Families with children are invited to St. Matthew’s Social Hall for Movie Night. The title of the film is Finding Nemo. This is a free event. Kids can bring pillows and blankets – we’ll make the popcorn! Chaperones will be present. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Date: Saturday, March 25 Time: […]
News Archive: Community of Saints Regional Catholic School (COS)
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The Power of Compassion: Help Support Our Ministries to Neighbors in Need
“Upgrade the E-Box” is our fundraiser that aims to raise $150,000 to replace our aging master electrical panel which provides power to all of our campus buildings. Please watch the video and help us reach our goal. Our ministries help provide free health services, asylum housing, free meals, educational facilities, worship services, faith formation, […]
Isaac’s Blessing Bags 2022 – Thank You
We would like to express our gratitude to all of the donors who felt moved to donate to Isaac’s Blessing Bags again this winter season. Every year Isaac prepares to sort and deliver as many blessing bags as possible. This year, he decided to ask a few friends from Cretin Derham Hall to join in […]
Bowling Party for COS Youth Choir, sponsored by St. Matt’s
What better way to usher in the New Year than with a bowling party? On 12/31/2022, members of the Youth Choir of Community of Saints Regional Catholic School (COS) were treated to two hours of bowling and snacks at the Bowling Center of St. Francis de Sales Church in the West Seventh neighborhood of Saint […]
Isaac’s Blessing Bags 2022
Isaac Garcia, a junior at Cretin-Derham Hall, will once again be collecting donations for Isaac’s Blessing Bags. The donations are accepted through December 1, 2022. Please download and read this bulletin insert: Isaac’s Blessing Bags Bulletin Insert 2022.pdf Isaac is collecting items such as: socks, hats, gloves, boots, scarves coats, jackets, sweaters, hand warmers toothpastes, […]
The Good News Fall-Winter 2022
The Good News from Alums, Friends and Families providing tuition assistance to Community of Saints Regional Catholic School Download PDF: The Good News Fall-Winter 2022 What It Takes to Fund a Catholic School: A Conversation about the Real Costs and Ingenuity Required to Deliver a Quality Education at Community of Saints – For a long […]
The Good News Summer 2022
The Good News from Alums, Friends and Families providing tuition assistance to Community of Saints Regional Catholic School Download PDF: The Good News Summer 2022 Our Biggest Challenge Ever! $80,000 Challenge Grant from Hugh & Melissa Cullen. This alum-sponsored match is in honor of Fr. Steve Adrian’s 80th birthday. Message from Father Steve. “It was […]
The Good News Fall/Winter 2021/2022
The Good News from Alums, Friends and Families providing tuition assistance to Community of Saints Regional Catholic School Download PDF: The Good News – FallWinter 20212022 COS Helps All Students Reach Their Full Potential – Despite huge educational challenges created by COVID-19, Principal Bridget Kramer hasn’t allowed it to slow down efforts to create an environment […]
Isaac’s Blessing Bags 2021
Isaac’s Wish — To Help Homeless “My name is Isaac. I want to help the homeless!” Isaac Garcia is a Sophomore at Cretin Derham Hall. Shortly after his family moved from IGH to near Mounds Park, Isaac noticed the many people walking to a church in their neighborhood. This church offers services to those who […]
The Good News Fall/Winter 2020/2021
The Good News from Alums, Friends and Families providing tuition assistance to Community of Saints Regional Catholic School Download PDF: The Good News Fall/Winter 2020/2021 COS Partnership with Notre Dame Delivers Highest Quality Academics – When Fr. Nate Wills, C.S.C., Ph.D., heard that COS received a grant to participate in Notre Dame’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, […]
Isaac’s Blessing Bags 2020
Isaac’s Wish — To Help Homeless “My name is Isaac. I want to help the homeless!” Isaac Garcia is a Freshman at Cretin Derham Hall. Shortly after his family moved from Inver Grove Heights to near Mounds Park in St. Paul, Isaac noticed the many people walking to a church in their neighborhood. This church […]
The Good News Summer 2020
