Updates

Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory (CMCP), Hollywood, FL, gathered for its second Annual Thanksgiving Prayer Service, giving thanks to God through the prayer service. At the end of the service, the CMCP Girls Volleyball team presented the proceeds from the 16th Annual Cares Volleyball Invitational, held on September 19 and 20, 2025, to Holy Cross Hospital in support of breast cancer research and care.     Goal #3 of the Marianist Family Encounters Project states that we w

Chaminade College Preparatory (CCP) in CA raised funds this year to support campus upgrades that enhance student experiences. Watch the video below. Chaminade College Preparatory’s Native Plant Nursery initiative has grown over 1000 plants and plans to give away around 400 plants for conservation efforts. The school also plans to give an additional 500 plants in the coming year for various lawn-to-habitat projects.   Watch a video about Chaminade College Preparatory , CA, cam

A notable event at the National Catholic Youth Conference, Indianapolis, was a live digital conversation with Pope Leo XIV on Friday, November 21, 2025, during which he engaged in dialogue with a group of five high school students, one of whom was a Marianist student from Saint Louis School in Honolulu, HI.   Micah Alcisto, a senior at Saint Louis School  in Honolulu, was among the five high school students chosen to participate and interact with Pope Leo XIV in a digital con

This year, St. Mary South Side Catholic High School in St. Louis, MO, partnered with 14 local area organizations to participate in a day of service. St. Mary’s students prepared a vacant property for rehabilitation through the St. Joseph Initiative, sorted and prepared groceries for those in need, and cleaned up the Mississippi River and the local streets. The students shared their positive experiences and felt empowered as a community through their participation in this day

A Beaver Moon is the name given to a full moon that occurs in November. This year’s Beaver Moon was also a supermoon. A supermoon occurs during a full moon when the Moon is at its closest point to Earth in its elliptical orbit. View some pictures of the Beaver Moon taken by Central Catholic’s students. We recently had a Super Beaver Moon on November 5, 2025. It gets the name “Beaver Moon” because this is typically the time of the year when beavers are most active at building

FamilyOnline - October issue featured two articles on Marianist Education, among other stories. The first article shares two personal stories about an inclusive Catholic and Marianist Education for children with special needs at our Marianist schools, and the second article highlights the new nursing program at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. St. Mary’s South Side and Our Lady of Pillar School are part of the One Classroom  initiative. This initiative is part of a netw

This year, on International Peace Day, Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School installed a Peace Pole in a garden dedicated to Sister Dorothy Stang, SNDdN. CJ became the first Catholic secondary school in Ohio to have a Peace Pole, joining with the University of Dayton's Peace Pole, which was installed in 2013. On the afternoon of Friday, September 19, Chaminade Julienne’s Peace Ambassadors Student Group commemorated International Peace Day with a peace pole dedication ceremo

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

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

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

Central Catholic students, faculty, and parents attended Care for Creation, an Archdiocesan event. The event was followed by a pilgrimage...

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

Elizabeth Miller, Ministry Lead for Marianist Encounters at North Catholic High School in Cranberry Township, PA, sends us this update...

Edilmari Longo Vega, Ministry Lead for Marianist Encounters at Colegio San José , San Juan, PR, sends us this update about preparing a...

Linda Clarke-Tucker, Ministry Lead for Marianist Encounters at Mother Seton Academy , Baltimore, MD, sends us this update about the...

Read about the skilled trades classes held at St. Mary’s South Side Catholic High School , St. Louis, MO, which offer students new...

Carlos Stewart, Ministry Lead for Marianist Encounters at Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School in Dayton, OH, sends us this update...

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati recognized Archbishop Moeller High School as a school that lives out Pope Francis’ message of care for...

April Risteff, Ministry Lead for Marianist Encounters at CCP, West Hills , CA, sends us this update on efforts to propagate plants,...

Bro. Jack Ventura, SM, Ministry Lead for MFEP and Director of Mission Integration with Ms. Jennifer Love-Gironda at Chaminade-Madonna...