A Catholic academy principal who spent the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic shopping for groceries for her students’ families is expanding her charitable mission now that the health crisis has hit the one-year mark.
Schools
Only in Print: Building for a Better Future
It’s been a year since Xavier High School students went on their last service trip, through the school’s Companions of St. Francis Xavier (CFX) Service and Immersion Program, because of the pandemic.
Only in Print: Molloy Students Shine In KofC Essay Contest
Six Archbishop Molloy High School students were recently named as winners and first runners-up in an essay contest held by the Knights of Columbus’ Juniper Valley Council #14578.
Recognizing Women Prophets in the Old Testament
“Are there any women prophets in your book?” That’s the question that stuck with Kieran Larkin, a religious studies teacher at The Mary Louis Academy, after he published his first book, “Messengers of God: A Survey of Old Testament Prophets,” in 2019. Having written about male prophets who were chosen by God to deliver messages of encouragement or condemnation — like Elijah, Isaiah, and Jeremiah — Larkin did a deep dive into the few “prophetesses” mentioned in Scripture.
What’s Life Been Like Since Becoming Fully Vaccinated?
Ashley Lantz was one of the first local Catholic school teachers to receive the first vaccine shot when appointments opened in early January. As luck would have it — or rather, it being “a part of God’s plan,” as Lantz says — she found an afternoon appointment on Jan. 11, the first day of eligibility for teachers in New York City.
Only in Print: Their Moment to Shine: Students Use Ingenuity, Science to Sanitize PPE
When personal protective equipment (PPE) was hard to find early in the pandemic, St. John’s University Associate Professor Charles Fortmann saw the challenge and put on his thinking cap.
The Tablet Launches COVID-19 Relief Fundraiser for Catholic Schools
The Tablet will officially launch its monthlong “COVID Relief Fundraiser for Catholic Schools” on March 15. Schools and students in the diocese’s 69 parish schools and Catholic academies will directly benefit by earning cash for themselves and their families through selling subscriptions to The Tablet.
CHSAA Leaders Call for Emergency Hearing With City on High-Risk Sports Decision
The Catholic High School Sports Athletic Association (CHSAA), for both the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Archdiocese of New York, is asking the city council’s Committee on Health to host an emergency hearing in regards to playing high-risk sports locally.
DOE Reinstates ‘Pre-K for All’ Programs in Three Diocese Schools
Following appeals and review processes that have been going on since the fall, the city’s Department of Education (DOE) has reinstated “Pre-K for All” programs in three diocesan schools next year.
Sacred Heart’s Pre-K Program to Get Second Look
City Councilman Robert Holden offered a glimmer of hope that a popular universal pre-K program at Sacred Heart Catholic Academy in Glendale that was targeted for closure might not have to shut its doors after all.