A SCHOOL THAT KEEPS THE CHURCH'S CALENDAR
We do not bolt a church onto a school.
The school is built around the church.
At Saint Charles Borromeo the Faith is not a subject among subjects but the source of every subject. The day begins with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Lent is kept; Advent is kept; the feasts of the saints are kept. Confession is offered weekly. Adoration is offered weekly. The priest teaches at our school.
THE LITURGICAL YEAR
How we keep the seasons.
Advent
LATE NOV — 24 DEC
Advent Prayer Service; Advent wreath in every classroom
Christmas
25 DEC — BAPTISM OF THE LORD
Twelve days kept fully; nothing 'taken down' until Epiphany
Lent
ASH WEDNESDAY — HOLY SATURDAY
Abstinence in the refectory; Stations of the Cross weekly; alms project schoolwide
Easter
EASTER — PENTECOST
Paschal candle in church
Ordinary Time
THROUGH THE YEAR
Feast-day Masses kept; saints' days noted in every classroom; Marian devotions in May & October
SACRAMENTAL LIFE
The Mass and the sacraments.
The Holy Eucharist is the source and summit of our Faith. Every other practice of the school — every lesson, every meal, every game — flows from the altar and returns to it.
HOLY MASS
Every weekday, 8:00 AM
Sung Mass on Fridays and major feasts; parish church
CONFESSION
Wednesdays & Fridays, 5:00 PM
Available to students and parents during the school day by appointment
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
Wednesdays & Fridays, 5:00 PM
Students pray before the Blessed Sacrament with their class
MARIAN DEVOTION
May & October, daily
Rosary prayed before morning Mass; led by students
FIRST CONFESSION &
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
Second grade
First Holy Communion is celebrated with families and the parish on the Feast of Corpus Christi in the parish church
CONFIRMATION
Fifth grade
Conferred by the Bishop in the parish church
THE PASTOR
Fr. Kyle Ratuiste
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Fr. Ratuiste offers daily Mass in the parish church, hears confessions, oversees the preparation of students for the sacraments, and teaches a science class in the Logic School.
Starting each school day with Holy Mass quite literally puts "first things first," namely worshipping God, fostering relationship with Him, and receiving His grace. More than simply reinforcing pious practices and a spiritual outlook, daily school Mass forms our students (and faculty!) to be followers of Christ in ways that no classroom time can. As the Catholic Church teaches, the Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life." We wish to respond to this truth seriously by offering daily Mass at our school.