St. Monica School

• The School: St. Monica is a ministry of St. Monica parish. It is a co-educational Blue Ribbon School accredited by the Texas Education Association and the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department.
• Grades: PK3 to 8th Grade (including both Developmental Kindergarten and Kindergarten).
• Enrollment: 854 (90% Catholic)
• Faculty / Student Ratio: 1:11
• Mascot: Bearcats

• Preschool: 18 (with a teacher and an aide in each classroom)
• Developmental Kindergarten: 18 (with an aide)
• Kindergarten: 18 (with two aides for the grade)
• First Grade: 20 (with an aide for the grade)
• Second - Eighth Grade: 22
• Middle School Math Classes: 18

• Preschool Threes - 1 class
• Preschool Fours- 2 classes
• Developmental Kindergarten - 1 class
• Kindergarten - 8th grade - 4 classes per grade
• Middle School Math & Language Arts: 5 classes per grade

May Saint: Judith of Prussia, feast May 17th

St. Judith lived in the thirteenth century. She was born in what is now central Germany. She wanted to model her life on the example of St. Elizabeth of Hungary.

Judith of Prussia was married at fifteen to a wealthy young nobleman. Judith tried to be a good Christian wife. She was especially generous with the poor. Her husband was a good man, but he was satisfied with his wealthy lifestyle. He expected his wife to dress and live like a rich woman. He felt that their well-dressed look would win them respect. But Judith gently persuaded him to live and dress more simply. By doing this, they would have more to give to people less fortunate than themselves.

Judith's husband died suddenly while on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The young widow raised her children alone. When the children grew up, Judith listened to a longing that had been in her heart during the busy, happy days of her life. She gave away everything and lived as a hermit. She moved to Prussia where people would not know that she was from a wealthy family. There she spent her time praying and taking care of weary travelers who passed by her little hut. She prayed especially for the conversion of nonbelievers. She prayed also for the newly baptized Christians to be true to their faith.

"Three things can lead us closer to God," she once said. "They are painful physical suffering, being in exile in a foreign land, and being poor by choice because of love for God." St. Judith died of fever in 1260.

http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/dailysaint/may/0505.asp

May Virtue: Gentleness

Gentleness is strength under control. So most people think that a gentle person is a weak person. It is just the opposite. Putting others before ourselves and resisting the urge to get back at others, is extremely hard.

Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. Ephesians 4:2