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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.

Leo students share original stories of faith

On Jan. 29, the day before the polar vortex hit the Chicago area, about 20 second-graders sat quietly on the floor of a classroom at the Academy of St. Benedict the African, 6020 S. Laflin St., and listened as six sophomores from Leo High School read them books about faith that they wrote themselves.

Application process open for tax-credit scholarships

Plenty of Chicago-area Catholic school families and leaders are excited about the opportunity for students to receive tax-credit scholarships. Now they need more Illinois residents and businesses to donate to the organizations that grant such scholarships to Catholic school families.

Marian’s Sister Mary Jo using newfound fame to talk about God

Before she was a sister, Sister Mary Jo Sobieck was an athlete. Sister Mary Jo, 50, started playing softball, basketball and volleyball in elementary school, and she was a three-sport athlete all through high school and her first two years of college. She dropped basketball for her final two years, but stuck with softball and volleyball.

41 years of opening her arms to students

Renee Mandeldove first met Bridgid Miller in 1980, when she moved her four oldest children to St. Malachy School, 2252 W. Washington Blvd. Miller was a young principal, having only been in the position for two years. But she embraced Mandeldove’s family, Mandeldove said.

Dedicated teacher marks 50 years of forming minds at St. Richard School

When Joanne Gaus arrived at St. Richard School after graduating with a teaching degree in December 1968, the world was a different place. There was a glut of teachers, for one thing, she said, and it was hard to find a job. Her interview at St. Richard was the third one she had — her mother drove her and waited in the car in a snowstorm — and she was grateful to be offered a position.
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