Tag: Catholic schools
With Faithful Beginnings, CSCOE aims to help preschools flourish
The initiative is part of Catholic Schools Center of Excellence’s mission to strengthen Catholic education and student enrollment in grade schools and early childhood programs in the archdiocese by creating a network of preschools with similar goals.
Teacher-pilgrims from Our Lady of Grace bring home the Holy Land
Teacher-pilgrims from Our Lady of Grace in Edina to enhance school’s Holy Week experience
Proposed legislation to benefit Catholic schools, prospective families in need
A bill that can help middle and low-income families afford a Catholic or private school made headway among Minnesota state Senate and House committees Jan. 24.
Three urban Catholic schools partner for long-term success
The kindergarten through eighth-grade schools — Ascension Catholic School in north Minneapolis, St. John Paul II Catholic Preparatory School in northeast Minneapolis and St. Peter Claver Catholic School in St. Paul — comprise Ascension Catholic Academy. With Ascension serving as the anchor school, its staff is responsible for managing daily operations of all three.
Sister teaches younger brother at Holy Family Academy
Fifth-graders in teacher Becca Reinhardt’s class at Holy Family Academy in St. Louis Park were asked if she shows favoritism to one particular student, Sam.
Speaker: Catholic schools must cultivate identity to keep students in the faith
The vision for Catholic education outlined in many Church documents hasn’t changed, but some Catholic schools need to regain this vision and develop a traditional Catholic identity in order to raise future Church and societal leaders in the faith, said Jamie Arthur, director of the Cardinal Newman Society’s Catholic Education Honor Roll who spoke at an event for parents Jan. 19 at St. John the Baptist in New Brighton.
Stillwater family carries on Zach Sobiech’s legacy
Danny Valerius of Stillwater stood with his parents and two older brothers in the Mall of America rotunda as a crowd of hundreds gathered Dec. 9 for an annual fundraising event put on by KS95 radio to honor the memory of Zach Sobiech, who died of cancer in 2013 at age 18.
Three Catholic high schools sweep first Thanksgiving girls basketball tournament
Academy of Holy Angels, Cretin-Derham Hall and Holy Family each went 2-0 in the Thanksgiving girls basketball tournament at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Nov. 25-26. An estimated 1,400 fans attended the tourney hosted by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Office of Stewardship and Development. Twelve Catholic high school varsity teams and the schools’ junior varsity and/or ‘B’ squads participated in the hoops showcase.
12,000 attend inaugural all-school Mass of the Holy Spirit
An estimated 12,000 students, teachers and staff of Catholic schools filled CHS Field in St. Paul Sept. 22 for the first all-school Mass of the Holy Spirit in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Why you should support school choice proposals before the MN Legislature
Q&A with the Minnesota Catholic Conference’s Shawn Peterson
Gov. Dayton gets down with the kids on tour of Ascension School
Governor said he’s impressed by the learning environment at northside Minneapolis Catholic school.
Ascension icon Dorwatha Woods retiring
29 years later, veteran principal says, “There were things God wanted me to do here.”
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