The Good News from Alums, Friends and Families providing tuition assistance to Community of Saints Regional Catholic School Download PDF: The Good News Summer 2020 Dollar-for-Dollar Match Now — Until June 30! Help us reach our goal to support tuition assistance. During Crisis, COS Supports Students and Families The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on […]
Community of Saints news 6-1-2020
We are deeply saddened by the suffering that our community and nation are experiencing. And we are deeply saddened by the pain those around us are experiencing. Our school is built upon the values of faith, inclusivity, and love. Our mission is to provide a loving community where our students can thrive. In times of […]
Community of Saints news 5-24-2020
Community of Saints would like to congratulate our 8th grade graduating class of 2020! This year’s student school leaders have experienced something like no other class has ever experienced before. We feel confident that this situation will only make our students stronger and more resilient individuals; this experience has pushed them to become even more independent […]
Community of Saints news 5-10-2020
This past week was Teacher Appreciation Week. Community of Saints is so blessed to have THE most amazing teachers. Our teachers are progressive in their instructional practice, and demonstrate competency and excellence in so many ways. They truly thrive in educating the whole child, and they care about each individual student, family and fellow colleague in our school […]
Community of Saints news 5-3-2020
Community of Saints continues to instruct and support our students through distance learning. One quality of our school programming that we are very proud of is the sense of community we provide in our school environment. We have had to be creative in continuing this with our new normal. Our staff has been great at […]
Community of Saints news 4-26-2020
Community of Saints continues to instruct and support our students through distance learning. One quality of our school programming that we are very proud of is the sense of community we provide in our school environment. We have had to be creative in continuing this with our new normal. Our staff has been great at […]
Community of Saints news 3-15-2020
Our school Lent Committee organized some amazing ways to recognize Lent this year. In our main entrance hallway, we have a beautiful student-created prayer chain. This prayer chain includes individual students’ prayer intentions during lent. Reconciliation will be available for students in grades 3-8, and we will also have a whole school Stations of the […]
The Good News Spring 2020
The Good News from Alums, Friends and Families providing tuition assistance to Community of Saints Regional Catholic School Download PDF: The-Good-News-Spring-2020 Class of 1970 – All School Reunion! St. Matt’s, St. Mike’s, St. John Vianney, and Our Lady of Guadalupe, Saturday, May 16, 5:30 p.m., St. Matthew’s Social Hall. COS Rewarded for “Exceptional Results”, Receives […]
Community of Saints news 3-8-2020
Community of Saints had a blast helping out at the St. Matthew Fish Fry last Friday night. Thank you to the St. Matthew Men’s Club for all of your support and allowing COS to be a part of this amazing community event. We think we had over 40 volunteers, including current families, as well as […]
Catholic Services Appeal 2020
Serve the poor, support life and strengthen the faith! Video for the 2020 Catholic Services Appeal. More info here: csafspm.org Prayers of the Faithful for 2020 CSA (To be used February 1 through March 8) For our neighbors in need who receive help from the Catholic Services Appeal Foundation. May we join in serving the […]
Community of Saints news 2-16-2020
Our annual Night of Community with the theme of Roaring Twenties was a huge success! We project we had close to 150 people attend. Our guests had a great time, and we will share the outcome of our fundraiser once we finalize numbers. During Catholic Schools Week, Amari Muhammad in fifth grade was our COS […]
Community of Saints news 1-12-2020
Community of Saints focused on prayer, community and service this Advent Season. Students and staff gathered for weekly prayer services and also read about the story of baby Jesus in our daily morning prayers. We also hosted Las Posadas at school as well as at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. School families were encouraged […]
Isaac’s Blessing Bags 2019: Catholic Spirit article
