Wednesday Wire, December 10, 2025

Still Christmas shopping? Then we have great news for you! This Sunday, December 14 from 1:00-5:00 PM, Oxbeau (964 June Road) will donate 10% of all sales to St. Louis Youth Ministry to support their summer mission trips! Support St. Louis parishioners, get some great Christmas gifts and help our youth all at the same time!

Auditions for Matilda, JR., our 5-8 grade Spring Musical, will be held on Wednesday, January 7 from 3:00-6:00 pm in the music room. See the Wednesday Wire to sign up for an audition spot.

The annual Men’s Club Mardi Gras Dinner and Parade is coming soon! This year’s event will be on Saturday, January 24, 2026. Don’t miss this popular St. Louis event! Every grade is encouraged to enter a float in the parade. To enter a float, contact Greg Crone at croneg@bellsouth.net. See the Wednesday Wire to see the top three class prizes! Laissez les bons temps rouler!

It’s a Talent Show year! All first through eighth graders are invited to submit video auditions by December 14. Please see the Wednesday Wire for more details. The Talent Show will be held on January 27, 2026.

All Lost and Found items from the first semester will be on tables in the school hallway outside of the dining hall. Come find that missing fleece, shoe, water bottle, backpack, homework, etc. All items remaining after Friday, December 19 will be donated, discarded, or dumped in Jeff Harris’s front yard.

The Festival of Lessons and Carols is a service of Scripture and song which recounts the birth of Jesus, the fall of humanity, and the promise of a Messiah in short Bible readings from Genesis through the prophets and the Gospels, interspersed with choral music and the singing of Christmas carols. Come and hear our beautiful children’s choir on Saturday, December 13 at 6:00 PM as part of this special event.

Our Home and School Auction, “SLS Under the Palms” is right around the corner! Mark your calendars for January 31, 2026. Tickets are now available! Auction donations and sponsorships are being accepted and are greatly appreciated! For auction sponsorships, please contact Julie Upchurch at m.upchurch@gmail.com. For auction donations, please contact Christina Wills at cwalla30@uthsc.eduor Brooke Kissell at cbd1121@gmail.com.

After an extraordinary 32 years of leading our Aftercare program and Extended Care summer camp, Lori Tucker is retiring! We are profoundly grateful for her passion, her steady presence, and her unwavering dedication to the students and families of St. Louis for more than three decades. As we celebrate her remarkable service, we now begin the important work of finding her successor. Please see the Wednesday Wire for the job description and application details. Thank you, Ms. Lori, for all you have given to our school community!

Our Spirit Shop will be open for special holiday hours every Tuesday through the last week of school from 2:30-3:00 PM. Be sure to visit our online Spirit Shop for our 40% off sale!

Buy a Tree - Change a Life This Christmas season, families can purchase beautiful fresh trees in Midtown Memphis at 1325 Jefferson Avenue, and every purchase directly impacts lives…50% of proceeds support Catholic Charities programs here in West Tennessee, and 50% helps children around the world through our global mission partners.