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School News: Roger Bacon Underwater Hockey
On a bright, sunny, but chilly day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Roger Bacon High School Team A finished Sunday’s tournament action with 0 wins and 2 losses in the second and final day of the 2022 Milwaukee Fall Tournament, finishing in 9th place in this regional invitational tournament, while Roger …
School News: MND Welcomes Author for Common Read Event
Reading, OH – Mount Notre Dame (MND) was honored to welcome New York Times best-selling author Immaculée Ilibagiza to school on October 26, 2022 for a day of interaction and conversation about her work, “Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa.” The book, …
HARRY AND LINDA FATH MAKE TRANSFORMATIONAL GIFT OF $50M TO XAVIER UNIVERSITY
Nov 2, 2022 Xavier University today announced receipt of a $50-million gift from Harry and Linda Fath. This extraordinary gift is the largest in the University’s 191-year history and will enhance Xavier’s ability to make its Jesuit Catholic education more affordable to talented students. Reclassified as a Doctoral Professional university …
‘Miracle’ caught on video: Priest escapes unharmed when SUV hurdles his car
by Joe Bukuras Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 1, 2022 / 14:10 pm Eighty-seven-year-old Father John Bok was a physics teacher earlier in his life, but he just can’t wrap his head around the physics of how another car hurdled his own on his way to celebrate Sunday Mass in October. …
Ohio senate race: What Catholics should know about J.D. Vance, Tim Ryan
by Jonah McKeown, Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 28, 2022 / 14:10 pm The U.S. Senate race in Ohio, set to be decided at the midterm elections on Nov. 8, features a pair of Catholics with diverging policy positions. Republican J.D. Vance, a Catholic convert, is squaring off against Rep. …
COVID setback: Public school students in some grades lost more ground than Catholic school students
by Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Oct 26, 2022 / 07:45 am The pandemic’s negative effect on learning was more pronounced among fourth- and eighth-graders at public schools than among their Catholic school counterparts, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Education. The new data comes from The …
La Salle High School Announces Search for its First President Under New Model
The search for La Salle High School’s first president began on October 19th after the La Salle Board of Limited Jurisdiction announced an organizational restructure that would pursue the adoption of the President+Principal Model during the 2022-2023 Academic Year. Since its founding in 1960 by Archbishop Karl Alter, the all-male …
St. Vincent de Paul Announces New CEO
Brad McMonigle takes leadership role after successful tenure at Talbert House CINCINNATI, OH, October 26, 2022 – Following an extensive search over the last three months, St. Vincent de Paul – Cincinnati, a leading non-profit serving neighbors in need across Cincinnati and Hamilton County, is pleased to announce that Brad …
7 Things to consider when choosing a Catholic High School
Choosing a high school is one of those decisions that carries a lot of weight. After all, the school you choose for your son or daughter will influence essentially every aspect of their lives. So how do you go about choosing the right school for your son or daughter? Outside …
Paul Zimmerman named Badin’s ‘Educator of the Excellence’ in annual Wilks ‘Hamilton Celebrates Education’ program
Check a student list of favorite teachers at Badin High School, and the name of Mr. Paul Zimmerman is a fixture on it. Zimmerman, now in his 38th year teaching Social Studies at Badin, was recognized as the school’s 2022 Educator of Excellence through the Harry T. Wilks “Hamilton Celebrates …