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Regional Round-Up
Fundraisers, Community-Building, and Lent
Denver: On a cold, snowy February weekend, the Denver Advocates hosted a wildly successful Happy Hour fundraiser for Ignatius Loyola Catholic School. Through cash donations, a “giving tree” of supplies, and a silent auction, the event collected $1900, almost doubling last year’s amount.
Indianapolis: The Indy Advocates are making plans for Lent. At St. Philip Neri Catholic school, Gary Asher writes that they will begin Fat Tuesday with the “buried Alleluia.” In this event, students process from school to church playing noisemakers and singing Alleluia while one from each classroom carries an “Alleluia” banner. During the prayer service, students then “bury” the Alleluias in a large container covered with a purple cloth. The container is displayed in the school’s main hall until Easter Monday, when the students celebrate Christ’s resurrection by “resurrecting” the Alleluias.
Los Angeles: To beat the challenge of isolation that teachers often face, the LA Advocates began to sponsor a Professional Learning Community (PLC) of Catholic school junior high language arts instructors. This PLC draws members together from Long Beach, Watts, and South Central to share best practices and build curriculum through collaboration. The PLC’s monthly meetings also help build community among these teachers as well as improve their service to the area’s needy junior high schools. Later this year, LA’s Advocates plan to launch a second PLC for religion and theology teachers from local inner city Catholic high schools. For more information on the PLC in Los Angeles, watch this video.
South Bend: At the end of February, the South Bend Advocates held their annual fundraiser for St. Adalbert’s Catholic school. This signature event brings much-needed support to the school through donations from 50/50 tickets, a wine raffle, and a silent auction—which this year included a much-sought-after autographed photograph of Fr. Hesburgh and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Washington, DC: ACE Advocates in our nation’s capital held their fourth annual Trivia Night for a first-time recipient, St. Augustine Catholic School. The pre-K through 8th grade school is sponsored by St. Augustine Catholic Church, the mother church of black Catholics in the District of Columbia. It was founded four years before public education became mandatory for black children in DC. Maureen Kurz reports that the event welcomed about 100 participants and raised just over $2,000.
Indianapolis: The Indy Advocates are making plans for Lent. At St. Philip Neri Catholic school, Gary Asher writes that they will begin Fat Tuesday with the “buried Alleluia.” In this event, students process from school to church playing noisemakers and singing Alleluia while one from each classroom carries an “Alleluia” banner. During the prayer service, students then “bury” the Alleluias in a large container covered with a purple cloth. The container is displayed in the school’s main hall until Easter Monday, when the students celebrate Christ’s resurrection by “resurrecting” the Alleluias.
Los Angeles: To beat the challenge of isolation that teachers often face, the LA Advocates began to sponsor a Professional Learning Community (PLC) of Catholic school junior high language arts instructors. This PLC draws members together from Long Beach, Watts, and South Central to share best practices and build curriculum through collaboration. The PLC’s monthly meetings also help build community among these teachers as well as improve their service to the area’s needy junior high schools. Later this year, LA’s Advocates plan to launch a second PLC for religion and theology teachers from local inner city Catholic high schools. For more information on the PLC in Los Angeles, watch this video.
South Bend: At the end of February, the South Bend Advocates held their annual fundraiser for St. Adalbert’s Catholic school. This signature event brings much-needed support to the school through donations from 50/50 tickets, a wine raffle, and a silent auction—which this year included a much-sought-after autographed photograph of Fr. Hesburgh and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Washington, DC: ACE Advocates in our nation’s capital held their fourth annual Trivia Night for a first-time recipient, St. Augustine Catholic School. The pre-K through 8th grade school is sponsored by St. Augustine Catholic Church, the mother church of black Catholics in the District of Columbia. It was founded four years before public education became mandatory for black children in DC. Maureen Kurz reports that the event welcomed about 100 participants and raised just over $2,000.