The Auction Kick-Off Party was such a great event! It was generously hosted at the beautiful Cranbrook Science Center, amongst the exhibits, with more than 165 people in attendance!!
There were two raffle items at the party and here are the lucky winners:
Chris & Shelly Beer won the large Flat Screen TV
Brian and Katie Schmitt won the Tiffany’s bracelet
A BIG thank you to the Stafford, Mehta & Wayne families for putting this amazing event together!! If the kick- off party was that good, we can’t wait to see what the auction will be like!!!
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A Calendar and Year for the Soul
Fr. Daniel Pajerski, LC
January 11, 2012 – 2012 is here and we usher in a new year, but did you know that when it comes to spiritual matters, for many, the year began weeks ago?
As we change calendars and begin a New Year I thought it might be helpful to explain a little bit about a different type of calendar and year, one for the soul.
Many people all over the world follow a calendar called the liturgical year. The whole point of the year is to celebrate the life of Jesus Christ.
It all starts four weeks prior to Christmas, with the season known as Advent.
This first period of the year is named from a Latin word that we can basically translate as “coming”.
As you might expect, during the season of Advent, Christians prepare for the birth of Jesus on Christmas day. His birth is a time of such joy that it would be impossible to celebrate it for only a single day.
The celebration of God coming to earth is so momentous that Christmas has its own season within the liturgical year. The Christmas season continues into the first week of January, usually ending on Jan. 6, the feast of the Epiphany.
On this day, Christians recall the day when the wise men brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the child Jesus, recognizing him as the Savior of the world. With this celebration the Christmas season draws to a close.
The next part of the liturgical year begins with the celebration of the Baptism of Jesus. This inaugurates the part of the year known as “ordinary time.”
Ordinary here doesn’t mean that during that time we have to be ordinary and nonchalant about spiritual growth.
The word ordinary is used because during the weeks of ordinary time, no one particular event in the life of Jesus is highlighted. Ordinary time is the longest period of the liturgical year, lasting for 33 or 34 weeks.
This series of weeks is not continuous, however, because it is broken up by the period called the season of Lent.
Lent is a period of forty days beginning on Ash Wednesday. During Lent, the followers of Christ devote themselves in a special way to prayer, sacrifice, and good works.
This time reminds Christians of the forty days Jesus spent in the desert praying and fasting.
Lent is a preparation for the most important events of the whole liturgical year: Jesus’ crucifixion on Good Friday and his Resurrection from the dead on Easter Sunday.
Although the time of preparation is long, the period of celebration is even longer. The Easter celebration lasts for fifty days and ends on Pentecost Sunday when Christians celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit and the beginnings of the Church.
You might have noticed that there’s no vacation time on this liturgical calendar. That’s because when it comes to spiritual matters we save our vacation days for heaven.
Fr. Daniel Pajerski, LC, is Formation Director for Everest Academy.
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Everest now has an ice rink! Permission slips are being sent home so students can have fun on it during recess! Due to inconsistent weather, we are still working to smooth the rink out a bit. But, all Everest families are welcome to enjoy our rink at any time!
A big THANK YOU to Mr. Cross for making this rink for us!
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January 20, 2012 - 4:53 pm
Thanks dad, your the best. Madeline
We are hosting our Open House on Sunday, January 29th from 1-4pm!
Please invite anyone interested in Everest! The Open House is also part of our Family Referral Program. Click HERE for details!
Here are the Open House details:
Visitors will have the opportunity to tour the school, hear testimonies from students and get the chance to speak with them about their experience at Everest. All parents and students are welcome! The event will be held on the Everest Campus. Once they enter the campus follow signs for the Girls’ School and they will be welcomed in the lobby.
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Here are pictures from the exciting Boys JV Basketball Vs. Oakland Christian! Thank you to Bradley Mansour for taking these great shots!
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| Boys JV Basketball Vs. Oakland Christian |
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Do you belong to St. Daniel’s of Clarkston? Are you sick of parking in the back of the lot before Mass? Well we have a solution for you….Everest families now have a front row parking spot in the St. Dan’s parking lot! A BIG Thank you to Dr. and Mrs. Lindsey Hamilton for their generosity in acquiring the parking spot!!
To use the spot, just make sure you have an Everest sticker on the back of your car (see picture below). If you don’t have a sticker, just stop by Mrs. Plante’s office in the Girls’ School and pick one up!
Enjoy the short walk into church, especially with all of this snow!
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by Chelsea Gheesling
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