Catholic Schools Week may have only lasted seven days (Jan. 26 – Feb. 1), but at Holy Family in Orlando, the preparation for this event-filled week started more than a month prior to events. From designing field day stations, to …
Catechesis prepares students for Sacrament of Confirmation
Twenty-four students at Sacred Heart Catholic Church are preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation. Of those, 21 candidates are eighth-graders at Sacred Heart Catholic School.
As part of the catechesis, all involved are required to participate in gatherings that cover …
Students travel in time to life of Christ
St. Mary Magdalen Catholic School seventh-graders stepped back in time January 14 while visiting The Holy Land Experience. From bibles to performances bringing the life and times of Christ to life, the students learned and imagined what it was like …
Growing in Catholic identity through prayer
Every first Monday of the month, Sacred Heart Catholic School students, teachers, and parents get together as a school community for a ‘prayer at the pole.’ The prayer services prepared by religion teacher Mrs. Maria Bilodeau and Principal Mrs. Shelley …
Always doing good together
Twins – Thomas and Patrick – have most everything in common! They are in the same class graduating from Sacred Heart Catholic School, Class of 2020. They both do very well academically. They also love participating in sports and other …
World Diabetes Day
November 14th is World Diabetes Day, honoring the birthday of Sir Frederick Grant Banting. On November 14th, students from Resurrection Catholic School in Lakeland wore blue ribbons in honor of Laney, a 6th grader from the school with the disease. …
Our Lady of Guadalupe waits with us in Advent
Middle school students at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic School in Altamonte Springs learned that Our Lady of Guadalupe is an appropriate feast to celebrate during the Advent season because the three times she appeared to Juan Diego, the Lady was …
Belenismo celebrates birth of Jesus
Every year around Advent millions of people from Spanish speaking countries create Belenismos or pesebres. Belenismo is a term that comes from the word “Belen” which means Bethlehem, and pesebre which means manger. Belenismo is the art …
First responders honored at Blue Mass
On Friday, September 27, students of St. Mary Magdalen Catholic School in Altamonte Springs joined other schools from across the Diocese of Orlando to attend the Blue Mass at St. James Cathedral in downtown. The Blue Mass is a ceremonial …
Sent forth to serve
Wednesdays are usually very hectic for the class that leads the school Mass at 11 a.m. and more so for Mrs. Maria Bilodeau who plans and prepares all Masses. To lighten the demands of Mass preparation, practicing for the Mass, …