Consider St. Stanislaus School, where educators utilize an Integrated Approach to Literacy Education. The goal of this Integrated Approach is to provide programs in which students have productive, manageable, and meaningful reading and writing experiences. A balanced approach to literacy incorporates teacher development and parent involvement. Working with “best practice” benchmarks, our faculty continuously seeks to improve the quality of education which results in better student learning. 

St. Stanislaus Parish School continues to examine curriculum, instruction and assessment in light of the rigor-Relevance-Relationship framework developed by the International Center for Educational Leadership. Teachers move from a knowledge awareness perspective to enabling students to apply knowledge and relate it to “real life” situations. 

Of course, teaching students the gospel message of Jesus Christ is integral to all the activities of the School. Through experiences of prayer, sacraments and religious instruction, students are formed in an atmosphere where Catholic morals and attitudes are omnipresent.  With a strong faith life our children will be better prepared to assume a meaningful role in building up Christian community in their own families someday.

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North Penn’s oldest Catholic parish (founded in 1876) welcomes you! 

 The establishment of the Lansdale Catholic Community was closely tied to the expansion of the rail lines into Montgomery County in the middle part of the 19th century. Philip Lansdale Fox was chief surveyor of the North Pennsylvania Railroad’s project to build a rail line from Philadelphia to the Borough founded in 1856 that eventually bore his name (Lansdale, PA). That line was extended later to Doylestown and Bethlehem. With the railroads came new residents to the area – many associated with the railroads and others seeking farming and manufacturing-related employment opportunities.     

   More than a few of the new arrivals were Catholic families who had to make the long Sunday journey to either Doylestown or Norristown for Mass, catechetical instruction and sacramental celebrations. By 1875 Lansdale Catholics were served by priests from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Doylestown. A more comprehensive plan was devised and approved by Archbishop Wood to build little churches in towns with Catholic populations, to act as missions of larger parishes. Lansdale, because of its rail facilities, was best suited for a Parish. In 1876 St. Stanislaus Parish was created and with monies collected from a handful of Catholic families, the ground where sits most of the current parish campus was purchased. Construction of the “First Church” was quickly begun, with the first Mass celebrated in a mostly-finished sacred space on December 8, 1876.

   St. Stanislaus Parish’s early years were busy simply because of the sheer size of the parish boundaries.  Archbishop Ryan decided that Lansdale be the center of Catholic activity in the North Penn area. Priests from St. Stanislaus served the Catholics in the communities of North Wales, Hatfield, Upper Gwynedd, Sellersville, Hilltown and Quakertown. Over time, each of these areas was set up as an independent parish from territory that was once part of St. Stanislaus.

  Hard-working, visionary pastoral leaders and the ardent faith of the people gave rise to a vibrant Catholic community that always looked outward. Catholic education began at St. Stanislaus School in 1891 and was coordinated first by a lay faculty, then by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, then by the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia. Increasing numbers of Catholics required the building or receipt of donated buildings (1925, 1948, 1949, 1978), a bigger Church (1911, 1964), and renovation of parish meeting space (2008). The post-World War II years brought many new needs due to population volume: a new church, a grade school reconditioning of existing buildings, a new rectory and convent.

   Parishioners embraced the challenged put forth at Vatican Council II for the laity to assume a more active role in the Church. Presently there are about 60 groups in the parish, including a lead Parish Council and Stewardship Committee, adult education, youth programs, an active social services’ outreach, RCIA, prayer, sacramental preparation efforts and many more. The concept of Stewardship was introduced in the Parish in the latter part of the 1990s and stimulated a “new look” at one’s commitment to faith, parish, and the interplay between them.  

  Over thirteen and a half decades of its existence, St. Stanislaus Parish has risen to the challenge of proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ and forming community where faith can be nurtured. Grateful for what God has accomplished here, we look forward to facing – and overcoming – the challenges that lie ahead. Our vibrant parish has a long history of faith-filled, charitable members, hard-working pastoral leaders, zealous Catholic educators and promoters of justice for the less fortunate.