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Sister Margaret Farley retires after 44 years of service

Don’t say Notre Dame Sister Margaret Farley is retiring. “That would mean I wasn’t going to do anything else,” said Sister Margaret, 81, who formally left her position with the Office of Catholic Schools after 44 years on June 3. “Say I’m resigning.”

St. Ethelreda’s chess team offers lessons in strategy, patience

When Eric Luster starts speaking, all eyes go to the front of the room. “At the beginning, what’s the goal?” he asks, pointing to a diagram of a chess board projected onto a screen. “Control the center,” a student says.

It's in the cards for woman religious who threw perfect pitch

The perfect pitch Dominican Sister Mary Jo Sobieck threw prior to a Chicago White Sox game last summer not only went viral but is still out of the park. First, there was a bobblehead in her image and now, she has her own baseball card.

Nazareth students host prom for students with special needs

It took more than a rainy night to dampen spirits at Nazareth Academy’s prom for students with disabilities March 9.

Schools celebrate tax-credit scholarships

A March 11, 2019, event gathered more than 10 Catholic schools from the Archdiocese of Chicago at St. Agnes of Bohemia School to discuss the tax-credit scholarship program with Empower Illinois. Families from schools in the Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards and Brighton Park neighborhoods and the village of Summit spoke about how tax-credit scholarships have allowed their children to attend Catholic schools.

School choirs sing at Pueri Cantores festival

Children from more than a dozen area Catholic choirs sang at the Chicago Choral Festival and Mass presented by the American Federation Pueri Cantores on Feb. 23, 2019, at Holy Name Cathedral. AFPC is the official music organization for students in the Catholic Church and organizes choral festivals and Masses for parish and school choirs around the United States.

‘Walking Dead’ actress shares experience being deaf with alma mater

When Lauren Teruel Ridloff stepped through the door at Children of Peace School on Feb. 22, she said she felt like nothing had changed.

Academy of St. Benedict the African receives school supply donation

The Academy of St. Benedict the African in Englewood received a donation of $48,000 worth of supplies and resources from Enchanted Backpack on Feb. 28, 2019. The donation will go toward a “shopping day” for the 2019-2020 school year for students who can’t afford to purchase supplies, among other projects.

Old St. Mary’s students learning the news hands-on

At 8:15 a.m. on Fridays, classrooms at Old St. Mary’s School, 1474 S. Michigan Ave., tune into the morning news. Not the “Today Show” or “Good Morning America,” or even a program airing on a local Chicago station. Their news comes from a lot closer than that: a third-floor former breakout room that has been outfitted as TV studio, complete with green screens, teleprompters and two cameras.

Mother McAuley earns spot in Amazon’s Future Engineers program

Students at Mother McAuley Liberal High School will benefit next year from the school’s participation in Amazon’s Future Engineers program.
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