Step on the campus any school day and the classrooms and hallways are filled with activities that bring to life a lived experience of the seven themes and teaching of Catholic Social Justice. Faculty and staff strive to provide an environment that blends the academic dimension of the school with the spiritual awareness of everyone being a child of God and made in His image and likeness. The intangible gift of faith becomes tangible as the school community worships God and through the worship reaches out to the community in corporal and spiritual works of mercy.
Sacramental preparation provides rich faith filled opportunities for spiritual growth through retreats, liturgies, meetings, and practices. While the sacrament is a personal encounter with Christ, the experience is always within community.
Overview of Religious Education Activities for 2020-2021 Saint Anthony Catholic School Year
September Activities
Altar Server Training for grades 4 – 8: Orientation - September 26, 2022 @ 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Training Sessions - September 27 or 28th from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
October Activities
Opening Exercises – Schoolwide, during October and May, the students will pray one decade of the rosary on Mondays and Wednesdays. The prayers are student led and every student has a rosary.
November Activities
All Saints’ Celebration – Students in third grade will select a saint and will dress and present a report on the life of their chosen saint. SACS All Saints Day Mass @ 9:30 a.m.
Teaching Safety Lessons – November 2022
Veteran's Day Mass - November 10, 2022
Thanksgiving Mass – Friday, November 18, 2022
December Activities
Advent Activities – Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession) TBA, third through eighth grades
First Reconciliation – Second grade – Friday, December 2, 2022
Feast of Immaculate Conception - Thursday, December 8, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m.
Our Lady of Guadalupe – Students will present the message of Juan Diego and the Virgin. December 16, 2022.
Community Outreach Projects
Christmas Mass – Thursday, December 22, 2022
Christmas Eve– Thursday, December 24, 2020, TBA - first grade students will present the Lessons in the Carols prior to 4:30 p.m. Mass.
January Activities
Catholic Schools Week – January 30, 2023 - February 1-3, 2023
February Activities
Catholic Schools Week – January 30, 2023 - February 1-3, 2023
Terra Nova Testing – February 2, 2023
Grandparents Day Mass – Friday, February 3, 2023
Ash Wednesday – Wedensday, February 22, 2023
Stations of the Cross – Wednesdays in Lent (February 22, 2023)
March Activities
Stations of the Cross – Wednesdays in Lent (March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023)
First Communion Retreat – Friday March 3, 10, (Thursday) 16, and 24, 2023
Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession) –TBA, second through eighth grades
First Holy Communion – Saturday, March 25, 2023
April Activities
Confirmation Retreat – Saturday, April 1, 2022
Stations of the Cross – Wednesdays in Lent (April 5, 2023)
Holy Week Mass – Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Holy Thursday Mass – Thursday, April 6, 2023, 6:30 p.m. – Second grade students come in their Communion Attire and participate in the procession.
Confirmation practice – Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 6:00 p.m.
Confirmation – Friday, April 28, 2023, 5:00 p.m.
May Activities
May Procession/Crowning – Friday, May 5, 2023
Passing of the Torch – Thursday, May 25, 2023
June Activities
Graduation Mass – Friday, June 2, 2023, 5:00 p.m.
Closing school Mass – Friday, June 9, 2023
