Hello Dear Friends of SHV: Today the Villa is participating in Give STL Day. It is a day set apart for non-profits in the St. Lous area to raise awareness of the good works we do and name any particular need we want assistance with to meet our goal. At the Villa we are in need of improvements to ...

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Sacred Heart Villa opened their doors on January 3, 1940 to serve the Italian familes who needed childcare. Over the last 85 years, Sacred Heart Villa has developed into an Early Childhood Center serving 2, 3, and 4 year olds. This year, we will be celebrating 85 years in various ways. Hopefully, yo...

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Sacred Heart Villa 1940-2025 The vision of Sacred Heart Villa began to take shape in October 1937 when permission was given by Archbishop Glennon with the help of Father Lupo, pastor of St. Ambrose parish, to purchase the property for a kindergarten and a day nursery at the corner of Macklind ...

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The youngsters at Sacred Heart Villa are soaking up so much summer fun! The children have been enjoying the water place stations set up in our outdoor classroom space. They have also been seen dressed in their colorful swim attire walking down the sidewalk as they head to Berra Park to play in the w...

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Art, summer camp, STEAM, Olympics

SHV’s Summer Camp has been full of fun and exciting activities. The week of June 17th we celebrated a week dedicated to the renowned child author Eric Carle. We selected several of his books that had very different “characters”: The Tiny Seed; From Head to Toe; Brown Bear, Brown Be...

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summer camp