Please note: The main source of classroom information for 2B is the "Notes from 2B" newsletter will be sent via email each week to the parents of all 2B students. This webpage gives additional catechetical information that can be used by families to grow in their spiritual lives and to provide highlights for the upcoming month of school.

September: the month of the Seven Sorrows of Mary

 This month's highlights:

• Taking a few restful days off of school (9/7, 9/8)
• Celebrating Grandparent's Day with a special Mass and breakfast 
• Renewing our Baptismal promises while learning about creation, grace, original sin, and the sacrament of baptism
• Becoming animal experts through our Animal Adventures unit in Mystery Science
• Practicing addition and subtraction skills acquired in first grade to build a strong foundation for the upcoming months
• Reviewing manuscript letters before beginning cursive 
• Participating in our first Mustangs Matter event of the school year
• Adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament during our first monthly Adoration time

About this month's devotion: (from Pietra Fitness)

Major Feast: The feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (September 15)

Mary’s Immaculate Heart is often depicted as pierced by seven swords, representing the sorrows that she experienced with and alongside her Son. In perfect obedience to God and His will, Mary consented to her Son’s passion and death, entering into his sorrow in a way only a mother can.

How to celebrate: Pray the Seven Sorrows Rosary or meditate with Luke 2:34-35 when Simeon prophesied the sorrows Mary would undergo.

(The Rosary of the Seven Dolors (Sorrows) and the Chaplet of the Seven Dolors can be found here: https://sistersihmofwichita.org/devotion/prayers-devotions)