Saint Francis Academy

Volunteers are required to have:

• Protecting God's Children
• Child Abuse Clearance
• PA Criminal Record Check
• FBI Fingerprinting
• Mandated Reporter Training

Please see the Diocese Youth Protection Page for Details:
https://www.allentowndiocese.org/youth-protection

A Message from the Principal:  Gratitude and Anticipation

No matter how one spins it, this time of the year is always heavy with two emotions- gratitude and anticipation.  Gratitude takes center stage during the national holiday of Thanksgiving, as the entire nation is asked to remember the struggles and hardships of the earliest years of settlement by our European ancestors.  In the centuries since, we have continued to welcome similar families who have come searching for manifestations of this Cradle of Hope and Land of Opportunity.  Of course, every era and phase has not followed the tidiest of courses, but the United States of America still aspires to be that shining city on a hill for the rest of the world. 

Almost as soon as this great holiday and celebration of family has ended, we set our sights on the anticipation of Christmas.  Yes, the culture sometimes seems to have overtaken the celebration, but it's also good to remember that while Charlie Brown lamented the commercialism of Christmas more than 50 years ago - and while Chuck's dissatisfaction with the Christmas season endures in many ways - so does the aptness of Linus' presentation of the Nativity story of the Gospel of Luke.  Even amidst the craziness of the Christmas Pageant, the gaudiness of Snoopy's eye-splitting doghouse, and the decrepitude of the runty Christmas tree, the True Meaning of Christmas endures as well. 

Enjoy your families, and your gifts, and all the other Blessings.  Have the Greatest of Holiday seasons.  

 

Mr. Repko