​School of the Epiphany offers faith formation classes along with its rigorous academic curriculum inspired by our Catholic tradition. We welcome students of all backgrounds to learn about our Catholic faith. Our school prepares young Catholics for the sacraments of Reconciliation, First Communion, and Confirmation.

Sacraments

​Reconciliation and
First Communion
We prepare our 2nd graders for their first encounter with the Eucharist through First Communion and their first confession, healing themselves of their sins.

​Confirmation
We guide our students ready to become full members of the Church from choosing their confirmation saint name to receiving the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Liturgy

Weekly Mass and Prayer Services
Our 3rd-8th graders attend the 8 am Mass once a week to share in the celebration of the Eucharist. Our middle school students also participate in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament once a month. As a school, we celebrate feast days and Holy Days of Obligation with a Mass or prayer service.

Altar Serving
Our 5-8th grade boys and girls have the opportunity to become altar servers for the Church.

Choir
Our students participate in a children's choir who perform every Sunday. The choir members practice every Tuesday after school and are led by Leon Palad, Epiphany's music director.

Community Service

​Lenten Food Drive
During Thanksgiving and the Lenten seasons, we donate canned foods to the St. Vincent de Paul Society for those in need of food.

Pajaro Community Project
Every December, we enter the Advent Season with the Pajaro Community Project.  School of the Epiphany has aided St. Peter's Parish in Pacifica by adopting families of Assumption Parish for the past 18 years. 
Our Lady of Assumption Church in Pajaro serves the poorest of farm workers and their families in the Salinas Valley.  Most families can only find limited work or are unemployed from November to February.  During these months they are in desperate need of food.

Traditions and celebrations

​Feast of St. Francis
Every October 4, we invite our students and families to bring their pets (and stuffed animals!) to Morning Assembly where our priests bless them with holy water.

​Feast of San Lorenzo Ruiz
Every September 28, we celebrate the feast day of San Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint. San Lorenzo's devotion and commitment to his faith inspires our community to serve the Church with the same spirit.

​All Souls Day
​(Dia de los Muertos/Araw ng mga Patay)
In November, we remember those who have died. Inspired by Latino and Filipino cultures, classes create ofrendas, or altars, to honor the souls who have passed away.

Foundress Day
Our school was founded by the Sisters of the Presentation. We honor its foundress, Nano Nagle, and all sisters who have served our community every year in November.

​Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
​In December, we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and honor San Juan Diego Cuāuhtlahtoātzin with a special prayer service.

​Christmas Program
During the season of Advent, each class performs a song for our families to get our community in the holiday spirit!

​Feast of the Epiphany
For our school's feast day, we celebrate with a Mass as our students participate in a faith drama featuring the Three Wise Men.

Stations of the Cross
During Holy Week, our school comes together to remember the Passion of Jesus Christ with a prayer service. Our students lead us in the Stations of the Cross as we reflect on the Lenten Season in the day's leading up to Good Friday.

​May Crowning
Our students lead a prayer service to honor Mary, every May. We crown a statue of Mary to remember that she is the Mother of God and patron of our school.

"Go therefore and make disciples
​of all nations..."
Matthew 28:19