GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD

Psalm 136.1 Give thanks to the LORD for he is good. His love endures forever.

Thanksgiving is a day when we reflect on God’s blessings in our lives.  1621, in Plymouth , Massachusetts the Plymouth Colonists and the Wampanoag Indians celebrated the first Thanksgiving,  to give thanks for their blessings..  Thanksgiving became an official holiday in 1863.  President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed it a national observance during the Civil War.  In the United States Thanksgiving Day is always the fourth Thursday of November. 

 Today it sometimes seems like turkey and football are the major ingredients of the traditional American Thanksgiving .  Yet , the spirit of the holiday calls for something much more.  Although it is not a Holy Day many of us Catholics will attend Mass. 

Since  Thanksgiving Day is next Thursday , I would like to take this Chronicle opportunity to use this most appropriate time of the year to send my most sincere appreciation to each of you for making Saint John’s  Parish/School the special community it is. First of all, the staff/faculty join me in thanking you parents for sending your child(ren) to us each day.  How grateful we are to have the parent/school team to work for the success of each child! 

I would also ask you to join me in thanking Father Frank and Father Sam for their support and involvement in our school.  They are such a blessing.  Our children love them. 

Enjoy your weekend and have a very special Thanksgiving holiday.

Shalom

Mrs. Schmitt