Our annual Catholic Schools Week section looks at trends and programs in Catholic education.
- January 28, 2011
- Catholic education brings many blessings - Copy
The week of Jan. 30, Catholic schools throughout our diocese will join with others across the nation in celebrating Catholic Schools Week. It marks an appropriate time to reflect on the many blessings our schools bring to our families, children, staff and entire community.
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- January 28, 2011
- How can new heyday develop? - Copy
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During what she termed the heyday of Catholic education in the 1950s and 1960s, "parents felt obligated to send their children to Catholic school," recalled Sister Jane Herb, IHM, Albany's diocesan superintendent of schools.
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- January 28, 2011
- Declines are profound across Northeast - Copy
The Diocese of Rochester is among several Northeastern U.S. dioceses and archdioceses in which declines in Catholic-school enrollment exceed the national average.
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- January 28, 2011
- New parish-run schools put to the test - Copy
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Students at St. Joseph School in Penfield looked like they were taking midterm exams, but they were actually working on "learning celebrations," according to Felician Sister Christina Marie Luczynski.
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- January 28, 2011
- Schools ace efforts at Christmas charity - Copy
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Although toys and games are generally coveted among her peers, Brittany Hathaway began her shopping trip Dec. 10 by heading right to the store clothing section. That's because her designated gift recipient was an 11-year-old girl who comes from a family struggling to make ends meet.
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- January 28, 2011
- Clubs expand kids' horizons - Copy
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Hand-knit scarves. Doggy chew toys. Bowling shoes. Recorders. On the surface these items don't seem to have much, if anything, in common. Each one, however, is an integral part of an extracurricular club at a Catholic school within the Diocese of Rochester.
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