St. Joseph Catholic Academy - Springfield, MO

St. Joseph Catholic Academy had the honor last week of celebrating our 8th Grade Class of 2026. 💯👩🏻‍🎓👏🏻

Blessings on all of them as they fly on to their next great big adventure: high school!

Tomorrow (Friday, May 15) St. Joseph Catholic Academy will be celebrating the graduation of our 8th Graders at our 8:30 am Mass. We are so proud of these students as they prepare to spread their wings and fly!🪽

⚠️ Guests, please arrive early to assure seating, and please come to the side (north) door of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Springfield MO to enter. The physical address of St. Joseph Church is 1101 N. Campbell Avenue, Springfield Missouri.

There will be a light reception inside St. Joseph Catholic Academy after the ceremony.

It's the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima - which, for the past couple years, has been our school's day to celebrate crowning Mary as the Queen of May! 🌹 Our May Crowning took place right after the morning Mass today, and was very well-attended.

"The queen symbol was attributed to Mary," said St. Pope John Paul II, "because she was a perfect follower of Christ, who is the absolute ‘crown’ of creation. She is the Mother of the Son of God, who is the messianic King. Mary is the Mother of Christ, the Word Incarnate…Mary is the perfect follower of Christ. ...Thus, in an eminent way, she won the ‘crown of righteousness,’ ‘the crown of life,’ ‘the crown of glory’ that is promised to those who follow Christ.” 👑

For more information on the May Crowning of Mary tradition, check out this article from the National Catholic Register: https://www.ncregister.com/features/crowning-mary-a-may-tradition

Thanks to all the school families and guests who came out to participate in this beautiful ceremony!