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Epiphany School student recognized for poignant poem on the “silent struggle” of human trafficking victims
June 4, 2024
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You’re on the DEV Site — NOT the LIVE Site
Archdiocese of San Francisco
Epiphany School student recognized for poignant poem on the “silent struggle” of human trafficking victims
“What a school advisory board does is take a panoramic view of what’s going on in the school, particularly in areas where there are challenges, and ask, how can we help?,” said Father Tom Martin, pastor of St. Pius Catholic School.
Serving a diverse range of students with excellence is a hallmark of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
By Ryan Mayer, Director Catholic Identity Assessment & Formation, Archdiocese of San Francisco Selected Quotations “The fecundity of conjugal love cannot be reduced solely to
Parental rights over the education of their children are a matter of religious freedom, social justice and protected by the U.S. Constitution, said two experts who spoke during Religious Freedom Week at Mater Dolorosa Parish.
Earlier this year, the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education released a new instruction reiterating the essential characteristics of Catholic schools. Citing many key Church documents on Catholic education from the past, this new instruction affirmed the importance of a “Catholic educational project” and outlined the “fundamental principles” of Christian education in schools.
Generations of St. Peter School students gathered at St. Peter Church June 5 for a Mass of Appreciation for longtime teacher Cyndi Gonzalez who is retiring after 48 years with the Mission District school.
Archbishop Cordileone praised young contestants in the Archdiocesan Respect Life Essay Contest as “an inspiring witness … of the compassionate love so needed in the world today.”
This is not a piece about the ethics of aborted-fetal-cell-derived vaccines. You’ve no doubt read enough of those. It’s not a piece about COVID-19 vaccines or vaccines in general. Again, those too, are ubiquitous. This is not even a piece intended primarily for Catholic readers. This is about something that every rational person of good will.
Today, the Newsom Administration announced the state’s requirement for masking in schools will expire on Friday, March 11, allowing students, regardless of vaccination status, to be without a face mask at school beginning Monday, March 14.
If you ask Ashanti Branch, a mask can be invisible yet desired to combat the fear of being vulnerable or misunderstood. This metaphorical mask cripples many from finding their true selves.
Two years after the 2019 closure of its more than century-old grammar school, Star of the Sea Parish welcomed 53 students from preschool through eighth grade to the new Stella Maris Academy in August 2021.
The Department of Catholic Schools is in year two of a professional advancement program for Catholic educators designed to help teachers gain the skills they need to help students from a spectrum of backgrounds thrive academically.
The sprawling asphalt playgrounds and parking lots of four San Francisco parish school campuses will be retrofitted soon to reduce the volume of stormwater runoff that occurs in “hardscaped” urban areas with little natural drainage.
By PAMELA LYONS Superintendent of the Department of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Happy Catholic Schools Week! I am so proud of
Superintendent of Schools Pamela Lyons talked with Catholic San Francisco about the educational challenges of the past two years and how looking at our faith story has helped administrators, teachers and students navigate them with grit and grace.
If there is anything that the past year and a half has shown us, it’s that human beings desire to be present to one another.
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