Service is one of the hallmarks of a Mercy McAuley High School education. Throughout the year, Mercy McAuley students participate in a variety of service projects that strengthen their faith, improve the community and prove how they can make a difference in the world. This past summer, a group of …

Congratulations on your new job as the Associate Director of the Office for Persons with Disabilities! What attracted you to the position? I am a mother of five, and four of my children have special needs. My older children have a form of juvenile onset macular degeneration called Stargardt Disease, …

The Student Services Hallway is a strategic and new initiative for the Catholic Central School community. With the restructuring of the school, the middle school relocated to the newer building addition, which opened in 2014. This relocation allowed for the strategic creation of the Student Services Hallway. This wing houses …

Dios crea a cada ser humano en un acto de amor divino. Como católicos, creemos que la vida humana comienza en la concepción y se desarrolla durante el tiempo que se nos da en esta tierra hasta nuestra muerte natural. Tenemos la firme esperanza de que Dios, quien nos creó …

McNicholas is excited to unveil Leadership McNick, its newest initiative in the development of compassionate leaders. Leadership McNick is a four-year, intentional growth experience that combines high-quality leadership training with small-group relationship building, retreat programming, vocation and career exploration, and formal and informal mentoring. McNicholas Student Culture Coordinator, Todd Naumann, …

by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Sep 16, 2022 / 12:00 pm Pope Francis expressed his “availability” to meet with Chinese president Xi Jinping while both men were in Kazakhstan this week, but China declined, according to a Reuters report citing an unnamed Vatican official. Pope Francis was in Nur-Sultan, the Kazakh capital …

by Zelda Caldwell, Jonathan Liedl Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 16, 2022 / 11:10 am Marcus Freeman, head coach of the University of Notre Dame’s football team, told members of the press Sept. 15 that he had tried to keep his recent conversion to the Catholic faith under wraps. The news that he had …

by AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Sep 16, 2022 / 05:08 am By a broad majority, members of the European Parliament on Thursday condemned the escalating repression against the Catholic Church and others in Nicaragua. The resolution, passed Sept. 15., criticized the arbitrary “arrest of Bishop Rolando Álvarez” of Matagalpa and called “for his …

Written by Gail Finke Illustrated by Emma Cassani 1852 St. Sebastian parish formed for German-speaking parishioners of St. Rose and St. John the Baptist parishes. Traveling Precious Blood Fathers celebrated Mass. 1853 Temporary church built. The name was proposed by the oldest parishioner, Sebastian Schraner. 1879 Brick church, designed by …

Our Church celebrates World Mission Month in October; but mission is not just the Church’s focus—it is the Church’s future. Of the 1.4 billion Catholics in the world, 48% are in the Americas, with 28% living in South America. Membership in the Church is increasing, with Africa leading the way. …