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News Archive: Community of Saints Regional Catholic School (COS)

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Honor a Loved One With a Gift to COS in Their Name

Published November 22, 2017

This Christmas, give a gift in honor or memory of someone in your life to celebrate their commitment to Catholic education. One hundred percent of your donation goes to support tuition assistance for students at Community of Saints. Mail your gift to COS, 335 Hurley St. E. West St. Paul, MN 55118. You can also […]

Filed Under: Alums & Family & Friends, Community of Saints School. Posted by Richard Schletty

Good News: Fall-Winter 2017

Published November 22, 2017

Download PDF of newsletter: The Good News Fall-Winter 2017 Message from Fr. Steve School Update from Principal Bridget Kramer Former School Parent is New School Secretary COS Preschool Rated 4 Stars by Parent Aware Looking Back at 10 Years of The Good News Alums & Friends & Families 2017 Annual Report. $215,459 Raised in 9 Months […]

Filed Under: Alums & Family & Friends, Community of Saints School, The Good News newsletter. Posted by Richard Schletty

Our Thanksgiving Day Prayer (Fr. Bob reflection)

Published November 12, 2017

Almighty God, you have blessed us with over a century of ministry, bringing the Good News to families, friends, and the West Side community of St. Paul. We give you thanks that through our worship, our outreach, and our friendship we have brought your presence and your love to St. Paul neighborhoods. We celebrate that we have walked […]

Filed Under: Alums & Family & Friends, Community of Saints School, Messages from Fr. Bob, The Good News newsletter. Posted by Fr. Bob Kelly

Community of Saints 11-11-17 update

Published November 11, 2017

Archdiocesan Support for Community of Saints and Catholic Education. Bishop Cozzens celebrated mass at Community of Saints last Thursday.  He led us in prayer as we remembered our lost loved ones on All Souls Day.  Also invited to our school mass were our “Loyalty” donors.  This included members of Alums & Friends & Families who have […]

Filed Under: Community of Saints School. Posted by Richard Schletty

Community of Saints 11-4-17 update

Published November 4, 2017

Our annual Halloween Dance was a huge success!  Over 250 people attended, and there was representation from our school, sponsoring parishes and the local community.  It was so much fun!  The night consisted of lots of dancing with a great DJ, a coloring table, photo booth, snacks, great costumes and good conversation.  Our gym was […]

Filed Under: Community of Saints School. Posted by Richard Schletty

Community of Saints update 10-29-2017

Published October 28, 2017

News from Community of Saints Regional Catholic School Our students have been busily working on deciding and implementing their class service projects for our school marathon! Some of the service projects our students are doing include: painting pictures for Little Sisters of the Poor, cleaning and raking grounds of our local community, making cards for […]

Filed Under: Community of Saints School. Posted by Richard Schletty

CoS news: enrollment up 14%, Bishop Cozzens visits

Published September 25, 2017

Community of Saints is proud to announce that K-8 enrollment has increased over 14%, and that our preschool is beginning the school year with numbers that are the highest they have ever been!  Thank you to our school families and parishes for spreading the word and communicating with families that Community of Saints provides a […]

Filed Under: Community of Saints School. Posted by Richard Schletty

Information Technology! (Fr. Bob reflection)

Published August 26, 2017

Information Technology (IT) is in use all around us. People gather, process, transfer, manage, organize, retrieve, store, and display information electronically. Every minute of the day and night IT is being developed and used to handle information—from what is taking place thousands of miles away to what is happening in our own lives here and […]

Filed Under: Alums & Family & Friends, Community of Saints School, Messages from Fr. Bob, The Good News newsletter. Posted by Fr. Bob Kelly

Community of Saints Ice Cream Social Thursday, August 17th, 6-8 pm

Published August 16, 2017

Who: School families, prospective families, staff, and all four of our parish communities!  What: I scream, you scream, we all scream for FREE ICE CREAM! Need we say more? Oh, and maybe a friendly game of kickball and some yard games.  Where: Community of Saints Regional Catholic School – hopefully outside by the ball fields, […]

Filed Under: Community of Saints School. Posted by Richard Schletty

CofS Ice Cream Social August 17, $1,000 New Student Credit

Published July 2, 2017

Community of Saints Ice Cream Social Thursday, August 17th from 6-8pm Who: School families, prospective families, staff, and all four of our parish communities! What: I scream, you scream, we all scream for FREE ICE CREAM!  Need we say more?  Oh, and maybe a friendly game of kickball and some yard games.  Where: Community of Saints-hopefully outside by the ball fields, weather permitting.  When: Thursday, August 17th, 6-8pm.  Stop […]

Filed Under: Community of Saints School. Posted by Richard Schletty

How Great God’s Love (Fr. Bob reflection)

