Welcome to Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic School! Our school represents a new era in Catholic education in North County, while remaining deeply rooted in our history and energized by our future.

Our History

  • 1918 -  Sts. John & James school opened in portable building
  • 1921 - Holy Ghost mission church opened as mission of Sts. James & John
  • 1931 - Holy Angels (Our Lady of the Angels) school established which was the first Catholic school serving African-Americans in St. Louis served by Sisters of Notre Dame and then the Oblate Sisters of Providence
  • 1925 - Ground breaking and cornerstone laid for the first granite school building
  • 1940 - Holy Ghost Parish School opened and staffed by Franciscan Sisters
  • 1947 - Construction began again facing Chambers Road to add cafeteria, kitchen, bathrooms, showers, 4 new classrooms, medical room, and a library
  • 1947 - Integration of Catholic Schools
  • 1948- Cornerstone laid for new addition
  • 1953 - School enlarged and 6 more classrooms were erected
  • 1953 - St. Sebastian school established and served by the Sisters of the Incarnate Word
  • 1958 - Good Shepherd parish opened and served by the Religious of the Sacred Heart
  • 1961 - Church addition which added the food of the cross shape so the current church is in the shape of a cross
  • 1963 - Church closed for repairs of new addition problems and Masses held in the auditorium and cafeteria
  • 1964 - Church reopened
  • 1965 - New convent opened and occupied by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
  • 1967 - New rectory erected
  • 1981 - Central air-conditioning added to the church
  • 2005 - Merging of St. Sebastian, Holy Ghost, Holy Angels, St. Bartholomew, Good Shepherd, and Sts. John and James at Sts. John and James
  • 2005 - School name changed to Blessed Teresa of Calcutta School
  • 2012 - Parish Center built
  • 2023 - Parish subsumed into Sacred Heart along with St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
  • 2026 - Sacred Heart celebrates 160 years

In 2023, Sacred Heart Parish welcomed the communities of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta and St. Rose Philippine Duchesne to create a new, larger parish community. Our community is now blessed with new faces, new energy, and a new drive to bring Jesus to our broader community. The rich traditions of our church have long been enhanced and fortified by our mission to provide a Christ-centered elementary education to all who seek it. 


Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne was a pioneering force in Catholic education who ministered to children right down the street from Sacred Heart Parish at what is now the Old St. Ferdinand Shrine.

Our parish embraces this mission by supporting two elementary schools with over 600 students in Preschool through 8th grade.

 

We are not bound by the past but emboldened by it. With over 150 years at Sacred Heart and over 100 years at our Blessed Teresa campus, we are seeking new methods, new collaborations, and new passions to sustain our two school campuses.