Ask students in Our Lady of Sorrows School what they enjoyed most about Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., visiting March 6, and they agree: having the opportunity to meet and learn more about his role. “I was surprised to hear the Bishop say he was friends with the Pope,” Max Roberts, a fifth-grader in the Hamilton school,
Energy was high and there were smiles all around Burlington County’s only Catholic high school as students, faculty and staff welcomed Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., Feb. 7. PHOTO GALLERY: Bishop O’Connell visits Holy Cross Preparatory Academy, Delran The day marked the Bishop’s first visit to the school since it reopened as the new Holy
Colleen Moten is all set to do whatever needs to be done to help make Catholic Schools Week 2020 a success in Sacred Heart School, Mount Holly. “I’ll be here as much as I can,” the mother of sixth-grader, Morgan Moten said as she cited a few of the numerous activities that are planned for
If there’s one thing opening day of Catholic Schools Week in St. Jerome School made perfectly clear to Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., it’s that students there are amassing a wide range of knowledge. His tour Jan. 27 of the in West Long Branch school’s 11 classrooms and computer lab revealed that teachers are opening
Squeals and shouts of joy arose from the Sea Bright Municipal Beach the afternoon of Jan. 26 as people of all ages raced into, then quickly out of, the Atlantic Ocean to mark the 14th annual Polar Plunge for Catholic Education. The 1,000 participants who braved the 45-degree sand and surf were warmhearted knowing the
To celebrate the memory of their recently departed teacher and friend, Karin Krenek, the alumni and students in Donovan Catholic will present the musical program, “Karin’s Follies” 2 p.m. on Dec. 30 in the gymnasium at 711 Hooper Ave., Toms River. The performance will benefit a new scholarship in her honor at the Catholic igh
By Rich Fisher | Correspondent St. John Vianney High School’s first softball title since 2013 was defined in different ways by different players, but it all translated into the same emotion – ecstasy. On June 2, the Lancers of Holmdel took a pulsating, 2-1 victory over Mount St. Dominic of Caldwell in the NJSIAA Non-Public
By Christina Leslie | Correspondent “You need a team to run a school,” said Trinitarian Father Gerard F. Lynch, pastor of St. Ann Parish, about the 2010 Blue Ribbon School of Excellence which shares the church’s Lawrenceville campus. “I leave the day-to-day to principal [John] McKenna but there are no surprises, for we meet regularly.”
