January 28, 2011 Dear friends of Catholic education, Last fall New York Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan published an article in the journal America titled “The Catholic Schools We Need.” In this article, he acknowledged the many challenges facing Catholic schools in today’s world. He described the incalculable value of our …

February 1, 2011   ST. FRANCIS DE SALES DEANERY — McNicholas High School freshman Kristen Rehl has always thought of her grandmother, Patricia Murphy, as a living saint.  So when English teacher Meloney Feldkamp and student teacher Ashley Markesbery told her class about a writing contest where students had to …

January 31, 2011 By Mike Dyer   ST. LAWRENCE DEANERY — The opportunity to perform in front of a national theater audience and Broadway professionals had 18 students from our Lady of Victory School filled with anticipation as they traveled to Atlanta the weekend of Jan. 14-16.

February 3, 2011 By Eileen Connelly   ARCHDIOCESE — Community service is expected of students at Catholic high schools, be it volunteering at a local social service agency or participating on a mission trip. High school faculty members are also putting their faith into action, modeling the Gospel call to …

February 2, 2011 By David Eck ST. ANDREW DEANERY — Sometimes it takes a lifetime for people to realize the joys and challenges that come from philanthropy, but a group of students at Mount Notre Dame High School is already experiencing them.

February 1, 2001 By Eilleen Connelly, OSU   ARCHDIOCESE — The archdiocesan Catholic Schools Office recently launched new marketing strategies geared toward facilitating communication and building community among teachers, parents and students at schools in Cincinnati, Dayton and the northern Miami Valley.

January 31, 2011 By David Eck ARCHDIOCESE — At Chaminade Julienne High School in Dayton the six students with cognitive disabilities at the school spend much of their day in standard classrooms learning side-by-side with their peers and keeping up with the class work as they are able.

January 29, 2011 By Mary Caffrey Knapke   ST. MARYS DEANERY — Bags of small plastic beads in hues from white to blue to black, are piled on a table with strands of cord. It could be a scene from any crafter’s kitchen. But when these beads are strung, cords …

January 26, 2011 By Sister Eileen Connelly   CATHEDRAL DEANERY — During a recent Thursday morning music class at St. Boniface School in Northside the sweet, cheerful voices of preschoolers rang out as they sang “Jesus Loves the Little Ones Like Me.”

January 26, 2011 By Catholic News Service POTOMAC, Md. — Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. was “a man for this age,” whose faith shaped his work on behalf of the poor around the world and his work in defending the dignity of all human life, said Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl …