450 students from pre-K to 12th grade participated along with teachers, staff and families.
School News
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) has officially accredited all eight diocesan Catholic schools in Maine.
Fr. Finn, in collaboration with the Mercy Center, will foster the liturgical, spiritual, and personal development of the entire college community
Kathy Martin has been named head of school for all of Saint Dominic Academy (pre-K through grade 12)
John Patrick “J.P.” Yorkey will be the new principal at the Brunswick school effective July 1, 2024
Dawn Theriault will be the new principal of Saint Dominic Academy’s Lewiston campus at the beginning of the 2024-2025 academic year.
Dr. Timothy Kane will be the new principal at St. James School in Biddeford effective July 1, 2024
The two-student team, named Team Europa, launched and performed an electromagnetic frequency radiation test on a high-altitude balloon to explore the effects of electromagnetic pulse radiation (EMP) on electronics and equipment.
Cheverus High School celebrated its graduation on Monday, June 3, at a packed Merrill Auditorium in Portland.
St. Dom's held its graduation ceremony for the class of 2024 on Friday, May 24 at its Auburn campus, with Bishop James Ruggieri in attendance
Shelly Wheeler is named the new leader of Maine Catholic Schools effective July 1, 2024
St. Dominic Academy announces this week that it has successfully reached its Dion Impact Scholarship Match campaign goal of $100,000.
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.
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 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.
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, a recent graduate of Saint Dominic Academy, and Madeline Fowler, who graduated from Cheverus H.S. in Portland are the winners of the 2023 Catholic Foundation of Maine Lila Grace Sullivan Amirault 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.
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.
William Ridge, a teacher at Holy Cross School in South Portland, wins the 2023 Maine Catholic School Teacher of the Year Award.
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.
The bishop spent the day participating in special activities and speaking to students at the academy.
