Summer Work for rising 1st graders 2026-27 school year

Please practice this prayer with your child! 

In commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Leo declared 2026 as the Jubilee Year of St. Francis. 

We will recite the Pope's prayer to St. Francis at the conclusion of Mass. Prayer cards can be found in the pews.

Prayer:

Saint Francis, our brother, you who eight hundred years ago
went to meet Sister Death as a man at peace,
intercede for us before the Lord.

You recognized true peace in the Crucifix of San Damiano,
teach us to seek in Him the source of all reconciliation
that breaks down every wall.

You who, unarmed, crossed the lines of war
and misunderstanding,
give us the courage to build bridges
where the world raises up boundaries.

In this time afflicted by conflict and division,
intercede for us so that we may become peacemakers:
unarmed and disarming witnesses of the peace that comes from Christ.

Amen