Milford Catholic Elementary Fills Sacred Heart Church With Joyful Singing

On Thursday evening, December 10, families, friends, and community members packed Sacred Heart Church in Milford to celebrate the season by hearing Milford Catholic Elementary School’s Old Fashioned Christmas concert. Led by music director Jesse Fontaine, all of the grades performed traditional Christmas melodies, including “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” and “Deck the Halls.” The MCES Chorus and the school’s two bell choirs also performed, and the students reenacted a living nativity, telling the story of the very first Christmas.

“The children sounded wonderful. It’s always an uplifting way to prepare for the Christmas season,” said Marie Sciretta, the principal of Milford Catholic. “The students work very hard with Mr. Fontaine and it’s a joy for the whole community to hear them sing and play.”

Grades prekindergarten and kindergarten through the sixth grade participated, with each grade singing three classic Christmas songs. The MCES Chorus, consisting of fourth, fifth and sixth grade students, sang “The Holly and the Ivy” and “Wake From Your Sleep,” while the two bell choirs (one made up of fifth and sixth graders and the other consisting of fourth graders) performed “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and “What Child Is This?” Following the living nativity, the church rang out in a singalong of “Silent Night.”

Milford Catholic Elementary School is a family-oriented school for grades preschool and kindergarten through sixth grade, preparing students for the future with strong academics combined with Catholic values. MCES has been teaching students since 1975 after a merger of St. Mary’s Grammar School and Sacred Heart Elementary School, and opens its doors to students from communities throughout the area.