Spiritual Growth

Students at Prince of Peace begin and end each day with prayer.

Tenets of Catholicism are woven into every class and activity. Our students demonstrate their faith in acts of service, sacraments, weekly mass, and school-wide celebrations.

Virtues in Practice

The Catholic school’s task is fundamentally a synthesis of culture and faith, and a synthesis of faith and life: the first is reached by integrating all the different aspects of human knowledge through the subjects taught, in the light of the Gospel; the second is the growth of the virtues characteristic of the Christian. 

-Congregation for Catholic Education, The Catholic School 37

Students at Prince of Peace grow as Christians with monthly school-wide themed activities. Emphasis on a different virtue each month takes place over a three year period, starting with the Year of Faith, then the Year of Hope, and finally the Year of Charity. To learn more about this program created by the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia, please click the Parent Guide link.

  • Weekly Mass

    Students in grades K-8 join together every week for a celebration of the Eucharist. Parents and the community are welcome to join our school mass, where a school choir leads the liturgical music and students serve as ushers, gift bearers, altar servers, and readers.

  • Prayer

    We start the day, start each class, and end the day in prayer. Gratitude for what we are given is woven throughout our students’ entire day.

  • Sacramental Preparation

    Second graders prepare for Reconciliation and First Holy Communion together in their religion classes. In eighth grade, students journey together as they prepare for their Confirmation.

  • Stations of the Cross

    Students join together weekly in the season of Lent to journey with Jesus on his Way of the Cross.

  • Holy Rosary

    Throughout the year, and especially in the months of October and May, students pray the rosary together in their classrooms.

  • Prayer Services and Retreats

    Grade levels join together and take turns preparing weekly prayer services throughout the Lenten and Advent seasons. Middle school students gather as a class and grow in their faith at yearly retreats.

  • May Crowning

    We honor Jesus’s mother by giving her a special crown of flowers. Second-grade students present the crown to Mary in May.

  • Living Way of the Cross

    As a special project, students in eighth-grade write, practice, and act out a living version of the Stations of the Cross. All classes attend this moving event.

  • Day Chapel

    The open doors of the Day Chapel invite middle schoolers to a moment of prayer as they enter the building each morning. Although located in the middle school building, the Day Chapel is open to all classes throughout the year.