Hello and welcome to Summer.  Our big event in June is Totus Tuus. The week of June 22nd-28^th we are bringing in a team of young adults to work with our children and youth. The team is from the Totus Tuus (totally yours) summer youth program from the diocese of Wichita. The team will consist of 2 men and 2 women to teach our 1^st to 6^th graders for 2013/14 during the day from 9am-3pm Monday through Friday. The 7th-12^th grade students meet from 7:30-9:45PM Sunday through Thursday evening. The curriculum this year is based on the Sacraments and also to Joyful mysteries. Oh and lots of fun too. We are plannig a pool party for the youth and Friday afternoon for the children will be fun and games too. The cost is $10 per student (both child or youth). I am also in need of volunteers to work during the day with the children's program. You will not teach but just be another adult in the room for safe environment. You need to complete or have completed the PGC session and also a background check. Please let me know if you can help even for party of a day. I will also need volunteers to bring food for the team. Each student for the Grade Program will need to bring a sack lunch everyday but Friday. They will also need to bring on snack to share. Please make it healthy. We will ask them to bring food for Friday’s fun lunch time. We will send home notes. Registrations were mailed out the week before Memorial Day.  There are more registrations on the website and also in the parish office.  The deadline is June 15^th but we can take up to the day of as well.
We will have a potluck dinner on Saturday night June 22^nd after Mass for the all the parish to meet the team. Then Sunday morning June 23rd, the Knights of Columbus are hosting a freewill offering breakfast with the Totus Tuus team after Sunday Mass.

Please watch the bulletin and website for more information as we get closer to the time.

Our big event in May is First Communion. Practice
for all First Communion students is Friday May 3rd
from 4-5pm in the church and then practice for
students and parents is 10am on Saturday the 4th
in the church. First Communion will be celebrated
during our 8:30am Mass on Sunday May 5th. I
want to thank our two catechists, Linda Conkle and
Jim Wessling for their hard work this year. Please
pray for the students as they receive Jesus for the
first time.

Have a safe and blessed summer.
Erin Crouch,
Director Religious Education

Sunday, May 12th, during our 8:30am Mass we will
celebrate our graduates. All High School and
College graduates are invited to wear their cap and
gowns to Mass and sit up front. Coffee and rolls will
be served after Mass. Congratulations on a job well
done and good luck in the future.

Totus Tuus will be the week of June 22-28th. All
K-5th graders from this year are invited to the
day time program from 9am-3pm Monday
through Friday. Registrations will be mailed in early
May and the cost is $10 per students. All 6th-11th
grade students are invited to the youth program
from 7:30-9:45pm Sunday through Thursday that
week. We will end with a pool party at the Cantata’s
which will be earlier than 7:30pm on Thursday. Cost
here is also $10 per student. Please keep up to date
with the information via the bulletin and the website.
I hope your student can attend. This will be a great
part of the summer.

Calling all Sophomores and older to Teens
Encounter Christ (TEC). We have two TEC
weekends this summer. One in July on the
6th-8th in Garden City and then one here in
Pratt on August 3rd-5th. This can be a very
spiritual weekend and it will be right here in our
parish. You can sign up on the diocese's
website at www.dcdiocese.org/youth.

On May 11th the NCYC youth are hosting a
Disc Golf Tournament as a fund raiser for
our trip. We would gladly take donations for
individual chip bags, cookies, pop, and water to
use for the lunch included in the registration.
The cost to play is $25.00 per person and
includes the option of playing individual and
with a team. Registration is at 9:30am at May
Dennis Park and play will begin for individuals
at 10am. We will offer lunch of hamburger,
chips, cookies, with pop or water. Then team
play will be at 1pm. Please come out and
support the group.
Have a safe and blessed summer.
Erin Crouch,
Director Religious Education

Thank you for a great year this year. I would like to
extend a special thank you to my catechists. The
catechists are invited to our annual Appreciation
Dinner at 6pm on the 1st of May. We will have a
potluck dinner at the Knight of Columbus Hall.

Our big event in May is First Communion. Practice
for all First Communion students is Friday May 3rd
from 4-5pm in the church and then practice for
students and parents is 10am on Saturday the 4th
in the church. First Communion will be celebrated
during our 8:30am Mass on Sunday May 5th. I
want to thank our two catechists, Linda Conkle and
Jim Wessling for their hard work this year. Please
pray for the students as they receive Jesus for the
first time.

Sunday, May 12th, during our 8:30am Mass we will
celebrate our graduates. All High School and
College graduates are invited to wear their cap and
gowns to Mass and sit up front. Coffee and rolls will
be served after Mass. Congratulations on a job well
done and good luck in the future.

