Holy Ghost Church & Rectory, 1927
Holy Spirit School Fremont has been serving the community in education and public service since 1956. Its faculty and staff comprise a strong fellowship rooted in the Catholic faith and dedicated to provide the best education to its students.
The school was initially envisioned in 1951 by Fr. John Curran, who served as the third pastor of the then Holy Ghost Church. During that time, the Glenmoor Gardens and Cabrillo Park housing developments brought a sharp increase in the population, and the need for a parish school became apparent. In response to the growing educational needs, Fr. Curran began buying land around the church grounds from neighbors. In 1953, Fr. Curran left Holy Ghost Church, but his goal to develop a catholic school continued to move forward.
Thanks to a sizable donation by the Brophy sisters, the goal became a reality.
School graduated its first class. For the next quarter century, the sisters steered the course of the school, molded and influenced the lives of countless students and their families.
Ground was broken for the school in February 1956, and by September, the school opened its doors and welcomed its first four classes (Grades 1 through 4).
In 1961, the founding leaders of the school, the Holy Names Sisters, saw the success of their efforts when Holy Spirit
On Pentecost Sunday, 1969, at the dedication of the newly enlarged church, Bishop Floyd Begin officially changed the name of Holy Ghost Church and school, to Holy Spirit Church and Holy Spirit School.
When the Holy Names Sisters withdrew from the school in June of 1978, the responsibility of educating Holy Spirit School’s youth was passed on to a a new staff. Those staff members, and all those who followed afterwards, have passionately continued the work the Sisters began long ago.
