“The history of salvation is being accomplished in the midst of the history of the world,” wrote St. Pope Paul VI in March 1971. In other words: human history is salvation history. St. Francis Xavier Catholic School students know.

St. Francis Xavier Catholic School students begin every weekend with prayer. On Fridays before dismissal, our scholars gather in their respective classrooms, calmly quiet down, and pray the Rosary together.

Teachers at St. Francis Xavier Catholic School have a special tool in their tool belts when teaching students to read and write well. 

St. Francis Xavier (SFX) Catholic School 1st through 7th grade students closed out the 2023-2024 school year on Friday, May 24, with a special Mass. 

Mrs. Emily Holt’s Kindergarten class learned about various community service roles during their field trip to Homewood on Friday.

St. Francis Xavier (SFX) Catholic School 8th Graders graduated on Tuesday after a special Mass at SFX Catholic Church.

Students of all ages at St. Francis Xavier (SFX) Catholic School celebrated a successful 2023-2024 school year on Friday at the annual Spring Fling.

Father Bill Lucas currently serves as the pastor of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Pell City, but just over 50 years ago, he was a student at St. Francis Xavier (SFX) Catholic School in Birmingham’s Crestline neighborhood.

Students at St. Francis Xavier (SFX) Catholic School celebrated the Crowning of Mary during Wednesday’s school Mass by laying flowers in front of a statue of the Virgin.

Sixteen of Ms. Marie Hayes’s 2nd-grade students received Holy Communion for the first time last weekend at St. Francis Xavier (SFX) Catholic Church.