The bell won’t ring again at Riverside’s St. Francis de Sales School. Parents learned in April that the school would close in June but some mounted a fundraising effort — and a proposal they ...

Parent Forrest Bennett and Dylan Bennett, 12, speak outside St. Francis de Sales Catholic School in Riverside on Friday, April 25, 2025. Zachary Gomez is at right.

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 24, 2025 / 04:00 am Every Jan. 24, the Catholic Church celebrates St. Francis de Sales, bishop of Geneva and doctor of the Church, known as “the saint of kindness.” ...

St. Francis de Sales Catholic School fifth graders Landon Gutierrez, Lilian Gutierrez and Sarah Salinas are seen Friday, June 6, 2025, on the last day before summer vacation.

Carol Zimmermann, news editor of the National Catholic Reporter, smiles after she was presented with the 2025 St. Francis de Sales Award June 27, 2025, during the Catholic Media Conference in Phoenix.

In 1979, Pope John Paul 11 declared St. Francis the patron saint of ecology, an honor that made him the patron saint of animals to many. It’s a popular practice on his feast day for people to ...

Fernandes directed the property, assets and liabilities of St. Leonard go to St. Francis de Sales and the city of Heath to become part of the St. Francis de Sales boundary.

St. Francis de Sales School in Riverside, seen Tuesday, June 3, 2025, will close, officials announced Friday, June 6, 2025. The downtown Catholic school has educated students for 107 years.