Featured Events
2025 Fleur-de-Lis Gala
Join Us on February 28, 2025!
In 2025, we will celebrate our 10th Annual Fleur-de-Lis Gala on Friday, February 28! This is our fourth time hosting in February, and everyone loved the Friday night - so we are bringing it back!
Join us for the 2025 Fleur-de-Lis Gala at Drury Lane (Oakbrook Terrace) on Friday, February 28. Students will be your hosts for an incredible evening of music and merriment.
The evening will feature choir performances, dancing, an art exhibition, a silent auction, and a raffle for cash prizes. The highlight will be the student hosts, dinner, a band, dancing, and a plea from students to donate to our school.
This is an adult event for those 21 and older. Our current students attend and sit with their parents. Alumni under 21 can attend with their own parents.
Open House November
Join us for Mass at 8 AM, Presentation at 9 AM, Visit Classes Afterwards. We want to show you the Chesterton Difference. So come check out Philosophy, Literature, Chemistry and so much more. Coffee and Light Snacks available after Mass!
All Saints Day of Giving
Regarding modern man, G.K. Chesterton once wrote: “He has always lost his way; but now he has lost his address.”
At Chesterton Academy of The Holy Family, we know our true address to be in Heaven. We guide our students toward this ultimate home through the truths of the Catholic faith and by bringing them into conversation with the greatest thinkers and Saints. This prepares them to confront the biggest questions and challenges of the modern world, with the friendliness to bring others along for the journey.
Now in our 10th year, our joyfully Catholic, classical education is an antidote to the aimlessness pervading our culture. Your support is crucial to the success of our work. On November 1, we invite you to participate in Chesterton Academy of The Holy Family’s second annual All Saints’ Day of Giving.
Last year, our inaugural All Saints’ Day of Giving exceeded its goal, raising $28,530. This year, we have set our sights higher with a fundraising goal of $50,000. Your gift will support our Saints Fund, providing critically needed dollars for the operation of the school, including helping to recruit and retain faithful Catholic faculty, allowing for a Chaplain and daily Mass, and providing meaningful faith formation and student life opportunities.
MAKE YOUR GIFT TODAY OR ON NOVEMBER 1 and help us meet and exceed our $50,000 goal.
Please give generously and support our future saints!
Open House
Join us for Mass at 8 AM, Presentation at 9 AM, Visit Classes Afterwards. We want to show you the Chesterton Difference. So come check out Philosophy, Literature, Chemistry and so much more. Coffee and Light Snacks available after Mass!
High School All Sport Back-to-School Camp
Register Here
Who: All CATHF Students (including incoming Freshmen)
What: An All-Sports camp for students to participate in every sport currently offered at Chesterton. Students will have an opportunity to do each sport. Coaches will provide sessions for the students to see what it would be like to play each sport.
Why: So any/all CATHF students can have the experience of what it means to be a Saint and play any sport for our school.
Cost: The camp is included in the annual ‘Sporting Fee’ that is assessed to each athlete annually
Fore! All the Marbles Golf Outing
Join us as we celebrate Chesterton Academy of The Holy Family with our inaugural golf outing, Fore! All the Marbles. It promises to be a day filled with fun and camaraderie on the links as we raise scholarship funds for our students!
Baccalaureate Mass and Graduation
The Baccalaureate Mass and Graduation is a required event for all students. Join us as we celebrate our graduating seniors. Following the mass and ceremony there will be a reception outside.
The Taming of the Shrew
"The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare presented by the Seniors is a comedic play that explores themes of Male and Female power dynamics, and love. Set in Padua, Italy, the story follows the courtship of the fiery and independent Katherine, known as the "shrew," and the clever Petruchio, who endeavors to "tame" her. Through a series of witty exchanges, disguises, and schemes, Petruchio gradually subdues Katherine. Meanwhile, a subplot unfolds with the courtship of Bianca, Katherine's younger sister, by several suitors.
The Taming of the Shrew
"The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare presented by the Seniors is a comedic play that explores themes of Male and Female power dynamics, and love. Set in Padua, Italy, the story follows the courtship of the fiery and independent Katherine, known as the "shrew," and the clever Petruchio, who endeavors to "tame" her. Through a series of witty exchanges, disguises, and schemes, Petruchio gradually subdues Katherine. Meanwhile, a subplot unfolds with the courtship of Bianca, Katherine's younger sister, by several suitors.
The Taming of the Shrew
"The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare presented by the Seniors is a comedic play that explores themes of Male and Female power dynamics, and love. Set in Padua, Italy, the story follows the courtship of the fiery and independent Katherine, known as the "shrew," and the clever Petruchio, who endeavors to "tame" her. Through a series of witty exchanges, disguises, and schemes, Petruchio gradually subdues Katherine. Meanwhile, a subplot unfolds with the courtship of Bianca, Katherine's younger sister, by several suitors.
