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New principal named for Lourdes High School Mary Spring Posted: Apr 26, 2021 4:32 PM Posted By: Mike Bunge ROCHESTER, Minn. A new principal is named for Lourdes High School. Rochester Catholic Schools (RCS) says Mary Spring, who has been serving as Lourdes interim principal this academic year, will take over the job on a permanent basis. “Ms. Spring continues to exceed all expectations for this role,” says Dr. John Wald, co-chair of the RCS Board of Trustees. “She is committed to developing a rigorous academic environment, including enhancing the math and science curricula and developi...

Commentary: Hold energy companies liable in Texas John Wald, For the Express-News March 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Pacific Gas & Electric sought bankruptcy protection after accumulating $30 billion in liability from California’s Camp Fire in 2018. Texas energy regulators should guard against energy companies that are undercapitalized or overleveraged.Gabrielle Lurie /San Francisco Chronicle Recent news reports have mentioned how William Hogan, the Harvard professor who helped design Texas’ energy grid, described it as “working as planned” during the winter storm. Such a statement s...

Rochester Catholic Schools is also freezing tuition rates. Posted: Jan 20, 2021 4:17 PM Posted By: Mike Bunge ROCHESTER, Minn. – The Rochester Catholic Schools (RCS) system says Lourdes High School will join its other four campuses with full in-person classes on February 1. Lourdes is currently using the so-called hybrid learning platform for students. “Over the past several months, RCS has implemented and managed various learning platforms at each of our schools to provide the safest and best educational experience for our students,” says Dr. John Wald, Co-Chair of the RCS Board of Tr...

Ground. no buildings were hit when the plane crashed. the aircraft took off without authorization and without passengers onboard friday night. >> the local county sheriff was stressing this was not linked to terrorism. this was a person at the controls of the plane who is identified as a 29-year-old horizon air ground service agent who's from the local area. earlier, we spoke with john wald. >> ron:, he captured some remarkable video of the stolen plane. >> thank you for having me here with you tonight. i decided to go down to chambers bay for a nightly walk. you know, like i often do. and i n...

for married catholic couples. after mass at saint matthews cathedral in washington we talked to catholics about their pope greenlighting the use of condoms to help alleviate the hiv aids epidemic in africa. >> having lived in kenya, i know the people are very devout the catholic churches are packed, so i think this will reinforce and it's something that's okay to do, and it will help to save lives. >> the vatican says pope benedict is bending a bit on the use of condoms purely as a means of preventing the spread of the disease. a spokesman says it's the first step of taking responsib...