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After 180 years, St. Ann’s Catholic School to close its doors After 180 years, St. Ann’s Catholic School decides to close their doors By HNN Staff | January 24, 2021 at 1:54 PM HST - Updated January 24 at 10:46 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - After 180 years, a small Catholic school in Windward Oahu is closing its doors to students. Leaders of St. Ann’s said declining enrollment and rising financial challenges led them to close the school at the end of the academic year on June 4. They announced the closure in a letter to families Friday. “It was a very difficul...

Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times The Archdiocese of Chicago announced this week it will close four suburban Catholic schools and consolidate several parishes on the South Side and in nearby suburbs. The schools closing are: Sacred Heart School in Melrose Park; St. Ann School in Lansing; and St. Joseph School in Summit. The closures take effect June 30, the archdiocese said in a statement. “Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, made the difficult decision to close the schools based on their low and steadily declining enrollment levels and large financial deficits,” the archdiocese sai...

2020 Year in Review The pandemic led parishes to celebrate special liturgies, such as this Aug. 27 special Holy Hour at Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Parish to pray for the health and wellbeing of the people who work on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. As with all liturgies during this time, social distancing measures were observed. By Marie Mischel Intermountain Catholic SALT LAKE CITY  — When the novel coronavirus struck Utah in March, Bishop Oscar A. Solis implemented emergency measures in the Diocese of Salt Lake City, issuing a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sun...

The year 2020 through the eyes of kids Friday, Dec. 25, 2020 The Intermountain Catholic asked a few Utah Catholic School students, “When you are 80 years old, what will you tell kids about 2020?” Their responses follow.    “What I would tell them is that even though it was COVID-19, you could still go to school. It was hard, but we did it. Also, we got good grades, too!" - Destiny Tarrant, sixth grade, Kearns-St. Ann School   “When I am 80 (if I make it to 80), I will tell the grim story of 2020 school. I would tell them about the masks. I will tell them about the social distancin...