Undergraduate
Saint Michael's hosts Vermont Catholic School Convocation
2,000 Catholic school educators, students, priests and parents expected
Contact Information:
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Over 2,000 students and their teachers, as well as priests, parents and guests from all over the state of Vermont will gather at Saint Michael's College on Monday, May 18, for a day-long celebration of Catholic schools and their contribution to society. Coordinated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, this Catholic School Convocation free and open to the public. Governor Douglas is expected to address the gathering.
Currently there are 2,303 Catholic school students in Vermont and 281 faculty and staff in their schools.
The day begins with Mass at 10:30 a.m. in the Ross Sports Center to be celebrated by the Most Reverend Salvatore Matano, Bishop of Burlington, and by priests of the Society of St. Edmund who founded Saint Michael's College, and by other priests from around the state of Vermont.
A noon luncheon for invited guests will honor retiring Catholic Schools Superintendent Sr. Marie Kelly SSND, and Assistant Superintendent Sr. Shirley Davis, SSJ.
At 1 p.m. four different presentations will be held in various campus locations:
In the Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel, Sister Clare Fitzgerald, SSND, founder of the Catholic School Leadership Program at Boston College and recipient of NCEA's 2007 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton President's Award, will speak to parents, priests and seminarians.
In the Ross Sports Center, John Halligan, will tell :Ryan’s Story." John Halligan is the father of Ryan Halligan, a high school student who committed suicide as a result of bullying. John has been outspoken on the need for more education and prevention of bullying and cyber bullying throughout the U.S. and Canada. He has been featured on CBS Morning Show, CNN Anderson Cooper, Good Morning America, BBC World Radio, and PBS Frontline. He will speak to students and faculty in the middle schools and secondary schools in Ross Sports Center.
Two programs by "Kids on the Block," a non-profit volunteer organization, active in Vermont since 1982, consists of puppets who teach children about cultural diversity, social and safety issues. They dispel myths through accurate information, and allow children to accept individual differences and feel positive about themselves. The puppetry is so powerful that audiences readily express their feelings and concerns to the puppets during the question and answer session that follows each skit. Grades K-2 will meet in McCarthy Recital Hall; Grades 3-5 will meet in Ross Sports Center
At 2 p.m. there will be a closing prayer with everyone assembled in Ross Sports Center.
Saint Michael's College, founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's Best 368 Colleges. A liberal arts, residential, Catholic college, Saint Michael's is located just outside of Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns and less than two hours from Montreal. As one of only 270 institutions nationwide with a prestigious Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus, Saint Michael's has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. In recent years Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants, and Saint Michael's professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last eight years. The college is currently listed as one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Over 2,000 students and their teachers, as well as priests, parents and guests from all over the state of Vermont will gather at Saint Michael's College on Monday, May 18, for a day-long celebration of Catholic schools and their contribution to society. Coordinated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, this Catholic School Convocation free and open to the public. Governor Douglas is expected to address the gathering.
Currently there are 2,303 Catholic school students in Vermont and 281 faculty and staff in their schools.
The day begins with Mass at 10:30 a.m. in the Ross Sports Center to be celebrated by the Most Reverend Salvatore Matano, Bishop of Burlington, and by priests of the Society of St. Edmund who founded Saint Michael's College, and by other priests from around the state of Vermont.
A noon luncheon for invited guests will honor retiring Catholic Schools Superintendent Sr. Marie Kelly SSND, and Assistant Superintendent Sr. Shirley Davis, SSJ.
At 1 p.m. four different presentations will be held in various campus locations:
In the Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel, Sister Clare Fitzgerald, SSND, founder of the Catholic School Leadership Program at Boston College and recipient of NCEA's 2007 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton President's Award, will speak to parents, priests and seminarians.
In the Ross Sports Center, John Halligan, will tell :Ryan’s Story." John Halligan is the father of Ryan Halligan, a high school student who committed suicide as a result of bullying. John has been outspoken on the need for more education and prevention of bullying and cyber bullying throughout the U.S. and Canada. He has been featured on CBS Morning Show, CNN Anderson Cooper, Good Morning America, BBC World Radio, and PBS Frontline. He will speak to students and faculty in the middle schools and secondary schools in Ross Sports Center.
Two programs by "Kids on the Block," a non-profit volunteer organization, active in Vermont since 1982, consists of puppets who teach children about cultural diversity, social and safety issues. They dispel myths through accurate information, and allow children to accept individual differences and feel positive about themselves. The puppetry is so powerful that audiences readily express their feelings and concerns to the puppets during the question and answer session that follows each skit. Grades K-2 will meet in McCarthy Recital Hall; Grades 3-5 will meet in Ross Sports Center
At 2 p.m. there will be a closing prayer with everyone assembled in Ross Sports Center.
Saint Michael's College, founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's Best 368 Colleges. A liberal arts, residential, Catholic college, Saint Michael's is located just outside of Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns and less than two hours from Montreal. As one of only 270 institutions nationwide with a prestigious Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus, Saint Michael's has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. In recent years Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants, and Saint Michael's professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last eight years. The college is currently listed as one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
