Salve Regina Academy (with slide show)

by Marie Elena Giossi Born of economic necessity and declining enrollments, Salve Regina Catholic Academy opened in East New York this fall. One month into the new school year, the academy already features the largest enrollment of any diocesan elementary school and Principal William Geasor believes the move to an academy model will ensure Catholic […]

Christ Jesus, Our Hope – Reconfiguration Has Brought New Life to Neighborhood Schools

by Jay Akasie This is the second article in a special series on the reconfiguration process in the diocese. Never tell a determined and talented Catholic community that something can’t be done if they put their minds and resources together to accomplish it. When the situation looked bleak for Our Lady of Grace School, Howard […]

Father William J. Byron, S.J.

Business Strategies Can Benefit Church

by Father William J. Byron, S.J. The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management held its seventh annual meeting in June. It aimed to bring business executives and church leaders together to discuss the application of “best practices” from business to the management needs of the Catholic Church. The previous six meetings were held at the […]