Principal calls vandalism at Catholic school in Washington ‘a hate crime’ August 15, 2022By Richard Szczepanowski Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News St. Anthony Catholic School in Northeast Washington has been vandalized twice in less than a week in what the principal of the school is calling “a hate crime.”
Catholic agencies feel pinch of fewer donations for school-supply drives August 15, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, News, Schools, World News The National Retail Federation reported in June that school-supply prices were expected to increase by 40 percent and one loan company said 37 percent of parents with school-age children said they are unable to afford back-to-school shopping.
Archdiocese of Baltimore welcomes new school leaders August 10, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Several elementary and high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are under new leadership.
Baltimore native feels ‘at home’ with Philadelphia’s Sisters of St. Francis July 28, 2022By Mike Lang Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Vocations On Aug. 6, Ann Dutrow will profess final vows with the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia in Aston, Pa., with her biological and Franciscan families on hand.
Former Hagerstown principal dies at 86 July 18, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries, Schools A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Barbara Mary Slaney was offered June 29 at Villa Assumpta in Towson. Sister Barbara Mary died June 22. She was 86.
Annual conference puts emphasis on values, ways to renew Catholic education July 15, 2022By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News About 350 attended the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education’s annual conference July 11-14 at The Catholic University of America in Washington. Participants represented 88 schools and organizations and 45 dioceses. Sullivan called the mood “incredibly hopeful and joyful.”
Bishop urges Catholic educators to see importance of the Eucharist July 15, 2022By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Schools, World News Addressing Catholic educators at an annual national conference, Bishop Thomas A. Daly of Spokane, Washington, urged them to make sure their work was always rooted in the importance of the Eucharist.
Women’s Education Alliance hires Sandoval as director of student outcomes July 12, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Women’s Education Alliance, which serves Catholic schools in Baltimore City in underprivileged communities, hired veteran principal Valerie A. Sandoval as its director of student outcomes and program evaluation.
Spotlighting four Archdiocese of Baltimore Distinctive Scholars June 30, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Catholic Review spotlights four of Archdiocese of Baltimore’s distinctive scholars from the region’s 18 Catholic high schools.
Catholic high school graduation numbers, valedictorians and salutatorians at a glance June 28, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic high school graduation by the numbers.
Court: Tuition program excluding religious schools is unconstitutional June 21, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, Supreme Court, World News In a 6-3 ruling June 21, the Supreme Court said a Maine tuition aid program that excluded religious schools violated the Constitution’s free exercise clause.
Catholic school in Uvalde, Texas, is reaching out to help community heal June 16, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News The first image on Sacred Heart Catholic School’s website is a map of Texas with children’s handprints and the message “Uvalde Strong” with a moving banner underneath that says: “Pray for Uvalde.”
