St. Francis Cathedral School

✨Fiat Ventures visited the school today for our annual “SFCS Spirituality Day”. The program was geared to inspire our students to be their own authentic true selves and to cultivate their personal relationships with Jesus.😊 #SFCS

🍬Congratulations to the “Student Council Candy Guessing Contest” winners: Grades K-2, 2nd grader AJ R., Grades 3-5, 4th grader Gabriella K. and Grades 6-8, 8th grader Jacob G.😃 #SFCS

✨It’s a Cathedral Holy Week! ✨

🙌 Don't Miss it! 🔥💙

Liturgies with an asterisk (*) can be watched on Live Stream

Thursday, April 2nd
9:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer
*7:30 p.m. - Mass of the Lord's Supper
Adoration at the Altar of Repose until 11:30 p.m.
Cathedral

Friday, April 3rd
9:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer
*3:00 p.m. - Solemn Liturgy of the Passion of our Lord
7:00 p.m. Stations and Veneration of the Cross until 9:00 p.m.
Cathedral

Saturday, April 4th
9:00 a.m. - Morning Prayer
1:00 p.m. - Blessing of the Food - St. Francis CYO
*8:00 p.m. The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night

Sunday, April 5th
9:00 a.m. The Resurrection of the Lord Masses
8:00 a.m. | 10:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m.
No 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass

Monday, April 6th
9:00 a.m. Mass only
Regular daily mass schedule resumes on Tuesday, April 7th

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Pastoral Center Schedule

Thursday, April 2 – Monday, April 6: Pastoral Center and Adoration Chapel: Closed
Tuesday, April 7: Pastoral Center and Adoration Chapel: Reopen

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Upcoming Events after Easter

Friday, April 10th
Eucharistic Praise & Worship Night at 7:00 p.m.
Cathedral

Thursday, April 16th
Jubilee of St. Francis Lecture Series
A Saint who Changed the World: The Historical Impact of St. Francis by Fr. Luke Mary Fletcher, CFR
Cathedral

This morning, our Kindergartners enjoyed the annual “SFCS 🐣Easter Egg🥚Hunt”. The children had a wonderful time searching the front lawn for treats. The faculty and staff wish everyone a blessed Holy Week and a joyous Easter. ✝️ #SFCS

🐰Our 2nd grade classes were busy this morning dyeing Easter 🥚 eggs in class. The children are getting excited for their upcoming spring break and enjoying the warm weather!☀️ #SFCS

✨ Jubilee of St. Francis ✨
Franciscan Lecture Series

Join us at the Cathedral as we commemorate the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi through a special three-part lecture series exploring the beauty, depth, and enduring impact of Franciscan spirituality.

📅 April 16 | 7:00 PM
A Saint Who Changed the World: The Historical Impact of St. Francis
— Fr. Luke Mary Fletcher, CFR

📅 April 30 | 7:00 PM
How St. Francis Shaped Catholic Devotion
(Crèche, Stations of the Cross, Eucharistic Adoration)
— Rev. David M. Friel, S.T.D.

📅 May 7 | 7:00 PM
The Practical Wisdom of St. Francis
— Msgr. William Benwell

📍 Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, Metuchen

🙏 Come grow in faith and discover the richness of the Franciscan tradition.

🎥 Can’t make it? Watch via Live Stream:
stfranciscathedral.org

👨🏽‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬Our 4th & 5th grade classes came together today to work on an “Easter Peep 🐥 Dissolving Experiment”. The students observed peeps in four different liquids - soda, juice, water and vinegar. Then, they completed a chart documenting their predictions and findings. It was a sweet 🐣way to kick off our Holy✝️Easter Week. #SFCS

Avery’s journey of faith has led to this moment—entering the Catholic Church at the Great Easter Vigil at 8:00 PM.

🎥 Listen to Avery’s story below and see how God has been at work.

🙏 Please keep Avery and the 14 catechumens in your prayers as they prepare to be welcomed into the Church this Easter.

“Ask and you shall receive; knock and the door will be opened… After two years of searching, I discovered that the truth I was seeking was not just an idea, but a Person who knows and loves me. Through OCIA, I encountered Christ more deeply and found a home in His Church.”
— Avery R.

✝️On Friday, our students participated in the Living Rosary in the Cathedral. It was a powerful and impactful activity for the school community as we begin Holy Week.🙏🏻 #SFCS

🇨🇳Our PreK classes concluded their Asia study with a visit from Mrs. Agong. She wore an authentic Chinese dress and showed us many Chinese artifacts including a gold statue, money, a fan and drum.  She showed the students how to make dumplings and they really enjoyed for snack.🥟 #SFCS

Here at the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, journey with Sarah this Paschal Triduum as she prepares to enter the Catholic Church at the Great Easter Vigil at 8:00 PM on Saturday, April 4th

🎥 Hear her powerful testimony and witness how God is at work in her life.

🙏 Please join us in prayer for the 14 catechumens who will be welcomed into the Church this Easter.

“Coming into the Catholic Church through OCIA has been one of the most meaningful decisions of my life. This journey deepened my faith and taught me to trust God more fully. Director Tina Rossi led the program with such care and intention, creating a space where I felt encouraged, supported, and truly seen. This parish has become a place where my faith feels alive and rooted.”
— Sarah A.

🎨Our fifth and sixth graders have been busy working on artwork for the upcoming SFCS Tricky Tray. The students are dialing into their creative sides as they illustrate the theme “Rodeo Roundup!”🤠 #SFCS

🫰🏻Mrs. Stanicki’s 6th grade science classes learned about the sense of touch by testing sensory receptors on their fingertips and knuckles. Students had to close their eyes and guess the number of Braille dots that their partners put under their fingers. The class has also explored virtual 3D simulations showing receptors in the skin and felt mystery objects inside paper bags. The 6th grade is really getting in touch with “touch”!👫SFCS

🚣🏻‍♀️Mrs. Adinolfi’s 5th grade classes participated in “The Mayflower Boat Building Challenge.” The students worked as a team to plan, design, build, test and improve their mini Mayflowers.🛶Their boats needed to hold the weight of at least five pennies. They came up with some very creative solutions to master this challenge!💫 #SFCS

📚Mrs. Burke’s 3rd graders have been working together in small groups to build vocabulary for their new novel study. Collaborative teamwork makes the dream work!😃 #SFCS

✨On Friday, our three PreK classes celebrated St. Joseph’s Day with a celebration honoring their👨🏼‍💼fathers. They played cornhole, Connect Four, made handprints with their dads and 🖍️colored together. They all enjoyed the special treats and the time they spent together at SFCS. #SFCS

✨SFCS celebrated 3.14 Pi Day today! Principal Dalton gave out 🥧awards to the students who memorized the most numbers in each grade for Pi.🌟Congrats to Carl T. who was the school grand prize winner with 399 numbers!🏆#SFCS

👨🏼‍💼Our Kindergarteners hosted their dads in their classrooms today for breakfast on St. Joseph’s Day. They had so much fun doing a word search together and singing songs like, “Take me out to the ⚾️Ball Game”. The children gave their fathers the special gifts that they made for them. The dads were challenged to decipher which portrait was them hanging up in the hallway. It was such a wonderful day in K!🥰 #SFCS

🎨Our first day of Art Club, led by Mrs. Ackerson, was a big success! The first and third graders had a lot of fun working with clay. They proved to be very creative sculptors!👨🏼‍🎨👩🏽‍🎨 #SFCS