Timid is not a word one would use to describe Sister Patricia McCarron, but aggressive certainly doesn’t fit, either.

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PHILADELPHIA — Administrators at a Roman Catholic high school suffered a sharp and swift backlash this week after firing a well-liked teacher who sought to marry his same-sex partner. Educators said they had no choice, but thousands have protested the ...

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Vincent “Vinny” Smith, a software executive who twice was CEO of California-based Quest Software, has pledged $4 million to Mount Saint Joseph High School, from which he graduated in 1982, the Catholic college preparatory school for young men announced.

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Tracey Ford has been named the next president of Maryvale Preparatory School, effective July 1. Ford will serve as the first layperson president in the school’s 66-year history. She will succeed Sister Shawn Marie Maguire, SND, who has led Maryvale ...

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At first glance, visitors to Tunbridge Public Charter School in Baltimore might confuse it with a Catholic school. The outside of the building is adorned with stained glass windows, stone archways and a cornerstone inlaid with a cross. But on ...

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EMMITSBURG — The charitable arm of PNC Financial Services Group says it’s pledging a quarter-million dollars to support economics education at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg. The Catholic school announced the gift Thursday from the Pittsburgh-based PNC Foundation. It ...

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