First Friday Adoration
First Fridays are a dearly loved tradition in the Catholic Church. The First Friday of each month is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a devotion specifically promoted by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. We would like to encourage you to come, to sit with Jesus, and feel His Peace come over you. Give it a […]
Mother and Son Outdoor Fun and Games
Join our school community for a fun night of activities. Please contact the school on Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 if you would like to participate.
9/29/2021 – Blessed Charles of Blois
Blessed Charles of Blois (Charles de Blois) Feast Day – September 30. Charles, Duke of Brittany in the fourteenth century, was a brave soldier who was forced to wage a life-long war and lost his life on the battlefield. He was also an exemplary Tertiary of St Francis who wore a hair shirt and daily […]
9/28/2021 – St. Wenceslaus of Bohemia
Wenceslaus I (c. 911 – September 28, 935), Wenceslas I or Václav the Good was the duke of Bohemia from 921 until his assassination in 935. His younger brother, Boleslaus the Cruel, was complicit in the murder. His martyrdom and the popularity of several biographies gave rise to a reputation for heroic virtue that resulted […]
9/27/2021 – Sts. Cosmas and Damian
Cosmas and Damian are regarded as the patrons of physicians and surgeons and are sometimes represented with medical emblems. They are invoked in the Canon of the Mass and in the Litany of the Saints .
9/25/2021 – St. Sergius of Radonezh
Sergius of Radonezh (14 May 1314 – 25 September 1392), also known as Sergiy Radonezhsky, Serge of Radonezh and Sergius of Moscow, was a spiritual leader and monastic reformer of medieval Russia. Together with Seraphim of Sarov, he is one of the Russian Orthodox Church’s most highly venerated saints.
9/24/2021 – St. Pacificus of San Severino
Saint Pacificus of San Severino (1653-1721) was an ascetic man. He fasted perpetually, eating no more than bread, soup or water. His “hair shirt” was made of iron. Poverty and obedience were two virtues for which his confreres especially remembered him.
9/23/2021 – St. Thecla
According to a popular second century tale, Acts of Paul and Thecla, she was a native of Iconomium who was so impressed by the preaching of St. Paul on virginity that she broke off her engagement to marry Thamyris to live a life of virginity.
9/22/2021 – St. Thomas of Villanova
He was born Tomás García y Martínez in Fuenllana, Spain, in 1488. His father was a miller, who regularly distributed food and provisions to the poor, as did his mother. In spite of his family’s wealth, as a young boy he often went about naked because he had given his clothing to the poor.
9/21/2021 – St. Matthew
Little is known about St. Matthew, except that he was the son of Alpheus, and he was likely born in Galilee. He worked as a tax collector, which was a hated profession during the time of Christ. According to the Gospel, Matthew was working at a collection booth in Capernaum when Christ came to him […]