Totus Tuus will be the week of June 22-28th. All
K-5th graders from this year are invited to the
day time program from 9am-3pm Monday
through Friday. Registrations will be mailed in early
May and the cost is $10 per students. All 6th-11th
grade students are invited to the youth program
from 7:30-9:45pm Sunday through Thursday that
week. We will end with a pool party at the Cantata’s
which will be earlier than 7:30pm on Thursday. Cost
here is also $10 per student. Please keep up to date
with the information via the bulletin and the website.
I hope your student can attend. This will be a great
part of the summer.

All 5th-8th grade students are invited to the
Diocescan youth camps in June this year. A
registration form is available online at
www.dcdiocese.org/youth, look for the Summer
Youth Camp registration. Deadlines are May
24th for the 5th/6th grade camp and June 7th
for the 7th/8th grade camp. These are a faith
filled experience. Please consider participating.

Calling all Sophomores and older to Teens
Encounter Christ (TEC). We have two TEC
weekends this summer. One in July on the
6th-8th in Garden City and then one here in
Pratt on August 3rd-5th. This can be a very
spiritual weekend and it will be right here in our
parish. You can sign up on the diocese's
website at www.dcdiocese.org/youth.

On May 11th the NCYC youth are hosting a
Disc Golf Tournament as a fund raiser for
our trip. We would gladly take donations for
individual chip bags, cookies, pop, and water to
use for the lunch included in the registration.
The cost to play is $25.00 per person and
includes the option of playing individual and
with a team. Registration is at 9:30am at May
Dennis Park and play will begin for individuals
at 10am. We will offer lunch of hamburger,
chips, cookies, with pop or water. Then team
play will be at 1pm. Please come out and
support the group.
Have a safe and blessed summer.
Erin Crouch,
Director Religious Education

RFC Minutes 4/3/13

Those in attendance were: Fr. McKinney, Erin Crouch, Kim Lee, Kim Evert, Brenda Naasz, Cindy Studer, and Becky Sweet.

The meeting was opened with the Glory Be. Then we discussed the April Calendar.

Junior High Youth rally was postponed until October due to weather.

Same sex attraction talk will be rescheduled for the fall as well.

NCYC fund raising: Michael Nall and Erin are organizing for the disc golf tournament on May 11^th. Erin will get a list of volunteer needs together and email parents. They will also ask for food and prize donations.

The Catechist Dinner is May 1st at the KofC at 6pm and is a potluck. Spouses are welcome and so in the RFC members.

End of year party PSR reminders were sent home with students on April 10^th. The K-5 go to the skate rink, 6-8 to the teen center, High School is here at school. K-5 need to bring money for snacks and in-line skates. They need to tell the Rink that they are with Sacred Heart. The 6-8^th graders can bring finger food to share.

Graduation Sunday is May 12^th and is also Hospitality Sunday and Mother's Day. Erin will mail out invitations.

First Communion centers are April 7^th after the Mass. We had 4 families attend.

Becky Sweet will help Erin take down and pass out things after First Communion Mass.

Totus Tuus volunteers during day are Becky Sweet, Kim Evert, and Kim Lee. Brenda Naasz as well after attending a PGC session. Erin will try to set up a PGC session.

Totus Tuus dinners for Wed. night of the week will be provided by Kim Evert/Cindy Studer/Brenda Naasz and Kim Lee will do Friday night if needed.

We look at the High School survey and corrections were made. Erin will have the High School students fill them out on the 10^th.

Sunday April 28^th is the NCYC youth gathering here in Pratt in the afternoon at 2pm to around 6pm. We need to organize snacks for it.

Our next meeting is May 1^st, same night as the dinner so we will meet after.

Happenings in Social Justice

The Social Justice Committee has been busy this year with the following activites

• collected and distributed blankets and fans to the needy,

• collected used furniture and given to the needy,

• collected used bicycles and taken them to Ellsworth correctional facility so they can repair them and then we receive some back to give to the needy,

• collected wheelchairs and walkers and taken them to Ellsworth correctional facility to have them refurbished and they distribute these overseas to the needy,

• collected blank cassette tapes and golden books for the Ellsworth correctional facility for their program where inmates that are fathers with small children can record themselves reading a golden book and then send it home for their young children to follow and listen to daddy read them a book,

• raised money for our White River Arizona sister parish,

• had the Ellsworth prison team come down and meet with the PSR children,

Thank you for your hard work.

The March meeting of the Sacred Heart Finance Council was held on March 14, 2013.  Members present were : Vince Wilzcek, Jennifer Slater, Linda Gfeller, Haley Fitzdsimmons and Rick Klausmeyer.  Vicki Rush, represented the Pastoral Council and Father McKinney also was present.