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December 8, 2017
Advent Prayer


Our chaplain, Fr. Steve Schreiber, lighting the MPS advent wreath this week.
 
All-powerful God, increase our strength of will for doing good that Christ may find an eager welcome at His coming and call us to His side in the kingdom of heaven, where He lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Parent Conference Evening Thursday, December 14, 2017
 
MPS will host a parent conference evening on Thursday, December 14 from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. to allow for short meetings with your child’s teachers to check progress or discuss concerns. Be sure to bring your child’s report card with you and please check your email as we will send you information about where the teachers will be located that evening.

Should you wish to discuss a complex issue that requires more time, please contact the teacher or guidance counselor to schedule a meeting.
Attention Parents and 8th Graders

 
Mark your Calendars for Saturday, February 3, 2018

 
Thank you to all of our wonderful sponsors (so far), who are helping raise much needed scholarship money for deserving students!
 
President's Circle
Jim and Mary Ann Baldauf
PNC Bank
 
Laker Legacy
Jim and Kathy Dammeyer
Sisters of Mercy
 
Raffle Sponsor
Dahlkemper’s Jewelry Connection
 
Green & White
LECOM
PIA
Joe and Julia DeMarco Persinger ‘70
Mercyhurst University
Metz Culinary Management
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Martha Wurst Hilbert ‘55
Kim Kelly Hill ‘76
 
Endless Summer
Forte Marketing
Marilyn Agresti Renkes ‘59
 
Host Committee
Atty. Jay & Ruth Alberstadt
Drs. William & Stephanie Baumgratz
Carl & Nicole Brugger
Dr. Hobart Carr & Nadiya Coughenour
Ed & Patty Curtin
Steve & Karen Groshek
Bill & Sheila Dwyer Grove ‘75
Kirk Kneidinger ‘87
Jessica Horan-Kunco ’89 & Ronald Kunco, Jr .
Atty. Gery & Lisa Nietupski
Chuck & Janet Peters
Jon ‘86 & Susan Niland Reddinger ‘89
Chris & Mary Ellen Sorce
Atty. & Mrs. Norman “Buddy” Stark
Jeff & Joy Stempora
Dave & Kelly Stolar
Dr. Karen Tyler
Nels & Karen White
Dan & Sue Zimmerman
 
There’s still room for you!  Contact Karen Groshek at kgroshek@mpslakers.com or 814.824.2161.
Spirit Store News


 
New items are still arriving in the Spirit Store just in time to do some Christmas shopping for that special person on your list! Be sure to stop in to check out our new jackets, performance fleece, and our especially popular sherpa ¼ zips. We also have beautiful hand thrown pottery mugs, Christmas cards and ornaments, jewelry by MPS parent Susan Zimmerman from Studio Z, as well as our Mercy First wristbands, which make great stocking stuffers. Please note some changes to store hours in the next two weeks.

Special Store Holiday Hours:
Monday, December 11 – OPEN regular hours 8:10 – 8:45 a.m., 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 12 - OPEN regular hours 8:10 – 8:45 a.m., 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, December 13 - OPEN 3:30 – 5 p.m. only
Thursday, December 14 - OPEN 5 – 8 p.m. Only during Parent Teacher Conference Night
Friday, December 15 - CLOSED daytime (No School); however, the store will be open during intermission of the Dance Concert which begins at 7:00 p.m.
 
Monday, December 18 – OPEN regular hours 8:10 – 8:45 a.m., 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 19 – OPEN regular hours 8:10 – 8:45 a.m., 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., plus 5 – 7 p.m.
Wednesday, December 20 – OPEN regular hours 8:10 – 8:45 a.m., 3:30 – 5 p.m.      
Thursday, December 21 – OPEN regular hours 8:10 – 8:45 a.m., 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Friday, December 22 – OPEN regular hours 8:10 – 8:45 a.m., 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
 
For questions or more information, please contact Pam Magerle at pmagerle@mpslakers.com or 814.824.2646.
Athletic News
 
Congratulations to senior Sydney Johnson, who was named the District 10 girls soccer Player of the Year.
 
Good luck to the boys and girls basketball teams, who will open the 2017-2018 season this weekend.  The boys are playing in the Neshannock tip-off tourney, and the girls are playing in the Slippery Rock tip-off.
 
The boys 9th grade basketball team will open the season next Monday at 4:00 p.m.  They play Prep at MPS.
 
The swim team will open the 2017-2108 season next Thursday, December 14 against McDowell at McDowell at 6 p.m.
UPCOMING DATES

Daily Mass
Our Lady of Mercy Chapel
7:45 a.m.
All Are Welcome

DECEMBER 8
Immaculate Conception Liturgy
AM Assembly Schedule
DRESS UNIFORM
 
DECEMBER 8, 9 and 10
MPS Girls Retreat Weekend
 
Feed the Hungry
10:45 a.m. – 1 p.m.
 
DECEMBER 11
Confessions
MPS PAC
11:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.
 
SAVE THE DATES
 
DECEMBER 15
Dance Concert
MPS PAC
7 p.m.
 
DECEMBER 16
Breakfast with Santa
MPS cafeteria
10 a.m. to noon
Download the Flyer

DECEMBER 18
Last Day for Holiday Pie Orders
 
DECEMBER 19
Christmas Music Concert
MPS PAC
7 p.m.
 
JANUARY 27
6:00 p.m.
Designer Purse Bingo to benefit the MPS baseball team
Harborcreek Social Hall
7725 Buffalo Road
Harborcreek
Cost $30
 
Wine Basket Raffle to benefit the MPS baseball team. For tickets contact Michelle Bish at 814.449.0679 or meehalina@aol.com
Tax Credit Reminder
 
It is not too late to see if you qualify to receive a 90% tax credit on your PA personal income taxes for a scholarship donation made to MPS before the end of 2017.  This is a program for PA residents with taxable income, or partners, shareholders or LLC members of a PA business firm.

For more information, please contact Lisa Nietupski at lznietupski@mpslakers.com.  Please consult your tax advisor regarding your individual situation.

 
Alumni News 
 
Class of 2012 – 5th Reunion
Wednesday, December 27
Plymouth Tavern
8-10 p.m.
 
Class of 1968 – 50th Reunion
Golden Anniversary Luncheon
Friday, August 10
Erie Yacht Club

Classes from 1926-1968 are our guests.
Thanks!

A special thank you goes out to Taco Bell district manager, Lynn Fogle, for donating 400 tacos for the December 10 Feed the Hungry meal.
Our Lady of Mercy Note Cards
 
If this image looks familiar, you may recognize it as the original painting that was created by our visual arts chair and alumna, Lindsay Corle.  The artwork was blessed last year and hangs in Our Lady of Mercy Chapel.
 
There has been such a positive response to this painting that our administration decided to use it as our Christmas card for 2017 and also to print blank note cards available for sale in our Campus Store.  They can be purchased at a cost of $1 each or 12 for $10.
Free Christmas Concerts


December 15
Dance Concert

December 19
Music Concert

Each concert begins at 7 p.m. and is free to the general public. Concerts will be held in the MPS PAC.
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