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Not all students look forward to summer vacation

Most students eagerly count the days until summer vacation, but homeless children will lose safe havens. The Mercury News writes… There were 220,738 homeless students attending schools in California last year. Nationwide, the number of homeless students could surpass 1 million this year for the first time, said Barbara Duffield, policy director for the National [...]

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What was Elizabeth Seton’s school like?

As we celebrate Catholic School Week January 29 to February 4 in the United States, it is interesting to go back in time and wonder, “What exactly was Saint Elizabeth Seton’s first school like? How was it organized? What textbooks were used? What about the discipline? How much Religion was taught? The New York Sisters of [...]

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Resource for smaller Vincentian ministries…

 ”I wanted to send you an update on a couple of things we have been using over here that may be beneficial to all the smaller Vincentian ministries throughout the US (and world)” writes Patrick McKenzie of dePaul Catholic School in Philadelphia.  He shares the following tip… “We are primed to launch our first online [...]

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