Each week, on Thursday, we publish the Good News, a newsletter that celebrates what we're doing at St. Anthony and helps to keep students and families informed about our school community.  

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Weekly Newsletter

St. Anthony de Padua Catholic School develops life-long learners who live their faith through stewardship and are committed to Catholic virtues and academic excellence.

Hello Parents,

We had a wonderful retreat this week. It is always so joyful to see the students coming into school in their House t-shirts and excited for the morning. It is so uplifting to see their childlike faith throughout the morning as they rotate through the stations of service, liturgical singing, talk by a priest, and Adoration.

Our priest this month was Fr. Nate Wills, a CSC priest from Notre Dame. He spoke about the virtue of respect, saying “treat one another like God treats each one of you, and that is to hold you up and to love you and to see your preciousness”. He encouraged us all to give the gift of paying attention; to one another, and to our Lord in the Eucharist and Adoration. His talk was both inspiring and entertaining--he is quite a character! I encourage you to view his talk. I’m sure it will create a great dinner time discussion for your family.

We are so blessed to have the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration lead our Adoration. To hear them sing is what I would think the angels sound like. They lead the students and staff in quiet reflections before our Lord. In today’s busy world this is such a gift to our children, to experience the peace of quiet spent in the Presence of Jesus. Adoration is something that many people are not familiar with or do not understand. Any parents who have questions about it, please never hesitate to contact me. I would be more than happy to answer any of your questions.

Since it is respect life month, for our service project the students were all given the name of a counselor at the Women’s Care Center. Then, they made a card thanking them for loving and serving moms and babies and prayed for that counselor during Adoration and all the moms and babies that she is helping.

During Liturgical Singing, we practiced all the songs that will be sung at our next House Mass. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this Mass on Sunday, Jan. 27th at 11AM.  Mass will be followed by our Catholic School Week Open House.

God bless you all! Thank you for sharing your beautiful children with us. They bring us so much joy!

Betsy Williams