The Crusader Times NEWS FROM THE ATONEMENT ACADEMY Volume 2016-17, Issue 12: November 4, 2016 CATHOLIC SCHOOL MATTERS! Upper Scholars receive the Holy Eucharist at our All Souls Day Mass. Upcoming Fri Nov. 4 -MS 80s Night, St. Anthony Hall, 6:30-9 -TCAL State Cross Country Competition Sat Nov. 5 -The Assembly: Archdiocesan Day of Renewal for all Archdiocesan employees. -TMEA Middle School Clinic & Concert Varsity Football v. Winston School, 4 pm (Last home game of the season) Tues Nov.8 School Photos (Morning) Fri & Sat, Nov. 11 & 12 TMEA Clinic and Concert for Upper School FALL BREAK: NOV. 14 through NOV. 26 Beauty, then, is not mere decoration, but rather an essential element of the liturgical action, since it is an attribute of God himself and his revelation. These considerations should make us realize the care which is needed, if the liturgical action is to reflect its innate splendour. Pope Benedict XVI Mon Nov. 28 Classes Resume Nota Bene / Note Well: SCHOOL PHOTOS: All students will take their individual portraits on November 8. Don t be late! LS & MS must have their sweaters. GOLFERS: It s TEE time! Whether you are a novice or an expert, we need you on the links Monday, December 5th! NOT A GOLFER? We need underwriting and prizes for our event! See page 4 for information! 15415 Red Robin Road San Antonio TX 78255 210-695-2240 www.atonementonline.com info@atonementonline.com
Crusaders Serve Others National Honor Society President Travis Prochko reports that the club has had a busy month: most recently, the group worked on King s Fair with Mr. Chude and spent time at Haven for Hope. Some of our NHS volunteers with their club sponsor, Mr. White: Paula Domit, Lorenzo dela Cruz, Isabelle Christianson, Emilynn Banks, and Kayleigh Tuholsky. Working with deep love for our brothers and sisters in Christ creates great smiles on those who serve! At the shelter, the student volunteers and Mr. White prepared sandwiches, packed lunches, and served lunches to the guests. In addition to preparing the food, they also cleaned up the kitchen afterwards. FALL BREAK BASKETBALL CAMP See details in previous issues of this newsletter for our first Fall Break Basketball Camp. Limited spots available. Four More Golds! 4th Grade Sean Brosnan, Kanon Flojo, Napoleon Puente Molina, and Michael Roberson all made the Gold Arrow Honor Roll first quarter, but gradebook problems kept them in the Silver category during the Awards Ceremony. Error solved and the boys received their awards from Senior Administrator Sister Mary Margaret this week!
SATURDAY AFTERNOON TAILGATE The Booster Club invites your family to come spend the afternoon at the Crusader Athletic Field To cheer on the Varsity Football Team at their last home game of the season! We will be honoring the senior football players prior to the game. We will also recognize the Senior Cross Country runners and 8 th grade Cross Country runners at halftime. Come out for some great food, games, prizes & music When: Saturday November 5th Time: 1:00PM with kickoff @ 4:00PM Prizes will be given out between quarters. The Lower school class with the most students attending will win an ice cream party! Nachos, Roasted corn, Frito pie, S mores, Hamburgers, Hotdogs & sausage wraps will be available for purchase. Let s be Loud, Be Proud, Go Crusaders! WINTER SPORTS FOR THE UPPER SCHOOL Registration for Winter Sports for the Upper School closes on November 6 th! Parents can sign up their students at http://www.atonementsports.org/main/ adnews/id/41974273 Whether or not you have seen Bella before, come out to support both the Atonement Academy s St. Gianna Molla Pro-Life Club and pro-life filmmakers. There will be a screening of the pro-life film Bella (followed by a question/answer session with the film s director) on Sunday, November 13 th at 6:30 pm in the Santikos Palladium. General admission is $25. Buy tickets at www.bellasa.eventbrite.com and use the code OLA to get a 10% discount. Each ticket purchased with this code will gain a donation of $3.50 to the St. Gianna Molla Pro-Life Club. This offer made possible with help from an alumnus, Alex Trevino, who is involved with screening arrangements. Thank you, Alex!
