Trip to the Holy Land

I wanted to let everyone know that there is a trip available for anyone interested to go to the Holy Land for 7-8 days next June, 2014.  We would visit Mt. Tabor, Nazareth, Cana, Galilee, Capernaum, the Jordan River, Bethlehem, and finally Jerusalem, and so much more!  If you are interested please let me know.  Any person young or old can attend as long as they are able to get around fairly easily.

The trip to Italy with 17 participants from Sacred Heart was a huge success and thank you for your prayers!  We visited Venice, Florence, Pisa, Assisi, Rome, and the Vatican and we were able to be present when our new Holy Father Pope Francis came out!  It was a great time.  I'm in the process of looking into planning a trip to the Holy Land in June 2014.  If you are interested please let me know.  God bless you, Mr.F

The Sacred Heart Cathedral School middle school students successfully raised over $3600 for Pro Life Across America this year!  Thank you all that donated time, talent, and treasure for this worthy endeavor.  The 8th grade class brought in the most money and were rewarded with a party, prizes, and extra credit.  The billboard will be located at 2500 E Wyatt Earp in Dodge City!  The billboard will be up for more than a year!

Available at the New Life Bookstore at the Cathedral and at the Sacred Heart Catholic School office is a book I put together called Reflection of the Son.  Reflection of the Son is a Scriptural Rosary Book and Marian Guide that is sure to help anyone grow in praying the rosary.  A portion of the proceeds goes to Seminarians and Catholic education.  The cost is $15.95 and there is a discount for purchasing books in quantities of 5.  God bless you and Mary lead you to her Son!!!

Nearly every week, each student will learn a prayer that they will need to know along with the chapter we study.  I would greatly appreciate it if you could ask your child what prayer they need to know for the week.  I try to have an easier prayer than a harder one week by week.  Hopefully you can pray this prayer as a family, in the car, before meals, so that as a family you can come to love praying the prayers of the Church.  God bless you always!!!

Thank you for the opportunity to teach your child this upcoming school year!  I hope and pray that your student will be enriched this year in his or her faith and will want to share what he or she has learned with you and your family.  Religion is more than just a subject in school, but it is a way of life and if nurtured by the family it is a seed that can produce much fruit.  The most important thing that I seek to accomplish this year is that your child will fall deeper in love with Christ and his Church.  Through a variety of means your student will experience the truths of the Catholic faith personally and with the Holy Spirit’s help, seek to grow in holiness, virtue, and sanctity.  Know that I am eager to teach your child the truths of our Catholic faith passed down through the Scriptures, Tradition, and the Magisterium of the Church.  The majority of what we study can be referenced in the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Bible.  Please feel free to contact me through e-mail ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) if you have any questions or stop by.  My door is always open!  May God bless you always and please keep myself all the Sacred Heart students in your prayers.  May God be praised and Mary pray for us!

Tony Frasco

Helpful Hints for Parents: (A MUST READ)

1. 1. Nearly every week I give a Religion Quiz and a great way to help your student to prepare is to go over the Vocabulary in the Chapter of their Religion book and study the Review Section.  Also every week I assign a prayer which I tell the students about a week prior.  Studying the prayer of the week with your student in the car, at dinner, at half time, will surely help them!
2. 2. Encourage your student to turn in homework when it is due.  The students that do poorly in Religion are those that don’t turn in their homework.  I assign homework and have it due the next day in class, or I give class time and have it due at the end of class.  At times, I will assign a religion project and each student will be given ample time to complete it.