COLORADO SPRINGS. Clare Bowen, a third-grader at St. Gabriel Classical Academy (SGCA), really wants a watermelon-shaped purse. She’s had her eye on one for a while, and she’s been saving up. When she learned that the St. Gabriel community was raising money to complete her new school building, though, she changed her mind.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Seventy-two students just finished the first academic year at St. Gabriel Classical Academy, the newest Catholic elementary school in the Diocese of Colorado Springs.

Editor’s note: In April, the Board of Directors of St. Mary’s High School announced that Tom Maj (pronounced “may”) was selected as the next school president, replacing Deacon Rob Rysavy. Board chairman John Stinar sat down with Maj to get his perspectives on Catholic education. 

COLORADO SPRINGS. “I will have art in my life forever.” With a smile, St. Mary’s Fine Arts Department Chair Rosario Weston shares this statement made by a student with no prior art experience at St. Mary’s.

BALTIMORE, MD. An online conference titled “Cultivating Holiness In Your Homeschool” will take place June 9-10, sponsored by Homeschool Connections. 
Keynote speakers will be well-known Catholic radio hosts and authors Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak, who will speak on “How to Be a More Loving, Connected, Caring and Catholic Homeschool Family.” 

COLORADO SPRINGS. Joy was the central theme for this year’s spring theater production at St. Mary’s High School.

The committed group of student actors and crew chose a multidiscipline variety show for their spring production after last fall’s highly successful run of the comedy mystery “Murder at the Art Show.”

COLORADO SPRINGS. In the 1970s, St. Mary’s High School had not yet celebrated its 100th birthday. Harkening back to that more youthful time, the school hosted a ’70s-style “Disco Fever” gala April 15.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Corpus Christi Catholic School has been educating and forming children in the Catholic faith since 1922. Last year, they celebrated 100 years of education, earning them the distinction of being the longest operating school in the Diocese of Colorado Springs.

COLORADO SPRINGS. The St. Mary’s High School board of directors selected Mr. Tom Maj (pronounced “may”) to step into the role of school president, replacing Deacon Rob Rysavy.

The Gospel of Matthew records the last earthly words of Jesus before his Ascension as He gives the disciples (and us) the Great Commission: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.”