Throughout December, South Jersey Catholic School students have been preparing their hearts – and those in their local communities – for Christmas. From caroling and public performances to dance, music concerts and live Nativities, the Diocese’s elementary and high schools have spent Advent laying a path to the hope, peace, joy and love of Our Savior. (courtesy photos)

Kindergarteners sing in the mid-December Christmas show at Saint Mary School, Williamstown.

Matteo Johnson, a senior in Camden Catholic High School, Cherry Hill, plays the marimba during the school’s Christmas Small Group Recital on Dec. 14.

Riley Angelone, a second-grader at Saint Rose of Lima School, Haddon Heights, leads classmates in song during a visit at the start of the month to the Barnes & Noble in Cherry Hill. The visit was part of a book fair that benefits the school library.

Seventh-grader Addison Ridinger of Saint Rose of Lima School enjoys performing for patrons of Barnes & Noble earlier this month in Cherry Hill. Having the sixth- and seventh-grade students, along with others from grades two and three, perform was a good way to lift spirits in the weeks leading up to Christmas, school staff said.

Second-graders Caylee Cohen and Jackson McDermott portray Mary and Joseph in the Saint Mary School Nativity and Christmas show in Williamstown.














