We’re excited to share that some of our students have been hard at work creating, editing, and recording their very own podcast—sponsored by our local Catholic radio station!
With a mission to connect and inspire the Catholic teen and young adult community, their voices are now being heard far beyond our school.
✨ The podcast is officially LIVE on major platforms—be sure to listen, support, and share!
Please click here to sign up to help!
Assumption parents and community members, please support our grade-level retreats! We are looking for donations of snacks and plateable desserts (homemade items are a real treat)! Also, new this year, we are seeking volunteers to pray for our students during their retreats. Adoration will be attended in the AHS Carroll Lab (next to the school library) throughout all retreat days. Please consider signing up for one or more time slots. Our young people need and benefit from our prayers!
The dates of the retreats are as follows:
Junior Retreat-Tuesday, April 28
Freshman Retreat-Wednesday, April 29th
Sophomore Retreat-Thursday, April 30th
Senior Retreat-Friday, May 1st
We are also in need of host families to house members of our visiting retreat team. If you have available beds at your home, please consider offering them to these amazing house guests! Please contact AHS Campus Minister, Natalie Imborek at natalie.imborek@assumptionhigh.org with questions or to sign up to host.
Please also reach out to Natalie if you or someone you know would enjoy time spent as a retreat small group leader. We need helpers on all retreat days, and you do not need to volunteer for all days in order to participate in this way. This is a great opportunity for older siblings who might be in town and available.
Thank you so much for your support of our AHS community!
Come join a great group and enjoy Panera bagels while studying the scripture and discussing it! Meet every Friday at 7am in the Foods room.
We are 60 days out from our class retreats (April 30th– May 3rd).
This year, we are looking for families to host the NET missionaries from Sunday, April 28th (evening)- Friday, May 3rd (morning.) Each morning, they will need to be dropped off at the retreat site, and each evening, upon their return to your home, they need dinner and a place to sleep.
There are 5 men, and 5 women NET members. So we are looking for homes that could accommodate 2 or 3.
Please contact Natalie.imborek@assumptionhigh.org for more information about housing NET.
We are in need of host families! Please consider this need for our AHS community as a wonderful way to give back!
Today the Holy Father is asking all the faithful to join in prayer for peace. We invite all members of our Assumption Family to respond as we seek the intercession of Blessed Mother Mary, our patroness. Students have various opportunities for prayer and education this week and today regarding the Papal consecration of Russia and Ukraine that is scheduled to take place at the Vatican today at approximately 12:30 p.m. (US Central Standard Time). Today (March 25th, 9 months before Christmas) is also the Feast of the Annunciation, celebrating the visit of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary during which he told her that she would be the mother of Jesus.
At school today, we started our morning with a brief explanation of what a consecration is, as we are most familiar with the “consecration” term as it applies to a priest consecrating the Eucharist – turning bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. It was explained that the term “consecrate” means “to dedicate to a sacred purpose.” The Church applies this vocabulary toward the consecration of places, persons (consecrated religious or lay people), and liturgical objects.
Today, Pope Francis is asking all of us to join in prayer as he consecrates Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In her apparitions to the three shepherd children at Fatima in 1917, Mary requested this consecration in an effort of peace. We began our day at school with the following prayer:
Heavenly Father,
We come to you on this Feast of the Annunciation. We celebrate this day the awesome reality that You became man, in the womb of our mother, Mary. We know that in everything, You are with us. In this time of unrest in Ukraine, may we see your glory amidst great struggle. We pray together today, as Pope Francis joins with the bishops and priests of the world, to consecrate both Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. May we all find the peace of Christ through the intercession of Mary. May our hearts and the hearts of all people be turned in the direction of You, our Loving God. Amen.
Please consider watching the papal consecration live at the following link: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/watch-live
Thanks for your collective prayers with us today!
One in the Spirit,
Bridget Murphy
National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) is being held November 21-23, 2019. Attached is Lourdes’ Parish registration form, and they have extended their deadline for signups to this coming Friday, January 18. Please Contact Brett Adams, LCS Coordinator of Evagelization and Youth Ministry at (Office) 563.359.0345 x 240 or bettlourdesym@diodav.org for more information.
Please find attached a flyer regarding the Christ Our Life Conference in Des Moines on September 29th & 30th. This is a conference for adults and youth.
On Friday, April 27, we were blessed to share Mass as a school community. Students welcomed Grandparents and guests to this special annual opportunity in the Assumption auditorium. Families of seniors had the option to submit photos of their students with his/her grandparents. Please enjoy the attached slideshow that was shared before and after the Mass.
Students and faculty gathered in prayer to commemorate lives lost and all those hurting as a result of the Florida school shooting one month prior. The candlelight service was yet another opportunity for our Assumption community to experience the blessing of faith-based education at Assumption High School.
