Catholic Identity Committee of the Parish School
Celebrating Liturgically
Praying for Each Other
Members of the parish and school community are invited to adopt a student for the school year to pray for, sacrifice for, and lift up daily. In the same way parishioners are invited to pray for students, students will be encouraged to pray for those who spiritually adopted them. Families are encouraged to join the virtual rosary with the parish, too.
Serving Others
Lending Library
Virtues Program
The CIC supports the enrichment of students through the Virtues in Practice Program. In 2020-21, the virtue of the year is HOPE. Learn more in our parent guide.
20 August: Feast of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
20 August: Feast of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Born in 1090, Bernard spent his early years near Dijon, France. His family was of Burgundian landowning aristocracy; he had five brothers and one sister. Bernard’s parents were exceptional models of virtue. It is said...
14 August: Feast of Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Maximilian was born Raymond Kolbe in Poland in 1894. As a youth, he had a vision from the Blessed Mother. He described it best himself: "That night, I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other...
6 August: Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
6 August: Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. The Transfiguration is one of the major events in the earthly life of Jesus. The gospels tell the story of Jesus bringing Saint Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, Sts. James and John, up to the top of a high mountain...
26 July: Feast Day of Saints Anne and Joachim
26 July: Feast Day of Saints Anne and Joachim. Saints Anne and Joachim are honored by the church as the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the grandparents of Jesus. Not much is known about these special grandparents; what we...
23 July: Feast of Saint Bridget
23 July: Feast of Saint Bridget. Bridget was born in Sweden of noble and pious parents, and led a holy life. At ten years old, she heard a sermon on the Passion of our Lord. The next night, she saw Jesus on the cross, covered with blood, and speaking to her about his...
16 July: Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
16 July: Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This liturgical feast was likely first celebrated in England in the 14th century to give thanksgiving to Mary, the patroness of the Carmelite Order. The Order was founded at the site thought to have been the location of...
6 July: Feast of Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr
6 July: Feast of Saint Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr. Maria was born in 1890, one of six children from an impoverished farming family in Italy. In exchange for farm work, the Goretti's lived in the owner’s abandoned factory. They shared it with...
26 June: Feast of Saint Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer
26 June: Feast of Saint Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer. St. Josemaria Escriva was born in Barbastro, Spain, in 1902. Of his five siblings, the three youngest died young. His parents, José and Dolores, raised their children to be devout Catholics. His mother taught...
19 June: Feast of Saint Romuald
19 June: Feast of Saint Romuald. St. Romuald was born in Ravenna, Italy, to a noble family. No one could have imagined that a descendent of the Dukes of Onesti would have left his stately home for the most absolute austerity, entering history as a great reformer of...
11 June: Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus & 12 June: Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
11 June: Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. This Solemnity is celebrated on the Friday after the Feast of Corpus Christi. The Sacred Heart is depicted as a flaming heart surrounded by a crown of thorns, with a cross on top and bleeding from a wound. (It is...
The Giving Manger features an empty manger in which straw is added by children through their good deeds and acts of service across Advent, a time of preparation. Each classroom will have a handmade Giving Manager crafted by Dave Richardson, straw to add, and a baby Jesus to arrive for Christmas! Fr Smith blessed each manager!
Across the year, the Holy Family Traveling Statue will live in the home of each of our families! Learn more about this beautiful statue, a gift from the Catholic Identity Subcommittee, by watching this video explaining what to expect when you have it in your home! Watch here.
On 8 September 2020, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, children gathered from our K4 and K5 to witness the dedication of a new statue to the Blessed Mother installed nearto the playground. This statue is to serve as a reminder of beauty, joy and holiness for our children across the school day. And, is the result of a generous gift from:
the Lewis family, Antici family, Escude family, Rivera family, and Richardson family
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