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Back to school for 2021-22 school year

With COVID-19 safety protocols again in place, Catholic schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington open their doors for the new 2021-22 school year. In this photo, Chris Davison, the assistant principal at St. Bartholomew Catholic School in Bethesda, Maryland, takes the temperature of third grader Colton Benedict as he arrives for the first day of school on Sept. 7, 2021. (CS photo/Andrew Biraj)

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2021-2022 Open Houses at Catholic high schools

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Today Show’s Willard Scott and Al Roker have extolled Catholic education

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2021-22 Catholic school calendar for Archdiocese of Washington

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At first school-wide Mass since pandemic shutdown, Stone Ridge students encouraged to reflect their faith in the world

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Cardinal Gregory urges San Miguel students to be ‘successful in ways that we never imagined’

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Gonzaga College High School kicks off bicentennial celebrations

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‘Comeback’ for the Washington School for Girls as students return to campus for class and prayer together

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With its first school-wide Mass since pandemic began, DeMatha opens its 75th anniversary year

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Growing St. Bartholomew School welcomes students back on joyful first day

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New leadership named for Catholic elementary schools

The following have been named principal or interim principal at Catholic elementary schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. This information was provided to the...

Together again, Don Bosco Cristo Rey students encouraged to ‘change the world’ as they begin new school year

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Cardinal Gregory urges CUA students to ‘speak the truth to one another in love’

Marking the start of the academic year at The Catholic University of America by celebrating a Mass of the Holy Spirit Sept. 2, Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory urged students at...

A first day of blessings for students and their backpacks at St. Mary’s School of Piscataway

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At Opening of Schools Mass, educators called to ‘teach the fullness of the Catholic faith’

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Archdiocesan Catholic schools requiring masks as students return to class this year

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