Knights of St. Paul
St. Michael
Pre-K4 & 4th Grade
BLUE
St. Joseph
Kindergarten & 2nd Grade
RED
St. Stephen
Pre-K3 & 5th Grade
YELLOW
St. Thomas More
1st Grade & 3rd Grade
GREEN
House Service Projects
The Knights of St. Michael made door decorations for The Haven of Our Lady of Peace Nursing Home, made fleece blankets for the Alpha Center, and created handmade rosaries, which were sent to a village in Uganda! It was amazing to see the pictures from Africa of the children holding the rosaries that our students made! They also made Christmas cards and collected “fuzzy socks” for the Navy Marine Corps Relief Fund supporting widows of military veterans.
The Knights of St. Joseph have found ways to serve the parish of St. Joseph by organizing bake sales for the Gulf Coast Kid’s House, collecting donations for the Alpha Center and Families First Network, volunteering at St. Joseph’s annual BBQ and Blues event, and cleaning up St. Joseph cemetery. Our knights recently hosted a pajama drive for the Gulf Coast Kid’s House and are planning a spring Feast Day Bake Sale.
The Knights of St. Stephen started the “Defending the Faith” Letter Writing Campaign to the Florida Legislature by learning about Florida Catholic Conference legislative priorities – Life, Education, Health Care, and Family/Social Concerns; identifying local legislators, and how to write a letter to an elected official. They plan to continue working on this service project for the 2022 Legislative session.
St.Thomas More Knights made Christmas cards for our school neighbors, supported Operation Gratitude by writing letters to active duty service members and first responders, and made cards for Veterans at the Veterans hospital. They also joined in the hurricane Sally relief efforts in 2020. They continue to recycle the mass programs after every school Mass.
The middle school house program, Knights of St. Paul, began in 2014. Each house is composed of students in grades 6, 7, 8. They are divided up between four different groups. Within these groups, they will work on team building, academic success, citizenship, competition, and service to the school, the diocese, and to the community.
These communities will enable all of the students to have a feeling of belonging to a special group, and will foster a healthy spirit of excellence, team building, and service through various activities. The four knight houses are:
The Knights of St. Michael
The Knights of St. Joseph
The Knights of St. Thomas More
The Knights of St. Stephen
These names were chosen to honor four of the schools that contributed to Catholic Education in the Pensacola area, but are no longer in existence. We feel that by using these names we will be adding to the spirit of Catholic Education in the local Pensacola area. We continue the work that they started so long ago. Incoming knight candidates learn about each of the schools that the groups were named for, then a spiritual reflection on their role in their families, school, and community.