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On Wednesday, May 31st, 2017, some of our Grade 7 students received the sacrament of Confirmation!  On behalf of our entire community, we would like to congratulate our Confirmandi on this important milestone in their faith journeys.  Congratulations, too, to their wonderful families and their teacher, Ms. Larson; these students are a credit to you all!

Thank you to Monsignor Greg and his ... Continue reading "Congratulations to our Confirmandi!"

On Thursday, June 1st, our Catholic School Council will be hosting a BBQ for our school community!  Everyone is invited to enjoy a variety of tasty foods and fun activities, including the movie “Sing,” which will be shown in our gym beginning at 7:30 pm.

If you have not yet done so, we ask that you return your order form to the school ... Continue reading "Our First CSC BBQ!"

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!"