Get to Know Frassati Catholic
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Our Vision
Through a robust college-preparatory curriculum rooted in the Catholic faith, Frassati Catholic High School prepares students to walk on the path of true happiness. Inspired by our patron, Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati, Man of the Beatitudes, graduates of Frassati Catholic will be true moral, intellectual, and civic leaders who lead others on the path to beatitude. Frassati Catholic graduates will be agents of change in all sectors of society, building a culture that embodies the truth about the human person who is destined to share in God’s own divine life.
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A Message from the Principal
Confident, joyful, and excited.These words could describe any student at Frassati Catholic High School, but they could just as well describe our patron Pier Giorgio Frassati. We look to Pier Giorgio Frassati as our guide and role model, seeking to follow him to the heights of virtue and holiness. Now in our thirteenth academic year, our journey following in the footsteps of Saint Pier Giorgio has taken us through tremendous growth and expansion, truly a journey marked by confidence, joy, and excitement.
As we look to the future, we never lose sight of our patron and the belief that holiness—and therefore, true happiness—is attainable for all of our students. It is our goal that every person involved with Frassati Catholic High School come to know the happiness for which God has created them. I invite you to learn more about Saint Pier Giorgio and the dynamic community he has inspired.
In Christ,
Sister Scholastica, O.P.
Principal
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Our Patron
St. Pier Giorgio was known for his joy and jokes, his athleticism, his care for the poor, his political activism, his selflessness, and for challenging his friends to virtue. His life illustrates that the words faithful, virtuous, joyful, zealous, athletic, studious, and servant can all be used to describe a person who is animated by the Gospel message of Jesus Christ.
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Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia
Responding to the call of Pope Saint John Paul II for a “new evangelization” and to the growing need in the world for witness to the Gospel message, the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia have extended their presence in schools throughout the country and beyond.
Leading up to the school's opening in 2013, the Dominican Sisters oversaw the development of the curriculum, assisted the Board of Directors in fundraising efforts, and laid the groundwork for the school we know today. The Dominican Sisters that administer and staff Frassati Catholic High School are integral to the fabric of our community.
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Follow Saint Pier Giorgio on the Path to Beatitude
In just thirteen years, Frassati Catholic has experienced remarkable growth and expansion. With a student population of roughly 364, Frassati Catholic students have found success in the classroom, on the field, and work to develop a deep relationship with Christ.
Frassati Catholic is ranked a top-25 school in the nation, and with a curriculum centered on Ethics & Culture, our students are provided a well rounded education that forms the foundation for their future. It's no wonder why in just four graduating classes, Frassati Catholic graduates have earned more than $18.5 million in scholarships to 175 colleges and universities worldwide.
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A School of the Beatitudes“The Beatitudes respond to the desire for happiness that God has placed in the human heart.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1725) The word beatitude means happiness, and by giving us the beatitudes, Jesus was responding to the deepest desire of the human heart—the desire to attain everlasting happiness. Attaining the happiness that God intends for us can be very difficult in a fallen world, where many things can appear to be sources of happiness but actually are not. True happiness is found only when we act in accord with our God-given human nature; in other words, we are happy when we are doing what we were created to do. “The Beatitudes are the paradoxical promises that sustain hope,” helping us to navigate through the sufferings of this life and to entrust our happiness to God rather than try to create it ourselves on our own terms. (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1717) The goal of Frassati Catholic High School is for every person involved with the high school—faculty, staff, parents, students, benefactors, and friends— to know the happiness for which God has created them.Beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1990, who gave him the unique title Man of the Beatitudes, Pier Giorgio illumines for us the way of beatitude, that is, the way of true happiness. His life shows that happiness does not depend on the absence of trials, as he was able to be joyful even in the midst of tremendous suffering. His life eloquently teaches the wisdom of the beatitudes: that happiness does not depend upon wealth, fame, success, or even health but only in receiving God’s love and then pouring out that divine love in concrete ways.Pure of heart and ardent in charity, Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati learned to see reality—to see the human person and the world as they truly are. That is to say, to see the world as God sees it. Such sight, such wisdom, is the ultimate purpose of Catholic education. It is attainable by prayer and study through the lens of the Beatitudes: both in the classroom through the intellectual pursuit of truth in all its dimensions as well as outside of the classroom through the service learning program, athletics, and other extracurricular activities.
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Building the School of the Beatitudes
Bringing a Catholic high school to North Houston was a dream for our founders, and one that was years in the making.
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