The school will celebrate Immaculate Conception by giving to local organization.
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Anastasia Shoulta, who had been serving as interim head of school and has been part of the Mount Merici Academy for 16 years, will take over as head of school May 1.
William Ridge, the current assistant school principal, will be the new principal, and third grade teacher Shelley Assia will be the new assistant principal.
Saint Dominic Academy students wins Travis Roy Award for best senior hockey player, St. Brigid School Student will represent Maine in Scripps National Spelling Bee
Students collected nearly 500 items that will be donated to Catholic Charities
The bishop met with students, faculty, staff and pastor in Sanford
Holy Cross School in South Portland celebrates Gold Medal for Best Private School
Kathy Martin will assume her new role in the fall of 2024
Bishop met with students from nursery through eighth grade
Students, staff and faculty met with the bishop on Lewiston and Auburn campuses
Alanna Stevenson will assume the new role in the fall.
Students at St. John's in Brunswick and St. Brigid in Portland showcase their learning.
Maggie York of St. John's Catholic Schools receives the award for 2024
The week runs from January 28 to February 3, 2024.
Students at Biddeford Catholic school shared their enthusiasm and talents with the bishop.
Students shared with the bishop all they are learning across grades and disciplines.
Winning designs came from grade groups K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
The St. James School Choir will be among the featured performers at The Alumni Band concert
The students processed into Mass at St. John Church and shared their saint's name and patronage.
St. James School in Biddeford will hold the Trot for Catholic Education 5K Run/Walk and Kids Fun Run and St. Thomas School will hold its Mingle Jingle Run.
About 30 students along with teachers, parents, and grandparents gleaned apples at Wallingford's Orchard in Auburn, which were then made into applesauce and donated to food banks.
The playground features new equipment and a new, woodchip surface.
The Société Saint Jean-Baptiste de Bienfaisance de Biddeford made a $10,000 grant to upgrade the S.T.R.E.A.M. room at St. James School in Biddeford.
Thanks to the Van Loenen Family's generosity, the playground features some new equipment, new fencing, a new buddy bench, and a new surface.
The road race benefiting Holy Cross School and other charities will now be held October 21.
Bishop Robert Deeley joined with students and staff for a Mass at Holy Cross Church in Lewiston, during which the bishop urged the students to keep Christ in their hearts and to make the most of the opportunities that lie ahead.
Johanna Lake holds a master’s degree in education leadership from the University of Maine at Farmington and bachelor’s degrees in education from the University of Maine at Fort Kent and economics from the University of Western Ontario.
NEASC accreditation is structured in a self-study report featuring input from the entire school community as well as a peer review that is completed by a visiting committee of education professionals and experts.
Middle school students at St. John’s Catholic School in Brunswick will be analyzing flight data based on an experiment they created when the Airbus Perlan Mission II heads to 90,000 feet this fall.
Two upcoming road races, including kids’ fun run events, will benefit several worthy causes and you can sign up or offer assistance now.
Madigan, who has served as principal of Waterboro Elementary School in North Waterboro since 2019, succeeds Ericka Sanborn who was interim principal at St. Thomas.
Lorelei Bonney of Saint Dominic Academy and Madeline Fowler of Cheverus High School are chosen the winners of the 2023 Catholic Foundation of Maine Lila Grace Sullivan Amirault Endowment Scholarships.
A Catholic family of five and a Catholic high school filed a lawsuit on June 13 challenging Maine’s exclusion of faith-based schools from a state tuition assistance program that has served rural families for over a century.
All students lined up, side by side, from the school on Pleasant Street to the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program on Union Street, handing each other food items to be donated to the program.
Sadie was the first-place winner for Grades K-3 in the Maine Constitution Essay and Poster Program.
Over 200 names of family members and friends who have passed away were read as candles were lit for each during the annual St. John’s Scholarship Memorial Mass held at St. John the Baptist Church in Brunswick on Tuesday, May 30.
The school has announced that Reagan Bossong is the 2023 valedictorian and Madison Hom is this year’s salutatorian.
To honor the hard work, dedication, and achievement of graduating high school seniors in their communities, many Maine parishes will celebrate graduation Masses over the next two weeks, giving parishioners a chance to join in their joyous accomplishments and wish them well.
On Monday, June 5, the entire student body at St. John’s Catholic School in Brunswick will stand side by side to provide help and comfort to many community members in need.
From watching the eggs develop in a large fish tank at the school to completing “Fishy Friday” assignments along the way, each student graphed, documented, and researched their way to the happy release on May 19.
The names of the loved ones have their names read and candles lit for them during the Mass. Some years, the number exceeds 300 beloved family and friends.
Doing so by attending Mass on the first Friday of each month for nine consecutive months also earns students a special distinction: membership in the First Friday Society of Holy Cross.
As part of the school’s annual auction this spring, Alice Turney, a second grader at St. Michael School, earned the right to be “principal for a day,” and she used the opportunity to raise money for an important cause close to her heart.
Bishop Deeley celebrated the Friday Mass which precedes Saturday's Commencement at the college.
The Feast of Our Lady of Fatima is May 13, marking the first day in 1917 on which the Blessed Mother appeared to the three shepherd children, Francisco, Jacinta, and Lucia, in Fatima in Portugal.
After months of exchanging messages of hope and kindness through letters in the mail, third graders at Holy Cross School in South Portland were able to meet their pen pals living at the Maine Veterans Home in Scarborough.
Karin Paquin, a middle school science teacher at St. John’s Catholic School in Brunswick who was selected as one of five teachers across the nation to participate in the Teachers in Space (TIS) Human Flight Program, spent her April vacation week at National Space Symposium 2023 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
National winners will be announced in the first week of July.
Students at St. Dom’s in Auburn, St. Michael in Augusta, All Saints in Bangor, St. Brigid in Portland, St. Thomas in Sanford, and Holy Cross in South Portland presented the Living Stations of the Cross for parishioners and fellow students on Good Friday.
The bishop spent the day participating in special activities and speaking to students at the academy.
