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From time to time, the Saint Louis Review publishes special sections relating to different areas of Catholic living, including Education, Senior Living, Christian Hope, Liturgical seasons, and more.

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Archbishop Carlson launches new initiative to advance the mission of Catholic schools
Archbishop Robert Carlson chatted with students Corey Schmidt and Collin Davis after the Mass and rededication ceremony at St. Pius X High School in Festus in March, part of the archdiocesan high school's 0th anniversary. Archbishop Carlson has named Catholic schools as his first priority.
Archbishop Robert Carlson chatted with students Corey Schmidt and Collin Davis after the Mass and rededication ceremony at St. Pius X High School in Festus in March, part of the archdiocesan high school's 0th anniversary. Archbishop Carlson has named Catholic schools as his first priority.
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Initiative to support, strengthen and finance Catholic education 

Archbishop Robert J. Carlson has proclaimed Catholic schools as his first priority, one that is reflected in the long, strong tradition of Catholic education here. Few dioceses have as many Catholic schools — St. Louis is the 38th largest diocese by population in the country, but the seventh largest in Catholic school enrollment.

To help that tradition continue and grow, the archbishop has established a new Mission Advancement Initiative for Catholic education here. The multi-year initiative, which is being planned with the help of a team of educators and fundraising professionals, will focus on helping parishes and schools implement the archbishop's vision for Catholic schools.

"I believe in Catholic education," Archbishop Carlson told the members of the Mission Advancement Initiative earlier this summer. "I also believe that as archbishop of St. Louis I have a God-given responsibility to do everything I can to help our schools be 'Alive in Christ' — vibrant centers of faith and learning committed to excellence and to holiness, to make them available— and...

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Corporate aid sought for four city schools
August 5, 2010 | back to school, city school, corporate aid, special sections, special sections
Students like this eager learner at Most Holy Trinity School in North St. Louis will benefit from an effort by Archbishop Robert J. Carlson to gain corporate aid for four St. Louis city Catholic schools.
Students like this eager learner at Most Holy Trinity School in North St. Louis will benefit from an effort by Archbishop Robert J. Carlson to gain corporate aid for four St. Louis city Catholic schools.

Archbishop Robert J. Carlson is inviting major corporations in St. Louis to partner with the archdiocese in helping four Catholic schools in the city provide operational support and tuition assistance.

The Urban Schools Initiative is seeking corporate and foundation support for Central Catholic School and Academy, Most Holy Trinity School and Academy, St. Cecilia School and Academy and Cardinal Ritter College Preparatory High School. All four schools currently receive support from the...

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Buy some extra school supplies and help a needy child
August 4, 2010 | back to school, Honduras, special sections, supplies, special sections
Students in an impoverished area of Honduras welcomed the gift of school supplies they received through the efforts of the Washington Overseas Medical Mission this spring. Many children here and abroad are in need of basic supplies like pencils, paper and crayons.
Students in an impoverished area of Honduras welcomed the gift of school supplies they received through the efforts of the Washington Overseas Medical Mission this spring. Many children here and abroad are in need of basic supplies like pencils, paper and crayons.

Brigid Reid of St. Francis Borgia Parish in Washington has a simple request for parents of school children: Uno Más Para Los Niños.   

That's Spanish for "One More for the Children," Reid's request for families buying school supplies to pick up an extra item or more for children unable to pay for their own.

Reid is a veteran of two medical missions to Honduras with the Washington Overseas Medical Mission organization and has seen firsthand the need for school sup...

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Students volunteer to fight poverty close to home
August 4, 2010 | back to school, Dubourg, poverty, special sections, students, special sections

The trip to Ellington, Mo., was only about a three-hour drive from St. Louis, but it took 12 Bishop DuBourg seniors straight into the heart of rural poverty.

The students, who graduated from the South St. Louis archdiocesan high school in May, were there in January for a two-week service trip to volunteer with Whole Kids Outreach, a ministry founded 11 years ago by School Sister of Notre Dame Anne Francioni. Initially working to bring down high infant mortality rates in the rural area,...

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Projects advance middle school math in schools in the archdiocese
August 4, 2010 | algebra, back to school, collabrative, special sections

St. Roch math teacher Paul Shaver is participating in his third summer of a state partnership middle school mathematics project called Mathematicians In Residence

The project involves five St. Louis County and 10 St. Louis City middle schools in addition to six middle schools in the St. Louis Archdiocese. The Catholic schools involved are Cathedral Basilica, Central Catholic/St. Nicholas, St. Frances Cabrini and St. Roch in St. Louis and Incarnate Word in Chesterfield and St. Joseph in...

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St. Joseph's Academy enters academic alliance with Fontbonne University
August 4, 2010 | back to school, fontbonne, St. Joseph, special sections

On Aug. 18, Nicole Esser and Marie Davidson will start their junior year of high school. Sometime later that day, they will also begin their first course in college.

St. Joseph's Academy, a private all-girls Catholic college preparatory high school in Frontenac, has entered into an academic alliance with Fontbonne University that will allow Nicole and Marie to take Calculus BC, an advanced placement course equivalent to one semester of college credit.

While other students prepar...

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