News and Events

This past September the students of St. Peter Claver Catholic school (SPCCS) celebrated grandparents from our community and families.

For almost 30 years, Monsignor Edward Pace High school (Pace) has been setting the standard in Catholic education through their campus ministry engagement.

The first few weeks of school the students held a food drive. The local food pantry at the Mary Mother of Mankind Parish in Saint Michaels, informed the school they were in dire need of assistance to stock the shelves.

On Oct. 3, at the Catholic Business Network DC (CBN-DC) Sixth Annual Gala, Rev. Patrick A. Smith, pastor of St. Augustine Catholic Church, won the Clergy of the Year Award.

Two local volunteer fire companies visited Immaculate Conception Parish School to teach the students about what to do if there is a fire in their homes.

The wonderful youth from Gesu, St. Martin de Porres, St. Benedict the Moor, and St. Frances parishes participated in our collaborative Confirmation program this past year.

Our RCIA program this past year had nearly 20 people participate each week. The group met weekly starting in Sept. through the Easter Vigil and attended a retreat in March 2019.

In our new school system that we have put into place, we are able to offer starting this year, a new Technology Learning program that we are using in K-6.

As the school year begins we wanted to make sure that we were ensuring the success of our students beyond the classroom. It was determined that Home Economics is a skills based class that gives our students the skills they need at home.