Under the direction of the Archdiocese of Miami, Religious Education Classes have been CANCELLED the week of March 16, 2020.

There will also be NO CLASSES the week of March 23, 2020 for the previously scheduled Spring Break.

An email will be sent out as to when classes will resume.

Please also note that Archbishop Thomas Wenski has granted a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass, as a result of the evolving situation with the coronavirus.

As taken from the press release from the Archdiocese of Miami:

We hold in prayer all those infected with the virus, their families and loved ones. We pray for the repose of the souls of those who have died. As a people of faith, we trust in the power of prayer and in the providence of our loving God; as a people of hope, we know that God will never abandon us in our need; and as a people of charity, we, despite our own fears and anxieties, stand in solidarity with all of our brothers and sisters infected or affected by this pandemic.

Let nothing disturb you,
let nothing frighten you,
he who has God
nothing lacks:
God alone suffices.

Nada te turbe,
nada te espante,
quien a Dios tiene
nada le falta:
Solo Dios basta.  (St. Teresa of Avila)

• Tuesday,  March 3^rd
• Wednesday,  March 4^th

This Wednesday, February 26th, we celebrate the Feast of Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the Lenten Season.  Lent is a 40-day season in which we are given the opportunity to reflect and to prepare ourselves for our Lord’s Resurrection in Easter through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.
 
Please watch this video on our website, as we prepare to enter into the season season of Lent.
 
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO ON OUR WEBSITE
 
Our schedule of Masses for Ash Wednesday can be found below and is also posted on our website.
 
We also invite you to browse through our “LENT” page on our website, as it contains more information on this season as well as some resources you can use with your families in celebrating the “Great 40 Days” of the Lenten season.
 
May our Lord Jesus Christ accompany us on our Lenten journey.
 

We hope you and your families had a wonderful Christmas and a blessed start to the new year.
 
As we have begun the second half of our catechetical year, we would like to remind you of a few important things regarding the program:
 
ATTENDANCE
Please remember that if it is the first or second year of preparation for a sacrament, we allow up to five (5) absences for the year in terms of counting the year towards sacramental preparation.  There are no excused or unexcused absences.  The office may send a courtesy email to the parents to inform them of the number of absences their child has up to that point. 

DRESS CODE
All students are expected to dress modestly, in attire appropriate for class and church.   Students may NOT wear “short” shorts or “short” skirts, tank tops, sleeveless attire, gym shorts, sweat pants, leggings, ripped jeans, flip-flops, crocs, or large/distracting hair pieces (large bows, animal ears, etc.).

BOOKS / SUPPLIES / BAGS
All students need to bring their book(s) to class every week, along with a pencil or pen, and any other supplies requested by their catechist.  Also, only drawstring or canvas bags can be used to carry supplies. 

DISMISSAL PROCEDURES -- GRADES 1 to 6
Please remember the dismissal procedures for students in grades 1-6:

• All parents are to remain in the parking lot during dismissal.
• There will be a center area marked off by barricades.  This will be the ONLY AREA where students will be released.
• We will announce the grade, catechist name, and room of each class as they come out.  Parents with a child in that class will come to the center area to pick up their child.
• After picking up their child, parents will clear out the center area, and we will announce the next class.  If a parent needs to wait for another child to be dismissed, they will stand on either side of the barricades in the parking lot and wait for the class to come out.
• Students not picked up when their class has been announced will be brought back into the school, and the parent will need to wait until all classes have been dismissed.  After all the classes have been released, any remaining students will return to the center area.
• Should a parent wish to speak with one of the CREs, they must wait in the parking lot until after dismissal is finished.

• Tuesday,         January 7^th   
• Wednesday,   January 8^th    
• Saturday,        January 11^th

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S MASS SCHEDULE
St. Kevin Catholic Church
 
Tuesday, December 24^th  (Christmas Eve)
6:00 pm      English          (Christmas Vigil Mass)
12:00 am:  Midnight  Mass  –  Bilingual

Wednesday, December 25^th    (Christmas Day)
(HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION)
8:00 am      English
9:30 am      Spanish
11:15 am     English
1:00 pm      Spanish
7:00 pm      Spanish
Remember, NO confessions on Christmas Day.
 
Tuesday, December 31^st
7:30 pm      Spanish         Vigilia por Maria, Madre de Dios
 
Wednesday, January 1^st, 2020  (Mary, Mother of God)    (HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION)
7:30 am      English
6:00 pm      English
7:30 pm      Spanish