We invite you to join SPCCS in our mission in accompaning parents as the primary educators to unlock the wonders of God's creation through a comprehensive, faith-based, classical education. We strive to form the whole person, which enables each child to seek truth, goodness and beauty in all things and to grow and live as an instrument of God's love.By supporting SPCCS, you help theschool, families and students to bridge the GAP between the cost of tuition and the actual cost to educate. These students need your help for them to continue to receive an excellent education filled with the Catholic faith in the classical, liberal arts tradition. Please help us to in our mission and spread the word to invite more people to be part of the Saint Paul Family!
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Saint Paul Catholic Classical School invites you to join us on Saturday, September 23 for Oktoberfest and community!
Join us as we meld time-honored Bavarian traditions of climate-controlled ambiance. Limited availabilty, ticket sales close September 15.
Tickets start at $40 per adult. Childcare will be available.
Visit www.saintpaulevents.org for more information.
Join the Saint Paul Family! Applications for the 2023-2024 school are now open. We invite you to schedule a tour, visit with current faculty, families, and students, and see what make Saint Paul Catholic Classical School special.
As a school family, we are bringing focus to the virtues. Stemming from the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity, we name two virtues each month to discover and strive to live out. Additionally, we learn about a saint who embodies those particular virtues.
For the month of August, we are focusing on the virtues of Industriousness and Responsibility. We celebrate Saint Lawrence on August 10th.
Saint Lawrence’s Story
The esteem in which the Church holds Lawrence is seen in the fact that today’s celebration ranks as a feast. We know very little about his life. He is one of those whose martyrdom made a deep and lasting impression on the early Church. Celebration of his feast day spread rapidly.
He was a Roman deacon under Pope Saint Sixtus II. Four days after this pope was put to death, Lawrence and four clerics suffered martyrdom, probably during the persecution of the Emperor Valerian.
Legendary details of Lawrence’s death were known to Damasus, Prudentius, Ambrose, and Augustine. The church built over his tomb became one of the seven principal churches in Rome and a favorite place for Roman pilgrimages.
A well-known legend has persisted from earliest times. As deacon in Rome, Lawrence was charged with the responsibility for the material goods of the Church, and the distribution of alms to the poor. When Lawrence knew he would be arrested like the pope, he sought out the poor, widows, and orphans of Rome and gave them all the money he had on hand, selling even the sacred vessels of the altar to increase the sum. When the prefect of Rome heard of this, he imagined that the Christians must have considerable treasure. He sent for Lawrence and said, “You Christians say we are cruel to you, but that is not what I have in mind. I am told that your priests offer in gold, that the sacred blood is received in silver cups, that you have golden candlesticks at your evening services. Now, your doctrine says you must render to Caesar what is his. Bring these treasures—the emperor needs them to maintain his forces. God does not cause money to be counted: He brought none of it into the world with him—only words. Give me the money, therefore, and be rich in words.”
Lawrence replied that the Church was indeed rich. “I will show you a valuable part. But give me time to set everything in order and make an inventory.” After three days he gathered a great number of blind, lame, maimed, leprous, orphaned, and widowed persons and put them in rows. When the prefect arrived, Lawrence simply said, “These are the treasure of the Church.”
The prefect was so angry he told Lawrence that he would indeed have his wish to die—but it would be by inches. He had a great gridiron prepared with coals beneath it, and had Lawrence’s body placed on it. After the martyr had suffered the pain for a long time, the legend concludes, he made his famous cheerful remark, “It is well done. Turn me over!”
Once again we have a saint about whom almost nothing is known, yet one who has received extraordinary honor in the Church since the fourth century. Almost nothing—yet the greatest fact of his life is certain: He died for Christ. We who are hungry for details about the lives of the saints are again reminded that their holiness was after all, a total response to Christ, expressed perfectly by a death like this.
Saint Lawrence is a Patron Saint of:
Cooks
Deacons
Poor
-Courtesy of Catholic Saint Medals
Saint Paul Catholic Classical School is seeking AfterCare Staff (immediately) and substitute teachers to help fulfill the school’s mission to accompany parents on their journey as primary educators to unlock the wonders of God's creation through a comprehensive, faith-based, classical education. In communion with the Catholic Church, we foster awareness of each child's dignity as created in the image and likeness of God. We strive to form the whole person, which enables each child to seek truth, goodness, and beauty in all things and to grow and live as an instrument of God's love. Please visit the Catholic Schools Office of the Diocese of Dallas at www.csodallas.org/apply to see all available positions.
If you are interested and would like to serve SPCCS as a substitute teacher, please apply. Please send your resume and cover letter to Courtney DeMakas at c.demakas@spsdfw.org. Safe Environment Certification also needs to be current, please contact Becki Soto at beckie@saintpaulchurch.org.
Positions available for the 2023-2024 school year:
3rd-5th Grade Science
Middle School Literature and History
PK3-8th Grade Latin