Isaac Garcia, an 8th grader at Community of Saints School, helped bring Christmas again this year to homeless people. Last year, at COS, he organized the collection of enough items to gift over 100 people at a local homeless shelter. This year, St. Matthew’s offered to help Isaac collect items for gifts. Donations included hand […]
Community of Saints news 12-29-2019
Community of Saints Regional Catholic School focused on prayer, community and service this Advent Season. Students and staff gathered for weekly prayer services and also read about the story of baby Jesus in our daily morning prayers. We also hosted Las Posadas at school as well as at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. School […]
The Good News Fall-Winter 2019
The Good News from Alums, Friends and Families providing tuition assistance to Community of Saints Regional Catholic School Download PDF: The-Good-News-Fall-Winter-2019 Service, Faith & Leadership: Joe Votel ’72 and Tom Smith ’72 End of Year Challenge! Honor A Loved One who values Catholic education Fr. Steve’s Column Class of 1959 Reunion 2018-2019 Annual Report School […]
Isaac’s Blessing Bags 2019
“My Name is Isaac. I want to help the homeless!” Two weeks ago Isaac Garcia, an 8th grader at Community of Saints School, spoke at both masses telling us of his wish to bring Christmas to the homeless people. Last year, at COS, he collected enough items to gift over 100 people at a local […]
Community of Saints news 11-10-2019
Community of Saints is honored to host coffee and treats this weekend at St. Matthew Church after the 10:15 am Mass on Sunday, November 10. Stop by and say hi to Ms. Bridget Kramer and learn more about our amazing school! Also, please visit our website at communityofsaints.org We will be concluding our school marathon […]
COS awarded Educational Impact grant from Catholic Community Foundation
Community of Saints Regional Catholic School is happy to be a recent recipient of an Educational Impact Grant from the Catholic Community Foundation (CCF). This grant was made possible by many donors – past and present – whose belief in the power of endowment has allowed CCFto steward and grow endowment funds. These funds provide annual grants […]
The Good News Summer 2019
The Good News-Summer 2019 Download PDF: The-Good-News-Summer-2019.pdf COS Purchases St. Michael’s Campus Fr. Steve’s Column Tom McKeown Knows a Good Education Changes Lives COS 2015 Alums Graduate from High School Class of ’69 & Reunion Sunday, April 28, 2019 School News: University of Notre Dame Awards STEM Grant to COS School News: Coin Drive Raises […]
Community of Saints news 10-27-2019
Community of Saints is halfway through our annual school marathon! We kicked off on October 3rd with obstacle courses that included a lot of hopping, running and throwing! Students loved it. The marathon ends on Give to the Max Day-Thursday, November 14th. Our goal this year is to raise $12,000 for flexible classroom seating and […]
Community of Saints news 10-20-2019
Community of Saints is excited to announce that we will once again be hosting a Halloween Dance! The dance will take place in the Community of Saints’ gymnasium on Friday, October 25th from 6:00-9:00 pm. In addition to the school community, the dance is open to our sponsoring parish communities as well! The cost of the […]
Community of Saints news 9-29-2019
Community of Saints school year is off to a great start! Our K-8 enrollment has reached over 200 students, and we are so excited to have several new additions to our community! Thank you to our school families and sponsoring parish members for spreading the word about the high quality, faith-based educational experience we provide […]
Community of Saints news 9-9-2019
SCHOOL MASSES AT COS School Masses will resume at Community of Saints Regional Catholic School on Thursday, September 12th at 9:10 am. Parishioners, parents, grandparents, family and friends are all welcome to attend these Masses. Please check the weekly bulletin to see if Father Adrian cancels a Mass during vacation, holidays, etc. COMMUNITY OF SAINTS […]
Community of Saints news 8-25-2019
We would like to give a HUGE thanks for the enormous response to our request for golf clubs and equipment. We received a large quantity of golf clubs and golf balls, along with some other miscellaneous golf equipment. We are set! Thank you, thank you! Community of Saints is looking forward to our best […]
