St. Francis Academy

Lent is the forty-day period before Easter, excluding Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday. (More info) The students and teachers of St. Francis Academy attended a Holy Mass on March 9 (Ash Wednesday) at Sts. Joseph and Michael’s Church. After the mass, the priest marked our foreheads with ashes. It [...]

Students from Grades 5 – 8 voluntarily fasted each Thursday of the Lenten season in solidarity with the poor throughout our world. These students discussed matters affecting the poor and marginalized. A successful food drive was organized raising over 1,400 cans and boxes of food. Congratulations to the Kindergarten class, they collected over 240 items.

After the week-long standarized testing (Terranova), St. Francis Academy resumes its regular academic schedule. But just before the Terranova, we’ve been working hard, and it shows. Ms. Savage tells us that the SFA members are observing and practicing spiritual excellence this season of Lent. Read her complete letter for the month of March 2009… Each [...]