Joyfully Catholic, fully alive.
Discover the difference of a Catholic, classical high school.
Joyfully Catholic, fully alive.
Discover the difference of a Catholic, classical high school.
Joyfully Catholic, fully alive.
Discover the difference of a Catholic, classical high school.
Joyfully Catholic, fully alive.
Discover the difference of a Catholic, classical high school.
Building a community of saints with a deep love for Jesus and the Church.
Seeking excellence in our children’s moral and academic formation.
Educating high school students in the Catholic classical tradition.
High School with a Higher Purpose
Martin Saints Classical High School is a private Catholic high school that provides a rigorous curriculum integrated with the Catholic faith. Launched in the fall of 2017, we are part of the growing Chesterton Schools Network. Our goal is not merely academic excellence, but to cultivate love for all that is good, true, and beautiful. Daily worship and the classical liberal arts are at the core, centering everything we do. But our curriculum also incorporates craftsmanship, service learning, the fine arts, and outdoor adventure.
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Humanities
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Math & Science
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Arts & Craftsmanship
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Faith & Spirituality
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Athletics & Activities
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Frassati Fridays
Affiliations
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Chesterton Schools Network
Martin Saints is a member of the international Chesterton Schools Network. Named for G. K. Chesterton, who lived the Catholic faith with wit, wisdom, clarity, and charity, Chesterton network schools offer a broad liberal arts education with an emphasis on cultivating Christian virtues. The beauty and goodness of God’s creation are woven into the entire curriculum. We study the great books of western civilization. We welcome all the tough questions that high school students ask. Our teaching style emphasizes good writing, clear thinking, and seminar-style conversation.
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Institute for Catholic Liberal Education
Since the Second Vatican Council, the Church has called for the renewal of Catholic education at all levels, from grade school through universities. A Catholic education needs to be more than just a secular school with a religion class. The ICLE offers teacher training and professional development to help our faculty realize this vision. The ICLE helps us integrate faith and reason across our curriculum. The ICLE is a community of Catholic educators who create curriculum and build school culture in light of the fullness of Catholic teaching. Martin Saints was proud to host ICLE’s annual High School Leaders Forum in 2022 and 2023, when guests came from around the country to learn more about the Martin Saints model and how to found a Catholic classical high school.
Discover more about the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education here.
A Quick Look
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Our campus is located on the grounds of Holy Martyrs Parish in Oreland, a suburb north of Philadelphia, PA.
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Saints Louis and Zélie Martin were a married couple with a large family who were canonized in 2015. One of their daughters was Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, famously known as “the little flower.” The Martin “family of saints” is the only modern family canonized together on account of their family life. Louis and Zélie earned a living and faced all the challenges of family life. They raised children who knew that God was alive and active in their lives, that the created world is a sacramental world, a world of goodness, beauty and truth.
Martin Saints is also a member of the nationwide Chesterton Schools Network, which is named for the Englishman Gilbert Keith Chesterton, one of the world’s outstanding men of letters in the early 20th century. He represents the fullness of faith and reason. He wrote with wit and wisdom, exemplifying Catholic joy and common sense in the face of a skeptical culture.
As it says in the book of Hebrews, we are surrounded by a “great cloud of witnesses,” and we have many other patrons and saints that you’ll discover in our school. For example, our school field trips follow Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati's love for the arts, the outdoors, and the poor. At Martin Saints, you’ll meet many saints - and someday, we hope our alumni are saints too.
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"The glory of God is man fully alive" is our school motto. This phrase has a rich history. It is a translation from a longer sentence: "Gloria enim Dei vivens homo, vita autem hominis visio Dei." While translations from Latin to English can sometimes vary a little, we have embraced a translation used by St. John Paul II: "The glory of God is man fully alive, and the life of man is the vision of God."
In other words, to be a human being, alive and flourishing, means seeing God and being seen by God. As one commentator wrote, "the life of the Christian... is essentially knowing and being known," a knowing which is not only intellectual, but a full communion with our Creator.
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Every teacher at Martin Saints is a missionary and a minister, ready to mentor students in the Catholic faith. Every class starts with prayer, and connections with our faith are integrated into all aspects of the curriculum. Faith and reason, science and religion, are complementary at Martin Saints.
Hard questions are always welcome! We have a “theology Q&A” box, where anyone can ask an anonymous question anytime. Roughly once a month, we gather the whole school to discuss the latest questions. Questions and conversation are normal parts of exploring and growing up in the faith.
We also have regular, daily school devotions. On any given day, the whole school might gather for Mass, rosary, Liturgy of the Hours, lectio divina, Benediction, or informal talks.
