In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

In Holiness & Learning

Bruins Are Happy, Healthy, Holy & Highly Prepared

Welcome to Padua Franciscan High School

Padua Franciscan High School, a Catholic, college preparatory school, committed to the traditions and values of Saint Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi, educates young men and women within a community where all are challenged to achieve academic excellence and to live out a lifelong commitment to Christ in Holiness and Learning.

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Padua News

Class of 2025 Celebrates Junior Ring

December 8th, 2023

Congratulations to the Class of 2025 on officially becoming upperclassmen! Juniors received a blessed medallion that reminds them they are Always a Bruin during Junior […]

Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass 2023

December 8th, 2023

We celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception with an all-school Mass on Friday, December 8, 2023. Fr. Johnpaul Cafiero, OFM, Dcn. Tom Litwinowicz and […]

Sarah Peterson Burkhart ’14 Named Padua Head Volleyball Coach

December 6th, 2023

The Padua Athletic Department announced the hiring of Sarah Peterson Burkhart ’14 for its Volleyball program on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. Coach Burkhart is a […]

Coin Wars Competition 2023

December 5th, 2023

Padua students, faculty and staff raised $9,585.96 during our annual Coin Wars competition on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. One-hundred percent of the proceeds will be […]

Alumni Invited to Celebrate 52nd CFO

November 28th, 2023

Padua alumni are invited to join us as we celebrate Christmas for Others! Since its inception in 1971, the Padua community has come together to […]

Annual Thanksgiving Feast 2023

November 16th, 2023

Our lunch ladies prepared a Thanksgiving feast for students, faculty and staff on Thursday, November 16, 2023. Having Thanksgiving lunch one week before the holiday […]

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Important Dates

Dec 4

Bruin Shop Open
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Dec 8

Junior Ring Ceremony & Immaculate Conception Mass

Dec 10

CFO Italian Dinner
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Dec 13

Blood Drive

Dec 17

Christmas Concert

Dec 20

CFO Mass & Alumni Reception

Dec 21

Christmas Break Begins

Jan 3

Last Day of Christmas Break

Jan 15

No Classes (MLK, Jr. Day)

Jan 16

No Classes (Faculty/Staff Retreat)

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