Published June 23, 2017

Everyone has them—Adults of all ages, teens, children, infants, males and females. Single people, married people, divorced people, and people who have lost a spouse. Healthy people, sick people, poor people, middle class people, and rich people have them. Good people, indifferent people, and evil people have them. If we are alive, we all have […]

Filed Under: Alums & Family & Friends, Community of Saints School, Messages from Fr. Bob, The Good News newsletter. Posted by Fr. Bob Kelly

Community of Saints News

Published June 23, 2017

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our Alums & Friends & Families tuition assistance fund!  We’ve changed our fiscal year from September 30 to June 30 to better align with the school’s fiscal year. That means there is little time to contribute to this year’s tuition assistance fund. Please help us make our goal! If you give […]

Filed Under: Community of Saints School, Fundraising. Posted by Richard Schletty

Congratulations, COS 8th Grade Class of 2017

Published June 8, 2017

COS Scholarship Recipients Flaherty Scholarship: Kieran White and Connor Nicolay Skipper Slawik Scholarship; Leon Gutierrez COS High School Scholarship; Connor Nicolay, AJ Lopez, Alberto Rodriguez, Sam Schweda and Joe Silva

Filed Under: Community of Saints School. Posted by Richard Schletty

COS: Dollar-for-Dollar Matching Grant Until June 30

Published June 1, 2017

We’ve changed our fiscal year from September 30 to June 30 to better align with the school’s fiscal year. That means you only have a few more weeks to contribute to this year’s tuition assistance fund. Please help us make our goal! If you give by June 30, your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar. This $50,000 challenge grant […]

Filed Under: Alums & Family & Friends, Community of Saints School, Fundraising. Posted by Richard Schletty

COS 5-Year Anniversary Benefit a Huge Success!

Published May 24, 2017

Our Community of Saints five year anniversary benefit was a huge success last weekend (Saturday, May 20th). We had over 100 people attend, guests included staff members, staff’s family and friends, school parents and their friends and family, and parishioners of our sponsoring parishes. Cossetta’s did an amazing job preparing our dinner. Our guest speakers […]

Filed Under: Community of Saints School. Posted by Richard Schletty

COS 5-Year Anniversary Benefit, May 20, 2017

Published May 20, 2017

Benefit Tickets for Sale NOW! Community of Saints’ five year anniversary will be celebrated at our third annual benefit. The evening will include a Cossetta’s dinner, silent auction, games and guest speakers!  Please join us Saturday, May 20th, in the St. Matthew Social Hall-6-10pm. We would love for you to join us at this fun event!  Tickets: $40 per […]

Filed Under: Community of Saints School. Posted by Richard Schletty

CSCOE Bash

Published May 20, 2017

A few members of the Community of Saints School community attended the Catholic Schools Center of Excellence (CSCOE) Bash on May 13, 2017, at the Hilton Minneapolis Ballroom. The purpose of the event was to fundraise for another Archdiocesan-wide “Mass of the Holy Spirit” in 2018! The first open-air Mass of the Holy Spirit for Catholic […]

Filed Under: Community of Saints School. Posted by Richard Schletty

Scrip Fundraising

Scrip By purchasing gift cards in advance to use at your favorite stores, you make a contribution to Community of Saints Regional Catholic School without it costing you anything extra. Over 500 merchants participate including grocery stores, gas stations, department stores, restaurants and more – popular places where you already shop.  To participate, just buy a […]

AFF Committee

Alums and Family and Friends Committee A&F’s steering committee meets twice monthly to coordinate fundraising efforts.  In addition to raising money from alums, the committee solicits support from foundations, businesses and philanthropists. We are always looking for new members and ideas.  Please consider joining the Alums & Friends Committee. Current members of the committee include the […]

How to Give to Community of Saints

Supporting Community of Saints Regional Catholic School You have many options when it comes to giving.  If you are interested in supporting Community of Saints Regional Catholic School, donations can be mailed to the school or feel free to contact Doug Lieser us at  651-457-2510 .  This is a great opportunity to double the impact of your […]

COS families and staff support Lenten dinners

Published April 9, 2017

The Community of Saints Regional Catholic School staff has been traveling to the different Lenten meals offered at our sponsoring parishes. School families and staff worked and/or attended a recent St. Matthew’s Fish Fry, and we also visited the St. John Vianney Fish Fry. Both experiences were delicious! It is fun to support our parishes and […]

Filed Under: Community of Saints School. Posted by Richard Schletty

COS earns Parent Aware status

Published March 26, 2017

Community of Saints is proud to announce that our nationally accredited, four star preschool program has received Parent Aware status! This recognition means that Community of Saints School has been identified and acknowledged by the state of Minnesota for its high quality program, and is now an organization that can receive Parent Aware scholarship money […]

Filed Under: Community of Saints School. Posted by Richard Schletty

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