Notice to Community of Saints students re sacramental preparation First Communion Parent/Student Meeting Parents of children who have registered to receive First Reconciliation and First Communion this spring at St. Matthew must attend a meeting at St. Matthew Church on Wednesday, January 10, at 6:30 PM. This meeting will include COS students and parents/guardians and […]
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Community of Saints 12-24-17 update
Community of Saints students and staff would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for your support through prayers, donations, volunteering and the list goes on! We are blessed to collaborate with multiple parish communities, and we look forward to strengthening our […]
Community of Saints 12-16-17 update
Advent Season is Here! Community of Saints is excited to announce that we will be hosting an Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Posada on Thursday, December 21st at 6pm. We hope to see school and sponsoring parish representation at the event as we prepare for the coming of Jesus! For this year’s Advent service project, Community of […]
Pregnant with Joy! (Fr. Bob reflection)
In the Western Church, the Third Sunday of Advent is sometimes called by its Latin name, Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete means “to be joyful” and “to rejoice.” On Gaudete Sunday, our rejoicing is most often symbolized by lighting a rose-colored candle on the Advent wreath. The color rose is made when the color white is added […]
Community of Saints 12-9-17 update
Advent Season has begun! Community of Saints is excited to announce that we will be hosting an Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Posada on Thursday, December 21st. We hope to see school and sponsoring parish representation at the event as we prepare for the birth of Jesus! For this year’s Advent service project, Community of […]
Honor a Loved One With a Gift to COS in Their Name
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 […]
Good News: Fall-Winter 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 […]
Our Thanksgiving Day Prayer (Fr. Bob reflection)
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 […]
Community of Saints 11-11-17 update
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 […]
Community of Saints 11-4-17 update
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 […]
Community of Saints update 10-29-2017
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 […]
CoS news: enrollment up 14%, Bishop Cozzens visits
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 […]
Information Technology! (Fr. Bob reflection)
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 […]
Community of Saints Ice Cream Social Thursday, August 17th, 6-8 pm
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, […]
COS Ice Cream Social August 17, $1,000 New Student Credit
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 […]
How Great God’s Love (Fr. Bob reflection)
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 […]
Community of Saints News
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 […]
Congratulations, COS 8th Grade Class of 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
COS: Dollar-for-Dollar Matching Grant Until June 30, 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 […]
COS 5-Year Anniversary Benefit a Huge Success!
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 […]
COS 5-Year Anniversary Benefit, 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 […]
CSCOE Bash
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 […]
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
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 […]
COS earns Parent Aware status
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 […]
