Each year Catholic Schools Week brings with it a wide variety of activities, from special Masses and prayer services to skating, dancing and displays of school spirit.
This year the Catholic Courier photographed Mass and Grandparents Day at St. Michael School in Penn Yan, a 1960s dance party at Holy Cross School in Rochester, rollerskating at St. Agnes School in Avon, a guest storyteller at Seton Catholic School in Brighton and a Catholic Schools Week Mass with students from all corners of the diocese held at Sacred Heart Cathedral.
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Ten-year-old Riley Griffiths processes in at the start of a Jan. 29 Mass for students and grandparents at St. Michael Church in Penn Yan.
Father Felicjan Sierotowicz invites students to stand at the altar during a Jan. 29 Mass for students and grandparents at St. Michael Church in Penn Yan.
Sandy Tillman and her 8-year-old granddaughter Anella Tillman stand near the altar during a Jan. 29 Mass for students and grandparents at St. Michael Church in Penn Yan.
Ruth Maltz plays cards with her great-grandnephew Dan Killen, 8, (left) and his classmate Malorie McCarthy, 9, during grandparent’s day at St. Michael School.
Fifth-graders Sarah DeBot (clockwise from bottom left), Uche Ofurum, Vivian Tran, Sarah Adams and Jeh Ka Lay form a dance line during a 1960s themed dance party at Holy Cross School in Rochester Feb. 2.
Fourth-graders Eva Meddaugh (left) and Kiara Maloney spin each other during a 1960s dance party at Holy Cross School Feb. 2.
First-grader Mya Williams sports flower child garb and a peace sign tattoo during a 1960s dance party at Holy Cross School Feb. 2.
Teacher Rose Hart leads first-graders in a dance line during a 1960s dance party at Holy Cross School in Rochester Feb. 2. The party was held in conjunction with a 1960s themed book fair at the school.
Students from St. Rita School in Webster pray during the Feb. 3 Mass.
Bishop Matano blesses a student during the Mass.
Caroline Hayes, a student at St. Agnes School in Avon, kneels to pray during Mass.
Allison Nordman, a sixth-grader at All Saints Academy in Corning, joins her classmates in prayer.
Father Daniel White blesses the throat of Reid Anderson, a kindergartner at St. Mary School in Canandaigua, after Mass.
Kindergartners Nathan Hofgren (from left), Leo Horvath and Linus Hansford crack up laughing as Almeta Whitis tells a story Feb. 4 at Seton Catholic School in Brighton.
Storyteller Almeta Whitis sings with students at Seton Catholic School Feb. 4.
Storyteller Almeta Whitis greets first-grader Marco DeAscentiis during a visit to Seton Catholic School Feb. 4.
Storyteller Almeta Whitis gets a hug from kindergartner Frankie Reiss during a visit to Seton Catholic School Feb. 4.
Students participate in a Feb. 4 roller-skating party at St. Agnes School in Avon. The party during Catholic Schools Week is an annual tradition.
Reilly Calnan (from left), RJ Robert and Oliver Aguirre do the Hokey Pokey during a Feb.4 roller-skating party at St. Agnes School in Avon.
Preston Call (from left), Grace Hopkins and Kate Longuil roller-skate during a Feb. 4 party at St. Agnes School in Avon.
