2017.
Our Christmas Art Show will take place in our cafetorium on
December 7, 2017. Also our Annual Dunk the Halls Basketball
fundraiser and buy out will be held on December 20, 2017.
School Based News …
St. Francis Xavier Secondary School has a strong tradition of
supporting those individuals and families in our community who are
in need. This year marks the 9th anniversary of the St. Francis Xavier
Community Christmas Dinner. On December 13th, the school will be
hosting over 200 guests from Angela’s Place, Vita Manor and other
families recommended by the local St. Vincent DePaul Society. The
Christmas Celebration is intended to offer the best of the Christmas
season to some of the most marginalized families in our community.
Angela’s Place and Vita Manor are two local community
organizations whose work supports many of our disadvantaged
neighbours. Angela’s Place offers transitional housing for families
experiencing homelessness while Vita Manor offers counseling and
help to pregnant and parenting teens.
The school community is working together to make this a memorable
night for everyone. The cafeteria will be transformed into a dining
hall equipped with festive linens, china plates and napkins to create a
welcoming environment. Our school choir will add to the festivities
with their beautiful renditions of traditional Christmas carols. Our
Hospitality SHSM students will be feverishly working to create a
traditional meal with all the trimmings.
“Be shepherds of the flock God has given you” (1 Peter 5:2)
February 15th – Mississauga Brampton Central Council
Chairs Gathering at St. Marcellinus
6:00 p.m. followed by regular Catholic
School Council Meetings in designated
rooms
“Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who
loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him” 1 John 5:1