St. Gertrude Parish

Dear Parents:

We are ready to have you kids climb aboard and join us for a mountain top adventure. We are so glad to be able to bring back Vacation Bible School this year for your families. We will be making some changes just so we can keep everyone as safe as possible as we are still navigating these uncertain times. We are asking that everyone who chooses to attend our program this year please cooperate with us so we can make this as fun as possible for our kiddos and volunteers.

Registration will open up on May 16^th and run through June 20^th. We are only able to welcome 50 kiddos into our program. To guarantee your child a spot we will need all pieces of registration and money returned to St. Ann Parish Office as soon as possible. Once we receive your registration, we will send a confirmation email to you.

Some of the changes that we will be making this year will be a requirement for everyone to wear a mask the entire time they are at our program. We have adjusted locations for our stations to help maintain social distancing. We will be encouraging hand washing and sanitizing as much as possible. Our drop off and pick up procedure will also change. We will be checking kiddos outside at our main entrance, you will have a questionnaire that you will need to fill out and have your child’s temperature taken before they can join us that day. As for pick up you will stay in your car in a pickup line and we will bring your child out to you once we dismiss. Since you will be missing seeing the kiddos participate in our closings each day we will be posting videos of all the activities each day so you can keep up with all the fun your child is having.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the St. Ann's parish office at 636-239-3222.

We are so excited to see everyone this year!!

The St. Ann and St. Gertrude Vacation Bible School Committee

Michelle, Kristina and Emily

Links to VBS paperwork:

VBS Media Release

VBS Hold Harmless

VBS Sign up

Same theme, new date! Please mark your calendars for our upcoming Dinner Auction this October 23, 2021.  We hope you make plans to be there to Make Your Mark on the tradition and future of St. Gertrude Parish and School. This is one of our biggest fundraisers that we unfortunately had to cancel last year- but will be going forward with this year. More information to follow; we can't wait for you to celebrate with us!”

There is an ongoing need for donations to St. Gertrude’s Little Food Pantry.

Parishioners of both St. Gertrude and St. Ann churches are invited to join in the mission to maintain the pantry for people in need.

Located on the parking lot between the St. Gertrude rectory and the cemetery, the pantry is free and open to all, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The slogan is: “Take What You Need; Leave What You Can.”

All types of non-perishable food, especially protein, are needed. No glass bottles or jars. Personal hygiene items also are needed.

Please help if you can by dropping off items at the pantry. If the pantry is full, please leave items at the rectory and they will be picked up and stored for use later.

Thank you for your help.