St. Francis Academy

Now let us do something beautiful for God. —- St. Teresa of Calcutta Dear Parents, I sincerely hope your summer was a restful and joyous interlude. I am sure the children wiled away the hours outdoors playing, splashing each other as they swam, and, of course, reading those wonderful summer books! One of the great [...]

Dear Parents, “A Moveable Feast” is a marvelous memoir of Ernest Hemingway’s years in Paris as part of the American expatriate writers of the 1920’s.  The title was based on a comment made by A.E. Hotchner, one of Hemingway’s close friends, “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, [...]

Love and compassion are necessities,…without them humanity cannot survive. — Dalai Lama Dear Parents, The tragic earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accidents which have rocked the nation of Japan are difficult to comprehend fully when 6,000 miles away. We feel compassion and sorrow for the many victims and the suffering survivors. We watch the news each [...]