1st-8th Grade
Shepherd of the Hills, Eden Mondays 6:15-7:30
St. MAtthew, Campbellsport Wednesdays 6:15-7:30

High School Classes (1st &3rd Sundays)
Shepherd of the Hills 8:45-10:15
St. Matthew 10:15-11:45

Religious Education Newsletter
December 2021

A Note From Anna Kraus **part time** Youth Minister & HS Coordinator:
  • Don't let the "Holiday Hustle" keep you from making time this Advent to let Jesus into your life a bit more deeply! 
  •  We're still in need of High School Substitutes for classes 1st & 3rd Sundays. Contact Anna if you are interested! 

A Note  From Dawn Doll **Full Time**
DRE @SOTH & SMC (Grades 1-8)

  • Due to a change in schedule for a catechist’s family, we are in need of an 8th grade Catechist on Monday nights at Shepherd of the Hills. Could you please consider helping out (even a few Mondays would help out greatly!)? Please email (ddoll@sothparish.org) or call (920-322-5066) to inquire or volunteer.

  • It’s so great to see everyone on Mondays at Shepherd of the Hills and on Wednesdays at St. Matthew’s!  Please remember to show up between 6-6:15 pm so you aren’t standing outside in the cold waiting for the door to open!

  • On December 13 and 15 many young people in grades 2-4 are celebrating their 1st Reconciliation! Please join me in praying for these young people as they continue their journey getting closer to Jesus!

  • Advent Adventure at HolyHeroes.com is a free set of activities and videos to help your family learn and enjoy Advent more each year. Just sign-up to receive Advent Adventure emails on HolyHeroes.com and you will receive daily emails with access to videos and fun activities for all ages in your family. (My children have enjoyed this free program for years!)

Upcoming Important Dates 
December 8 is a Holy Day of Obligation - December 8 is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. This feast day celebrates our Heavenly Mother’s conception in St. Anne’s womb, without Original Sin. Please join us at Holy Mass at St. Matthew’s or Shepherd of the Hills at 8:30 am or 6:30 pm on December 8 to celebrate your Heavenly Mother, Mary. Due to the Holy Day, there will not be Religious Education Classes on December 6 or December 8.

Area Reconciliation Services for Advent: 
A great way to open your heart to Jesus this Advent season is by going to Reconciliation. These are the times and locations of Reconciliation for this Advent Season: 
Thursday, December 16 at Holy Family, Fond du Lac 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Monday, December 20 at St. Matthew, Campbellsport 7:00 pm
Tuesday, December 21 at Holy Trinity, Kewaskum 7:00 pm

For future events/ classes Please ALWAYS check the website www.myreligioused.com 

-Elementary/ Middle School
Safe Environment Trainings
Safe Environment Trainings  for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee are conducted online at this time. Please see https://www.archmil.org/offices/safeguarding/Safeguarding-Events.htm to find a training that works for you and register online. Adults (18+) that are around children in a Catholic school or Church setting are required to be Safe Environment Trained at least once in their life as required by the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People established by the USCCB in June, 2002. If you have questions or are having trouble signing-up for this training, please contact Dawn Doll at 920-322-5066 for more information. 


New information / Reminders 
-Attendance 
*Please call or text 920-322-5066 by 6:00pm on Monday nights or Wednesday nights by 6pm or 
*text Anna at 920-375-1920 Sundays by 7AM to register an absence. 
Voice mail is available for messages.

Middle School Youth Group
Middle School Youth Group nights & FM Fridays are returning with Youth Minister, Anna Kraus! Be on the lookout & communicate with Anna via this link---> CLICK HERE to read up on Youth Group Nights & FM Fridays!.


High School BOTH SMC & SOTH
9-11 High School (Sundays) SOTH
*Shepherd of the Hills Class: 8:45-10:15 *Mass after class @10:30
9-11 High School (Sundays) SMC
*St. Matthew Class: 10:15-11:45 *Mass before class @9
- questions? please text or email Anna Kraus, YM at 920-375-1920 or akraus@sothparish.org
-Dec 19th Service Reflection Papers are due. (9th-11th are all included!)
-I'm profoundly impressed with the missed class papers submitted by you this far. Thanks for those of you who have sent in reflections

Mission Trips Summer 2022 
JUNE 28-JULY 3 Knoxville TN AiY! Click here registration open.
Local Mission Trip LBH
 Session B (Middle School 2) | June 27-30 | Holy Family, Fond du Lac
Session C (High School 1) | July 10-15 | St. Katharine Drexel, Beaver Dam

Service Opportunities
-SOTH Coffee House is in need of many volunteers! You can sign-up here: https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/37013835061516096/false#/invitation 
-Teaching/ helping 1st-8th grade RE classes reach out to Sharon SMC or Dawn SOTH
-MS Youth Group Nights (1 Adult & 1-3 HS helpers needed per/ event) Reach out to Anna

Other News
The info below  does fall on a High School Class Day, but we will navigate together on make up work etc. should you be interested.

News from St. Matthew’s CYO Show
This year St. Matthew’s CYO is presenting the musical Meet Me In St. Louis.. The musical is taken from a movie about a family living in St. Louis in 1903 the year of the World’s Fair. It follows the family through the year with all their romances and other ups and downs. We are presenting the show on April 1st,2nd, & 3rd, 2022. The family consists of a mother and a father and 5 children, 4 girls and a boy.  The younger girls are 12 and 6.  They would sing all the songs with the family and would have a trio, and Tootie, the youngest, has a short solo. We are thinking the older girl, Agnes, could be from 10-12 years old and Tootie could be between 6-9 years old.  
 We start rehearsals in January and the children’s practices would be on Sunday afternoons until we moved onto the stage in late March.  It would not be every Sunday.  Practices on stage begin three weeks before the show and are usually Monday through Thursday for the first and second week and then the week of the show it is Monday through to the next Sunday because that is the weekend of performances.  I am just trying to give you an idea of how the practices will work. I can give you more details if your parents wish to call. We will have auditions on December 12th beginning at 2:15pm in St. Matthew’s gym.  You would have to sing a song that we will teach you, and read for appropriate parts. Come and give it a try. If you or your parents have any questions, please call me at 533-4375.
Rose Brandl
Director

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