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The Pope Francis Catholic Elementary School Community celebrated its Solemn Blessing and Official Opening on Wednesday April 19th, 2017.  The Solemn Blessing was led by Bishop Wayne Kirkpatrick, who was assisted by our Pastor, Monsignor Greg Ace from St. Padre Pio Church.

Our Official Opening was emceed by our trustee, Teresa Ciaravella.  Among the dignitaries who attended were Carol Cotton, Chair of the ... Continue reading "Pope Francis Solemn Blessing and Official Opening"

Congratulations to our Girls’ Intermediate Basketball Team who recently competed at St. Anne’s School at their Area Tournament and became our school’s first ever champions!  Pope Francis was grouped with 4 other schools: Corpus Christi (28-8), St. Anne (21-10), St. Mary Immaculate (17-16), and Father John Kelly (18-8).  Our girls were undefeated!  They next will compete at a board-level tournament on March 29th.  Good luck, ... Continue reading "Our Girls are Champions!"

Our students and families were recently asked to choose from among the three final choices for a school nickname for the Pope Francis sports teams: The Falcons, the Eagles, and the Cardinals.  After all votes were counted, the winning name was—the CARDINALS!  Thank you to all our students and their families for participating in this fun task!  Given that Pope Francis was also a Cardinal, ... Continue reading "We are the Cardinals!"

This is a reminder that Pope Francis Catholic School will celebrate its official school blessing on  Wednesday, April 19th at 7:00 pm.  Honoured guests will include Bishop Wayne Kirkpatrick, the Chair of the YCDSB Carol Cotton, our Director of Education Patricia Preston, our Superintendent of Schools Mary Battista, and representatives from the City of Vaughan.  The emcee of this event will be your trustee, Teresa ... Continue reading "Our School Blessing!"

Our entire school community would like to extend congratulations to the students of Pope Francis for sharing their talent with us during our first ever Christmas Concert, which took place on December 20th.  Parents, Guardians, and friends were treated to a variety of great songs, and some dancing, too, all of which helped us celebrate Advent and the coming Christmas season!  Thank you to our ... Continue reading "Our Christmas Concert"

The next Pope Francis Catholic School Council Meeting will take place on Thursday, December 1st, at 7:00 pm in our library.  Below, please find the Agenda for the meeting.

We hope to see you, the Parents and Guardians of our students, at that time!