BOSTON — Six leaders from the Diocese of Charlotte’s Catholic Schools system recently attended Partners in Mission’s National Advancement Summer Institute for Catholic Schools.
They joined more than 350 Catholic school leaders from 35 states at the annual institute and had the opportunity to attend the National Enrollment Management Conference for Catholic Schools or the National Advancement Conference for Catholic Schools. Attendees were also treated to a variety of evening events, including a cruise of Boston Harbor and a trip to Fenway Park to see the Boston Red Sox play the Toronto Blue Jays.
Bishop Michael Martin, OFM Conv., served as a member of the Partners in Mission team before his appointment as the Bishop of Charlotte.
Attendees included the diocesan Catholic Schools Office’s Camile Denhard, director of development, and Tara Hackman, director of advancement; Matthew Falencki, director of advancement and communications, St. Patrick School and St. Patrick Cathedral; Kerry Winslow, assistant director of advancement and communications, Charlotte Catholic High School; and Holy Trinity Middle School’s Kevin Parks, principal, and Lisa Michalski, advancement and marketing coordinator.
— Larry Furey
CHARLOTTE — Students from Catholic schools across the Diocese of Charlotte competed in the second annual St. Jerome Book Battle April 25 at the Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools Fine Arts Center in Charlotte. The reading competition is unique to the Diocese of Charlotte and was established by the diocese’s Catholic Schools Office to promote truth, goodness and beauty through reading literature.
The day consisted of two competitions, one for fourth- and fifth-graders and another for middle school students, who have been reading from a set of 15 books each.
After several preliminary quiz bowl-like rounds of 12 questions each, the two teams with the highest scores competed against each other in a final championship round.
St. Gabriel School won the fourth- and fifth-grade competition in the championship rounds against St. Ann School. Holy Trinity Middle School won the middle school competition against Our Lady of the Assumption School.
Other Catholic schools in the competition included Our Lady of Grace, Our Lady of Mercy, Sacred Heart, St. Leo, St. Mark, St. Matthew and St. Patrick.
Sponsors of the competition included TAN Books, Good & True Media and Bright Wings: Children’s Books.
Brian and Kevin Gallagher of TAN Books spoke at the event and donated a set of books to the schools of the winning teams. Bright Wings: Children’s Books helped determine the selected books.
— Annie Ferguson
