Infant Jesus in Nashua celebrates Catholic Schools Week

NASHUA – Infant Jesus School, along with 7,500 other Catholic schools across the country, celebrated Catholic Schools Week from Jan. 27-Feb. 2. The purpose of Catholic Schools Week, which was started in 1974, is to build community awareness of and involvement in Catholic schools throughout the country. Or, as Father Patrick, of Blessed John XXIII Parish in Nashua, called it, “It is a weeklong pep rally for Catholic education.” The theme this year was “Catholic Schools Raise the Standards,” and the students at Infant Jesus School did not disappoint. The celebration at Infant Jesus began Monday morning with a Mass at which the students presented all of the mittens and gloves they collected as part of their schoolwide Helping Hands Project. All of the mittens and gloves were to be donated to the Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter and Corpus Christi Food Pantry. On Tuesday morning, the hallways overflowed with excitement as the students welcomed their “Special Person” to their classroom.