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1.29.16 SWAP Day
The fun St. Francis tradition of SWAP (Switch with a Parent) Day
allows moms and dads to sit in on their daughter’s classes and
experience a day-in-the-life of a Troubie!
“St. Francis SWAP Day is the last one I will be attending and I will
miss it. It is always enlightening to see the world through my
daughter’s eyes. In some small way I feel closer to her. In the past
years, the experience was informative and social but this time it
feels a little melancholy. While important to understand what she
is learning, from whom and how, it really hit me how soon the
whole experience at St. Francis will conclude. Soon my daughter
will be venturing into the world and this part of our lives will be
over. The recurring thought is that SWAP Day reminds me that
they have been and are still in good hands and are prepared for
the next stage in their life. Thanks, St. Francis!
Greg Kaeser (Meredith ’16)
2.6.16 Annual Crab Feed
Over 740 supporters filled the SF gym on February 6th at the
annual St. Francis Crab Feed. Guests enjoyed a scrumptious meal
of salad, rigatoni and meat sauce and plenty of crab-all served by
our very own Troubies! Meal preparation is serious business for
the dedicated crew of volunteers, many of whom have guarded
the secret meat sauce recipe of “Mike the Barber” for years. The
gym was rockin’ late into the night with the return of Clean Slate!
A very special thank you to our Crab Feed Chair, Nathan Carnahan
(Maddie ’16) for his dedication and the hundreds of parent
volunteers who made the 2016 Crab Feed another huge success!
We hope to see you next year on Saturday, February 4, 2017!
2.2.16 - 2.4.16 “Body and Soul” - Freshman Retreat
Freshmen engage in activities including breaking open scripture,
a collage project that represents how the world sees them, a
project of who they believe they are on the inside, and finally,
asking them to see where God is in the world around us.
2.3.16 NLI Signing Day
Five members of the Class of 2016 signed to play soccer in college
in the fall and were celebrated at a ceremony on campus. Hailey
Barrett (UC Santa Barbara), Aly Barr (Williams Jessup), Erin Barr
(The Master’s College), Rhys Wynbrandt (Hawaii Pacific) and
Ashley Newland (Louisiana) participated in the event announcing
their college choices. Meredith Cook (Occidental) signed later in
the semester, joining her soccer teammates.
2.10.16 Ash Wednesday Mass
The St. Francis community celebrated the beginning of the Lenten
season at our Ash Wednesday Mass.
2.11.16 - 2.12.16 Mother/Daughter Retreat
This year’s Mother-Daughter Retreat was held at Christ the King
Retreat Center in Citrus Heights. The retreat theme was “Seek
Humility, Service and Love.” We had 77 mothers and daughters
come together in these two days to spend time finding God in
all parts of their everyday lives. Realizing if we can just take a
moment to sit down and talk with Him, we will be able to sit down
and talk to anyone. God is present and simply waiting to meet
with each of us.
2.17.16 - 2.19.16 Junior Retreat 4
2.24.16 24/24/24
2.4.16- 3.27.16 Lent Dress for Funds & CRS Rice Bowl
Campaign Activities
Students donated $744 to help kick off the community effort of
fundraising for Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl campaign for the
2016 season of Lent. Campus Ministry also sold #AshTag t-shirts
and held a Fair Trade chocolate and coffee sale to raise funds.
Dress funds, t-shirt sales, Fair Trade sales, and weekly homeroom
collections efforts resulted in a $4,350 total contribution to the
CRS Rice Bowl campaign. CRS Rice Bowl is a Lenten faith-inaction program that helps support CRS international programs.
Twenty-five percent of our donation came back to the Diocese of
Sacramento to aid in programs to support struggling families.
Many small gifts…One big impact. Our fourth-annual “Day of
Giving” was a huge success this year with donations received from
around the globe and cities across the U.S. Alumnae, parents,
students, grandparents, past parents and friends all clicked to
donate in 24 hours! We had an incredible number of new donors,
who gave $24 for the first time. With the generosity of $24 (or
more) gifts, we raised over $145,000 for student scholarships! It
was social media frenzy on campus with the incredible response!
2.29.16 Leap of Faith Letter Writing
Every four years our community takes Leap Day to reach out to
others. Students were invited to write a letter to someone to express
love, gratitude, forgiveness, understanding, appreciation, admiration
and simple friendship. Students then placed their letter(s) into a burn
box for letters to be given to God, a mailbox for letters to actually be
mailed, and a campus delivery box for letters to students and staff.