Opening Mass - Catholic Schools

Catholic Schools Start Year with Opening Mass and Awards

August 17, 2011

Over 2,000 Catholic school principals, teachers and staff from across the Archdiocese of Washington gathered to open the school year with a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington. Bishop Francisco González, S.F. and Bishop Leonard Olivier, S.V.D. auxiliary bishops of Washington, concelebrate the Mass. Following the Mass, were remarks from Catholic Schools Superintendent Deacon Bert L'Homme, and there was a ceremony honoring teachers and principals celebrating more than 25 years of service, as well as schools marking 50 or more years of serving the community.

There are 98 early learning, elementary and secondary Catholic schools serving over 28,000 students in the District of Columbia and Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's and St. Mary's counties in Maryland.

Below is a list of schools marking special anniversaries this year:

Schools:

St. John's College High School, 160 years
St. Anthony School, 90 years
Holy Cross School (Garrett Park), 50 years
Holy Redeemer School (College Park), 80 years
St. John the Evangelist School (Clinton), 50 years; St. Matthias School (Lanham), 50 years
Little Flower School (Great Mills), 125 years

Principals and teachers:

Below is a list of Catholic school educators commemorating significant years of service with the schools in the Archdiocese of Washington.

25 Years of Service:
Cathy D'Amour, St. Jane de Chantal School
Kathleen Miller (Principal), St. Bartholomew School
Patricia Tvelia, St. Elizabeth School
J. Christian Weber, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Christine Brant, St. Mary of the Mills School
Miriam Cox, St. Jerome Child Center
Colleen Douglas, St. Mary School
Carol Magno, Holy Family School
Laurie Maier, St. Mary School
Helen McCarthy, St. Jerome Child Center
Ann Walker, St. John the Evangelist School
Elizabeth Wise, St. Jerome Child Center
Barbara Skane, St. John School
Patricia Williams, St. Francis Xavier School

30 Years of Service
Barbara Costa, Archbishop Neale School
Mary Ellen Beane, St. Bernadette School
Lorraine Chase, St. Bernadette School
Jill Donaghue, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Betsey Hamilton, St. Jane de Chantal School
Brother Thomas Sweeney, SDB, Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School
Henry Wroblewski, St. Francis International School
Patricia Guerrin, DeMatha Catholic High School
Ed King, DeMatha Catholic High School
Suzie Ritz, DeMatha Catholic High School
James Roper, DeMatha Catholic High School

35 Years of Service
Linda Lynch, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Maryann Arena, Mount Calvary School
Thomas Burke, DeMatha Catholic High School
Doris Glen, Holy Family School
Rich Macheski, DeMatha Catholic High School
Susan Junge Varrone (Principal), St. Mary School
Cheryl Hanton, St. Augustine School

55 Years of Service
Sr. Nena Larocca, OSF, St. Bartholomew School
Sr. Marietta Simpson, CSC, Blessed Sacrament School

60 Years of Service
Sr. Maris Bonnett, CSC, Holy Cross School
Sr. Vivian Mary Mastromatteo, CSC, Holy Cross School

The Archdiocese of Washington is home to over 600,000 Catholics living in Washington, DC and five Maryland counties: Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's and St. Mary's.

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