Crusader Scene From Awards Ceremonies to Championship Games for our little Crusaders as well as the senior ones, recent weeks have been quite busy! CROSS COUNTRY 2016
Music Department Notes... MS Students in the Tenor/Bass Middle School All-Region Choir Top L-R: Benjamin Riveron, 15 th Chair Tenor 1; Alex Sanchez, 6 th Chair Tenor 2; Matthew Petroff, 10 th Chair Bass 1 Bottom L-R: David Henriquez, 18 th Chair Tenor 1; Thomas Christianson, 11 th Chair Bass 1; Jack Moore, 3 rd Chair Tenor 1 Gloria O Connell and Britney Clingan, who made the Treble Region Choir. Maria Pecha, who is first ever HS TMEA Orchestra Region member. TMEA Region Members MS Students in the Advanced Girls Middle School All-Region Choir Top L-R: Faith Weems, 6 th Chair Soprano 1; Jacqueline von Schulenburg, 2nd Chair Soprano 2; Andrea Cisneros, 2 nd Chair Alto 1 Bottom L-R: Jenna Copes, 5 th Chair Soprano 1; Anais Garza, 15 th Chair Soprano 2; Sian Wendtland 3 rd Chair Soprano 1; Isabella Perez, 9 th Chair Alto TMEA REGION MEMBERS: Top L-R: Abigail VonBerg, 10 th Chair Soprano 1, Mixed Region, Adv. to Pre-Area; Travis Prochko, 10 th Chair Bass 1, Mixed Region, Adv. to Pre-Area; Juan Pedro Garza, 15 th Chair, Mixed Region; Chloe Daring, 13 th Chair, Mixed Region; Middle L-R: Paula Domit, 2 nd Chair Alto 2, Mixed Region, Adv. to Pre-Area; Franco Navarrete, 4 th Chair Tenor 2, Mixed Region, Adv. to Pre-Area; Luke Lopez, 11 th Chair Tenor 2, Mixed Region, 1 st alternate to Pre-Area; Maria Garza, 4 th Chair Soprano 2, Mixed Region, Adv. to Pre-Area; Bottom L-R: Maria Pecha, 2 nd Chair Piano TMEA Orchestra (she s our first ever); Britney Clingan, 30 th Chair Soprano 1, Treble Region; Gloria O Connell, 24 th Chair Alto 1, Treble Region; Isabelle Christianson, 4 th Chair Alto 1, Mixed Region, Adv. to Pre-Area Not Pictured: Asa Waterman, 15 th Chair Tenor 2, Mixed Region
Lady Crusaders Earn Second Place in State! They went 18-8 on the year, won their District and finished as State Runner-Up. Pictured L-R are Abby VonBerg, Danielle Kolkebeck, Britney Clingan, Catalina McHugh, Arianna Cisneros, Emma Moore, Mary Sommer, Meg McDonough, Chloe Daring, and Coach Blanca. Well done! You have made us all so proud of your efforts! ABOUT THE PARISH New Building Update The construction workers are busy at their tasks, with welding going on at one end of the building and scaffolding being put in place at the other. The stone masons are making their way across the front, and I can hear all sorts of things going on inside the building. The most frequent question I get is, When will it be finished? I guess I have to echo Michelangelo s famous answer to that question when it was posed by Pope Julius II about the Sistine Chapel. When will it be finished? When it is finished! Actually, the timeline isn t as vague as that. We should have some classrooms available in February, and if that happens then we will be able to move some of our classes into the new facility, which will allow us to move the music classes of our littlest ones now being held in the portable classrooms (known fondly as the trailer park ) out of them, allowing us to have the portables removed, thus saving the monthly rental fee we presently pay. This is the fifth major building project in the thirty-three year history of our parish. While I love the excitement of construction, I m sure we re all weary of a crowded school building, torn-up parking lot, inconvenient access, and constant dust. As the old adage says, This too shall pass. Then, as we luxuriate in a spacious facility, ample parking, wide driveways, and beautiful landscaping, all this inconvenience will become a fading memory. Our Lady of the Atonement was established on 15 August 1983 and it is the founding parish for the Anglican Use in the Catholic Church. The liturgy reflects the Anglican heritage of the parish, and it is an approved liturgical use of the Roman Catholic Church. In addition to our Anglican Use liturgy in English, we offer the Ordinary Form of the Holy Mass in Latin as an expression of our traditional Catholic faith and as a ministry to the wider archdiocesan family. Of course, the most important thing we do as a parish is to offer worthy worship to Almighty God. Sunday Masses are at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 6:00 p.m. Mass is offered each weekday at 7:00 a.m. and at 9:15 a.m. The Mass on Saturday morning is offered at 10:00 a.m. with the rosary and confessions immediately following. Father Phillips