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Bishop calls for ‘a new beginning’ as Catholic educators launch school year
PARKVILLE — Thanking them for their commitment to Catholic education, Bishop Robert W. Finn urged diocesan teachers and school administrators to “become more and more God’s instruments for this work.”
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New slogan marks purpose of Catholic education
PARKVILLE — “Teachings for Life.”
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St. Monica Parish: ‘Home for 100 years’
KANSAS CITY — In the years following the Civil War, black families migrated north to escape lives of poverty, discrimination in education and employment and, most of all, the risk of lynching. By the beginning of the 20th century, about 35,000 African Americans had settled in the Kansas City area.
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Attention: All area Facebook users!
LEE’S SUMMIT — Our Lady of the Presentation School is asking Facebook users for help in winning a grant of up to $500,000.
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Homily for 50th Anniversary of St. John LaLande School
Bishop Robert W. Finn gave the following homily on August 21 at St. John Lalande Parish in Blue Springs on the occasion of the 50th anniversary celebration of the parish school.
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Hibernian Scholarships awarded
KANSAS CITY — The Padraig Pearse Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians has awarded its first four scholarships to students attending area Catholic high schools. Established earlier this year, the scholarship program benefits young people of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph who wish to attend any Catholic high school on either sides of the state line, including minor seminaries. The selection process was similar to other scholarship programs — application, biographical information (including school, church and community service and transcripts from their most recent school), a 500-word essay and crossed fingers —with one difference: the essay had to be on a topic related to the history of Ireland.
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