Diocesan schools celebrate National Catholic Schools Week

Fifth though eighth grade students at Holy Infancy School, Bethlehem make rosary bracelets as a ministry for their pastor, Father Andy Gehringer, to take to home-bound parishioners and for the parish to distribute to service members from the parish.

The 40 schools and nearly 1,000 faculty and staff of the Diocese of Allentown celebrated Catholic Schools Week Jan. 26-Feb. 1 with open houses, Masses, recognition events and lots of fun activities.

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Above. Students at Good Shepherd Catholic School, Northampton have a great time with their prayer partners working on a service project, decorating placemats to send to the local assisted living facilities and bookmarks to send to all their parishes. Click on any other picture on this page to browse the gallery.

Immaculate Conception Academy, Douglassville students posing for a wax figure activity are Lakota Keeler as Pocahontas, left, and Skylar Cava as Misty Copeland.

Taking a buddy to breakfast at Trinity Academy at the Fr. Walter J. Ciszek Education Center, Shenandoah.

Students at St. Peter School, Reading write letters to their benefactors.

Middle school students at St. Joseph the Worker School, Orefield coordinate a service project for the Allentown Rescue Mission.

Nothing says school spirit like a pep rally at Bethlehem Catholic High School.

Enjoying the movie night and sleepover tradition at John Paul II Center for Special Learning, Shillington are, from left, Xavier, Logan, Alex and Angel.

Fifth-graders lead the rosary at Sacred Heart School, Bath: Raymond Grover, left, who started the rosary, and Julian Augello, right, with teacher Allison Hammer.

Students have a blast playing dodgeball at St. John Vianney Regional School, Allentown.

Putting their feet together for Crazy Hat and Sock Day at St. Elizabeth Regional School, Whitehall.

Students dressed up like the career they want to be when they grow up for Vocation/Career Day at Holy Guardian Angels School, Reading. Parents came in to speak about their careers, including a fire truck, a SWAT truck, a state trooper and an ambulance.