Cross Catholic Outreach’s Box of Joy® provides schools, parishes, organizations, and families with an inspiring opportunity to send gifts to Haiti, Guatemala and other developing countries. A #BoxOfJoy is a Christmas “shoe box”, donated and filled with toys, clothing, school supplies, hygiene items, drawings, photos, notes... Each gift includes a rosary and The Story of Jesus, and may be the only Christmas gift children in developing countries are blessed to receive. STS students and families put together 122 boxes this year, such a huge success that we will now provide this gift every November. STS hopes to become a northern NJ drop-off location in order grow this wonderful project.
On Saturday, October 1, Bishop Sweeney celebrated the feast of our patron saint with STS students and families. Some STS students were active participants in the mass and... a portrait of our Saint Thérèse of Lisieux!