Friday, May 29, 2015

St Francis School Spring Concert

The entire school choir singing "We are St Francis."
The annual St Francis School Spring Concert was held inside the new church on Thursday May 28. All the classes, from Kindergarten to 8th Grade performed various songs which they wrote themselves.They also played a combined song written by their director Colleen Rastovich entitled "We are St Francis." 
The themes of the songs varied from patriotic themes to Shakespeare, from the US national Parks to Black and White. Individual performances were also done by students Annie Cohen, Grace Gaines, Izzy King, Addison Steele, Frankie Bennett and Emma Renn, as well as John Fawcett on the violin and Fr Julian on the flute. Most of the parents overwhelmingly supported their children, as the theme of STREAM was introduced. STREAM is acronym for Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

First Holy Communion

Group photo of the children - click to enlarge
Our First Holy Communion celebration was held on Saturday, May 2nd, 2015. 113 children received Jesus for the first time in their lives. Each child also prepared a banner which were hung over three weeks in our church. The customary group photo was taken just before the Mass started. Enjoy these photos of our 113 children.
Some of the children after setting up the altar for the Offertory
Some of the banners crafted by the children
The entire wall covered with banners
The children for St Francis School with Fr Julian and Sr Sabina