The president and principal model for educational leadership is trending higher among private schools, and Gibault Catholic High in Waterloo is following suit. Gibault has hired Katie Robben, a native of Breese, as its first president. Robben will work alongside Sarah Lanham, the principal. “Their vision for this is for […]
Diocese of Belleville Superintendent of Schools and Director of Education, Jonathan “Skip” Birdsong, has been appointed the new principal at Althoff Catholic High School in Belleville, replacing Sarah Gass. Birdsong’s first day at Althoff will be July 1. Gass will take over as the new superintendent in Freeburg Community High […]
Althoff Catholic High School junior Gabby Orlet, a three-sport athlete, has won the Jersey Mike’s Naismith High School Basketball Courage Award. Orlet is battling bone cancer but vows to overcome it. “You’ve got to attack it head-on,” she said (David Wilhelm photo). Gabby Orlet can be excused for not immediately […]
Deacons (from left) Justin Wolfslau, Brad Haar and Tom Ritzheimer are completing their first year of service since being ordained June 3 at Cathedral of St. Peter in Belleville. All three minister at St. George in New Baden and St. Mary in Trenton (Submitted photo). Bishop McGovern on the role […]
It was no coincidence that an Incarceration Forum billed as “A Catholic Response to Mass Incarceration” was held the same weekend and in the same city as the annual Congress of the American Correctional Association.
Sunday, Sept. 3, Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jeremiah 20:7-9; Romans 12:1-2, and Matthew 16:21-27. By Father Donald Dilger The gospel reading of this Sunday is the immediate sequel of last Sunday’s Gospel. In that episode Simon Peter publicly professed his faith in Jesus as “the Messiah (Christ), Son of […]
Sunday, August 27, Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Isaiah 22:19-23; Romans 11:33-36; and Matthew 16:13-20. By Father Donald Dilger Two Sundays ago we encountered the first of three special traditions about Simon Peter, traditions found only in the Gospel of Matthew. That first tradition was Peter’s attempt to walk on […]
