By Currents News
Students at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Academy combined their math skills with a meaningful cause during a school-wide Math-a-Thon, raising more than $17,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The funds raised by the Queens school will help families of children facing life-threatening illnesses cover not only medical treatment but also travel, housing and food expenses.
In addition to the successful fundraiser, the academy is hosting a special exhibit on Wednesday, March 25.
The “Eucharistic Miracles of the World” exhibit will be on display at the school, located at 219 Beach 129th Street, from 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The exhibit highlights the Catholic Church’s newest canonized teenager, St. Carlo Acutis, and his devotion to the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, which he promoted through a website he created using his computer skills.