The Sister Celestine Pommerel Society recognizes generous donors who make Annual Gifts to St. Joseph's Academy of $1,000 or more. The society bears the name of the Academy's first principal, Sister Celestine Pommerel, CSJ. Arriving in the late 1830s, she was one of the first Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet to settle in St. Louis. It was under her leadership that St. Joseph's Academy was established in 1840. The Sister Celestine Pommerel Society giving levels are:
Platinum Circle: $1,000,000+
Diamond Circle: $500,000-$999,999
Gold Circle: $250,000-$499,999
Lyon Circle: $150,000-$249,999
Carondelet Circle: $50,000 - $149,999
Fontbonne Circle: $25,000 - $49,999
St. Joseph our Patron Circle: $10,000 - $24,999
Sr. Mary de Paul Circle: $5,000 - $9,999
The Academy Circle: $2,500 - $4,999
Archangel Circle: $1,000 - $2,499