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Joseph Norton Memorial Peace Garden on the CCP Middle School Campus
Chaminade College Preparatory Middle School’s Peace Garden is dedicated to the school’s beloved Marianist Educator, Joseph Norton, who passed away in 2024. The Peace Garden is a space of reflection, peace, and inspiration for all who seek to find these values amongst the beauty of creation.  The Joseph Norton Memorial Peace Garden stands as a living tribute to a beloved Marianist educator whose faith, kindness, and dedication deeply shaped our Chaminade family. Designed by o

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Together for Tomorrow: A High School Summit on Caring for Our Common Home
This academic year, 25 students from CMCP will attend Together for Tomorrow, a High School Summit held at Barry University through the Archdiocese of Miami. There are five goals to the Marianist Family Encounters Project. There are also seven Action Steps to the Laudato Si' Platform. It is a unique experience when a program is implemented that incorporates all these goals and action steps. On Thursday, October 9, 2025, 25 of our students will attend a High School Summit title

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Oct 61 min read
Central Catholic’s Ecology Club Works for Change
Central Catholic’s Ecology club worked at parks around San Antonio, TX, performed landscaping and cleanup, focusing on planting native species and removing invasive ones. The Ecology Club at Central Catholic has been busy this quarter. They have been involved in three projects where they picked up trash, cleared out invasive plants, worked on landscaping, fixed up a dog park, and planted native plants at parks around San Antonio, TX. The most recent project they worked on wa

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Sep 291 min read
Central Catholic High School's Campus Ministry Cares for Creation
Central Catholic students, faculty, and parents attended Care for Creation, an Archdiocesan event. The event was followed by a pilgrimage...

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Sep 222 min read
Villa Angela-St. Joseph's paperless initiative
Villa Angela-St. Joseph introduced digital passes and service forms, replacing paper this academic year. Villa Angela - St. Joseph High School has officially gone paperless! We are proud to announce that our campus has officially done away with paper passes and paper service forms. Approximately 300 passes are given to students in a single day. Using the new digital pass system, Minga, and utilizing one Chromebook kiosk in each room, this reduces the use of paper products on

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Sep 151 min read
North Catholic’s food waste education initiative
Elizabeth Miller, Ministry Lead for Marianist Encounters at North Catholic High School in Cranberry Township, PA, sends us this update...

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Aug 41 min read
Colegio San José's Spring initiatives
Edilmari Longo Vega, Ministry Lead for Marianist Encounters at Colegio San José , San Juan, PR, sends us this update about preparing a...

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Jul 31 min read
Mother Seton Academy’s MFEP initiatives
Linda Clarke-Tucker, Ministry Lead for Marianist Encounters at Mother Seton Academy , Baltimore, MD, sends us this update about the...

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Jun 303 min read
Built to Last
Read about the skilled trades classes held at St. Mary’s South Side Catholic High School , St. Louis, MO, which offer students new...

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Jun 201 min read
Chaminade Julienne's MFEP initiatives this year
Carlos Stewart, Ministry Lead for Marianist Encounters at Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School in Dayton, OH, sends us this update...

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Jun 122 min read
Living Laudato Si’
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati recognized Archbishop Moeller High School as a school that lives out Pope Francis’ message of care for...

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Jun 91 min read
Chaminade College Preparatory, West Hills, CA, MFEP efforts this academic year
April Risteff, Ministry Lead for Marianist Encounters at CCP, West Hills , CA, sends us this update on efforts to propagate plants,...

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Jun 22 min read
A Unique Understanding of Sustainable Lifestyle and Ecological Economics
Bro. Jack Ventura, SM, Ministry Lead for MFEP and Director of Mission Integration with Ms. Jennifer Love-Gironda at Chaminade-Madonna...

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May 301 min read
CMCP attends Miami Laudato Si’ Leadership Retreat
Bro. Jack Ventura, SM, Ministry Lead for MFEP and Director of Mission Integration at Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory , Hollywood,...

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May 292 min read
Villa Angela-St. Joseph Earth Day Art celebration
View Villa Angela-St. Joseph Earth Day Art Contest winning entries. Erin Maher, Ministry Lead for Marianist Encounters, sends us this...

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May 221 min read
Central Catholic's Earth Day Art Contest
View Central Catholic High School's annual Earth Day Art Contest slides, including the winning entries. James Bendele, Ministry lead for...

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May 191 min read
Villa Angela-St. Joseph Lenten Stations of the Cross
Read about Villa Angela-St. Joseph 's Lenten Stations of the Cross. Erin Maher, Ministry Lead for Marianist Encounters, sent us this...

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May 151 min read
St. Vincent-St. Mary's Sodality Faith Groups
Read about the Sodalities, small faith-sharing groups, formed at St. Vincent-St. Mary Catholic High School in Akron, OH. Julianne Goshe,...

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May 82 min read
Peace Pole at St. Mary's South Side
Curt Sidorski, Ministry Lead of Marianist Encounters at St. Mary's South Side in St. Louis, MO, sends us this update about the Peace...

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Apr 282 min read
Almsgiving: A Pillar of Lent Across Marianist Schools
Read about various initiatives undertaken by Marianist schools during Lent featured in the March 2025 issue of FamilyOnline . Â ...

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Apr 171 min read
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