Campus Ministry Preps for Coming Year
A most blessed Easter to all! We are indeed Easter people and Alleluia is our song as we joyfully enter into the final weeks of the academic year. Campus Ministry is reflecting on what we have accomplished this year and we have begun readying ourselves for next year by initiating the application process for both […]
Students Share Weekly Lenten Reflections
During Lent the JPII school community gathers for prayer each Wednesday afternoon. The prayer services are crafted by and featuring the thoughtful reflections of students. Below is a sample: March 8 John Holmgren The devil believed that he could tempt Jesus because of his hunger. “If you are the son of God, command that these […]
JPII Students Assemble “Safe Baby Boxes”
Baby Boxes were developed as a way to combat the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) by providing a safe sleeping space for infants. On a recent afternoon, a group of students from St. John Paul High School in Hyannis came to volunteer, assembling Baby Boxes for the second day in a row. The […]
Seniors Assist International Students
Since the arrival of our first Chinese students a few years ago now, one of the challenges for them and for their teachers is integrating them fully into our Theology program. The students from China come to us from a culture where the practice of religious faith was banned for many years and continues to […]
What Are the Benefits of a Catholic Education, You Ask?
Delivered by Samantha Carlowicz ’17 during Cape Cod Catholic Schools Week Mass with Bishop Edgar da Cunha and students from St. John Paul II High School, St. Francis Xavier Preparatory School, St. Pius X School, and St. Margaret Regional School. Good morning, everyone. My name is Samantha Carlowicz and I am a senior at St. […]
Genny Paige ’16: Witness to Life
For Genny Paige, a 20-year-old Elms College student from Yarmouth Port and parishioner at Holy Trinity Church in West Harwich, the march was personal. “The reason why I march is my parents chose adoption,” the St. John Paul II High School graduate said. “My birth mother in China could have chosen to abort me.” |Read […]
March for Life Pilgrimage Prayers
Please hold in prayer the annual March for Life Pilgrimage to Washington D.C. (2017 logo on right). Sixteen JPII students will join Catholic high school students from across America in prayer, worship, and action to uphold the dignity of human life. The JPII contingent is led by Ms. Nicole Voci, History Teacher & Campus Minister, […]
I Learned What Compassion Is
18 JPII students and their chaperones returned to Cape Cod after spending Thanksgiving week in Ecuador. Each had so much to share with their families and friends. Each day of the experience brought new challenges, new feelings, and new insights. The students were asked to keep a journal as they spent time among the poor in […]
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel!
Advent is a special time in the liturgical year and the life of the school. In Advent, we wait. But the Church teaches us that waiting is not passive, but rather, an active engagement of patience and anticipation. Hilary of Poitiers, a fourth-century Church Father, tells us that “the Lord is good to those who […]
“Pope Francis’ Vision for the Church” at JPII
J. Matthew Ashley, Ph.D., the Chair of Department of Theology, will address the topic “A Pope on the Margins: Pope Francis’ Vision for the Church” on Tuesday, November 15 at 7:00 PM in the JPII Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. The talk is part of the University of Notre Dame’s prestigious Hesburgh […]