Catholic Schools Week

This weekend we begin our celebration of Catholic School Week. Port Catholic School is an important ministry that our three parishes support. This, by the way, is the 20th anniversary of the creation of Port Catholic School. These twenty years stand as a testimony to the good we can accomplish by working together. Port Catholic has shone the light down the corridor of clustering and cooperation. I am grateful to the dedication and commitment of our administration, teachers and support staff. I invite you to an open house at both of our campuses (St. Mary is the site of the k3-4th grades & St. Peter campus is the site of the 5th-8th grade programs) this Wednesday February 3 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM to see our school program and the good stewardship of your parish support for the school. I also ask you to consider Port Catholic School for your children.

Fitting right in with the theme of cooperation: CAPS report:
Our CAPS (Catholic Association of Port Washington/Saukville) committee met Tuesday January 19. There was a long (and good) discussion on reaching out to our inactive members, there was continued discussion on communication in and among our parishes: i.e. common website, common bulletin, electronic communication; and continued discussion on how CAPS relates to the parish councils; and how do our parishes stand financially as we begin the budget process for the coming year.

Our next combined parish councils meeting will be February 2 at 6:30 PM in the Immaculate Conception school cafeteria. We will be receiving a report from Port Catholic School on their self-study and evaluation of their programs.

Mass attendance:
St. Peter: 4:00 PM: 625 10:30 AM: 336
St. Mary: 9:00 AM: 308 11:00 AM: 210
Immaculate Conception: 5:00 PM:211 8:30 AM: 170

Father Pat