The Taming of the Shrew
"The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare presented by the Seniors is a comedic play that explores themes of Male and Female power dynamics, and love. Set in Padua, Italy, the story follows the courtship of the fiery and independent Katherine, known as the "shrew," and the clever Petruchio, who endeavors to "tame" her. Through a series of witty exchanges, disguises, and schemes, Petruchio gradually subdues Katherine. Meanwhile, a subplot unfolds with the courtship of Bianca, Katherine's younger sister, by several suitors.
Admissions Open House
All 6th and 7th graders and their parents are welcome to learn more about Chesterton Academy!
Senior Pilgrimage to Italy
Senior Pilgrimage to Italy
March 11 - 24, 2024
The 2024 pilgrimage will include time in Rome and Assisi and a few new stops along the way. We strongly encourage students to pay their own way. Parents are requested to help with fundraising. Start praying and discerning today if God wants you on the 2024 Lenten pilgrimage.
Why Italy?
Rome is the eternal city--not only because it is the spiritual capital of our Faith, but because of its central role in over 2500 years of history. As such it also occupies a conspicuous place in the imaginations of Chesterton students, as it is present in the background of so much of our curriculum.
Our pilgrimage takes us to all the major churches in Rome, and on to Orvieto, and Assisi in just under two weeks. In Assisi, we visited the tombs of St. Francis, St. Clare and Blessed Carlo Acutis. In 2023, we will also enjoy a day-trip to Florence to see Michelangelo’s David, the Duomo, Baptistry and other incredible works of art. We will walk the paths of pilgrims, pray at the tombs of the martyrs, and enjoy being steeped in Italian culture. Accompanied by our tour director, Joe Long and his team at ProRome, this pilgrimage helps our students grow in faith and deepen their friendships—all while learning about the history of our Church and the Eternal City and beyond.
Little can prepare the student for the awesome visceral experience of seeing so much of what they have been taught at Chesterton brought to life around them. And nothing else can imprint that gathered wisdom on their souls, as this pilgrimage--a pilgrimage that truly unites the three pillars of our educational model, and that shows to their minds, and hearts and senses, the truth, goodness and beauty of their civilizational inheritance.
2024 Fleur-de-Lis Gala
Join Us on February 9, 2024!
In 2024, we will celebrate our 9th Annual Fleur-de-Lis Gala on Friday, February 9! This is our third time hosting in February and everyone loved the Friday night - so we are bringing it back!
Join us for the 2024 Fleur-de-Lis Gala at Drury Lane (Oakbrook Terrace) on Friday, February 9. Students will be your hosts for an incredible evening of music & merriment..
The evening will feature choir performances, dancing, an art exhibition, silent auction, and raffle for cash prizes. The highlight of the evening will be the student hosts, dinner, a band and dancing and a plea from students to donate to our school.
This is an adult event for 21+. Our current students attend and sit with their parents. Alumni under 21, can attend with their own parent.
November Open House
Are you seeking an educational experience that goes beyond mere academics? Do you desire an environment where faith, reason, and virtue are seamlessly integrated into your child's growth? Look no further than Chesterton Academy of the Holy Family, the premier Catholic classical school in the area.
Open House
Are you seeking an educational experience that goes beyond mere academics? Do you desire an environment where faith, reason, and virtue are seamlessly integrated into your child's growth? Look no further than Chesterton Academy of the Holy Family, the premier Catholic classical school in the area.
Korczak's Children | Saturday @7PM
Korczak’s Children is about Dr. Janusz Korczak, a Polish and Jewish hero who lived in Warsaw, Poland and the children he raised in his Jewish orphanage. Janusz Korczak was the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit, who was a pediatrician, educator and children's writer. He ran orphanages in Poland for over 20 years.
Our play takes place in 1942 during the Nazi invasion of Poland, when the orphanage was moved into the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw, Poland. Dr. Korczak’s philosophy of raising children was unique for his time. He felt children should be treated with both love and respect. Korczak was not only their “parent” but their teacher and friend. He encouraged the children to put on concerts and plays on a regular basis. The play gives us a glimpse of a few weeks in the life of the people living in the orphanage. Korczak did his best to create as good and safe a home as possible for these children, but at one point, he discovers that his only recourse is to simply be there with them...
Korczak's Children | Saturday @2PM
Korczak’s Children is about Dr. Janusz Korczak, a Polish and Jewish hero who lived in Warsaw, Poland and the children he raised in his Jewish orphanage. Janusz Korczak was the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit, who was a pediatrician, educator and children's writer. He ran orphanages in Poland for over 20 years.
Our play takes place in 1942 during the Nazi invasion of Poland, when the orphanage was moved into the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw, Poland. Dr. Korczak’s philosophy of raising children was unique for his time. He felt children should be treated with both love and respect. Korczak was not only their “parent” but their teacher and friend. He encouraged the children to put on concerts and plays on a regular basis. The play gives us a glimpse of a few weeks in the life of the people living in the orphanage. Korczak did his best to create as good and safe a home as possible for these children, but at one point, he discovers that his only recourse is to simply be there with them...