Activities mark Catholic Schools Week

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Activities mark Catholic Schools Week

Jeff Witherow and John Haeger | Catholic Courier
Published 01.31.2020

Catholic-school students around the Diocese of Rochester took part in numerous activities celebrating catholic education as part of this year’s Catholic Schools Week, which was Jan. 26-Feb. 1.

Students at Brighton’s Siena Catholic Academy kicked off Catholic Schools Week by participating in the passing of the torch for the Empire State Winter Games. On Jan. 29, students from all of the diocese’s 18 Catholic schools were invited to Rochester’s Sacred Heart Cathedral to join Bishop Salvatore R. Matano at Mass. On Jan. 30, students at St. Agnes School in Avon were treated to a roller-skating party, while Canandaigua’s St. Mary School students competed in volleyball games. Students at St. Lawrence School in Greece volunteered in a day of service, sorting medical supplies at InterVol in Rochester.

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Catholic-school students around the Diocese of Rochester took part in numerous activities celebrating catholic education as part of this year’s Catholic Schools Week, which was Jan. 26-Feb. 1.

Students at Brighton’s Siena Catholic Academy kicked off Catholic Schools Week by participating in the passing of the torch for the Empire State Winter Games. On Jan. 29, students from all of the diocese’s 18 Catholic schools were invited to Rochester’s Sacred Heart Cathedral to join Bishop Salvatore R. Matano at Mass. On Jan. 30, students at St. Agnes School in Avon were treated to a roller-skating party, while Canandaigua’s St. Mary School students competed in volleyball games. Students at St. Lawrence School in Greece volunteered in a day of service, sorting medical supplies at InterVol in Rochester.

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Brighton’s Siena Catholic Academy seventh-grader Madeline Firpo passes the torch for the Empire State Winter Games Jan. 27. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

Brighton’s Siena Catholic Academy seventh-grader Chandler Bowman participates in the passing of the torch for the Empire State Winter Games. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

Sixth-grader Liberty Springer passes the torch for the Empire State Winter Games. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

Eighth-grader Esther Davey is handed the torch for the Empire State Winter Games. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

Sixth-grader Lily Dale from St. Mary Our Mother in Horseheads kneels in prayer during Jan. 29 during the Catholic Schools Week Mass at Rochester's Sacred Heart Cathedral. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

Bishop Salvatore R. Matano distributes Communion to students during the Catholic Schools Week Mass. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

St. Ambrose School students offer each other the sign of peace during the Catholic Schools Week Mass. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

Bishop Salvatore R. Matano addresses Catholic-school students in his homily during the Catholic Schools Week Mass. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

EmmaRose Sheerer, a first-grader at St. Kateri School in Irondequoit, takes part in the Catholic Schools Week Mass. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

Students from St. Francis-St. Stephen School in Geneva dip their fingers in the baptismal font following the Catholic Schools Week Mass. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

Antonio Rodriguez, a first-grader at St. Kateri School in Irondequoit, stands at the start of the Catholic Schools Week Mass. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

Menzo Peck straps on his roller skates before a roller-skating party at Avon's St. Agnes School Jan. 30. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

St. Agnes students hold onto one another for balance while they skate around the gymnasium Jan. 30. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

Johnny Dowd skates with fellow St. Agnes School third-graders during a Jan. 30 roller skating party at the school. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

St. Agnes students hold hands while skating. (Courier photo by Jeff Witherow)

St Lawrence School third-graders Michael Francis and Adrianna DiLettera sort items at InterVol in Rochester Jan. 30 as part of their service project for Catholic Schools Week. (Courier photo by John Haeger)

St Lawrence School third-graders sort items at InterVol. (Courier photo by John Haeger)

St Lawrence School third-graders George Martone and Hailey Francis sort items at InterVol. (Courier photo by John Haeger)

St Lawrence School third-grader Hailey Francis sorts items at InterVol. (Courier photo by John Haeger)

Molly Williams, an eighth-grader at St. Mary School in Canandaigua, reaches to return the shot during the annual seventh-grade/eighth-grade volleyball match Jan. 30 at the school. (Courier photo by John Haeger)