Clare Duffy ‘22 Heads to Washington, DC to Represent Minnesota at Girls Nation July 20, 2021 Senior Clare Duffy is a Girls nation Senator for Minnesota Saint John’s Preparatory School is proud to announce that Senior Clare Duffy is one of just two students selected to represent Minnesota at American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation in Washington, D.C. Clare ‘22 is the daughter of Megan and Brendon Duffy of Cold Spring and […]
New Scholarship Offered to Local Catholic Students June 28, 2021 Scholarship Opportunity for Parish Members in Central Minnesota Saint John’s Prep is excited to offer a new scholarship opportunity Central Minnesota families who are Catholic. This award is available to students who are active in their parish communities and are interested in continuing their education rooted in the Catholic Benedictine tradition at Saint John’s Prep. […]
2021 Top Ten Graduates May 20, 2021 Saint John’s Preparatory School Announces Top Ten 2021 Graduates Saint John’s Preparatory School in Collegeville will hold its 164th commencement ceremony Friday, May 28, 2021 at the Saint John’s Abbey Church, beginning with a 3:00 p.m. with a Baccalaureate Mass, followed by a commencement ceremony. 36 students will receive diplomas this year. 18 of the […]
Hope this Easter March 30, 2021 Easter Hope “Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection not in books alone but in every leaf in springtime.” Martin Luther “We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” Pope John Paul II It is no coincidence that for eighteen centuries, Easter has been celebrated as spring begins (at least in […]
From the Head of School: Our Lenten Journey February 17, 2021 A Lenten Journey Journey is an oft-used metaphor to describe Lent, no doubt because the season spans a total of 46 days and provides ample time for thoughtful spiritual and personal reflection. The dictionary defines journey as both a noun – like a trip – and a verb – an act of traveling. I much prefer […]
SJP Senior Named National Merit Finalist February 16, 2021 Saint John’s Prep’s Alton Mies ’21 Recognized by NMS Collegeville, MN: Saint John’s Prep Senior Alton Mies, son of Susan and Jeff Mies of Cold Spring, MN is a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Alton is the brother of Regan ’18 and Anson ’22. As a finalist, Alton is now one of 15,000 […]
Our Role in a Complex World- Commentary from Jon McGee February 4, 2021 Our Role in a Complex World “Before any action we take, we must remember to move forward with love.” Martin Luther King, Jr. All of us likely would acknowledge that we live in remarkably complicated times. But our students – all born since the turn of the century – have known only remarkably complicated times, […]
2020-21 Academics, Arts and Athletics Award December 29, 2020 Seniors Alton Mies and Valeriya Woodard are the 2020-21 Saint John’s Prep recipients of the “Triple A (Academics, Arts and Athletics) Award” by the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL). According to the MSHSL, the purpose of this program is to recognize and honor high school seniors who have excelled in the classroom, on the […]
Christmas Blessings from Saint John’s Prep December 21, 2020 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human […]
Thanksgiving 2020: Reflect in Gratitude November 24, 2020 Thanksgiving 2020 The following message was shared by Head of School Jon McGee to Saint John’s Prep families for Thanksgiving 2020. “Gratitude at its deepest level embraces all of life with thanksgiving: the good and the bad, the joyful and the painful, the holy and the not so holy… I am gradually learning that […]
