Six years ago, the dilapidated school launched a Hail Mary attempt to raise millions of dollars to build a new urban campus. What’s happening now feels nothing short of a miracle.
The Five Minute Read highlights things to do, places to go and people to know in the Greater Lowell area. Have news to share? Send it to mgilbert@lowellsun.com.
BOSTON The Catholic Schools Foundation honored their president emeritus and longtime promoter Peter Lynch at the 33rd annual Building Minds Scholarship Fund Celebration, which this year raised $21 million for scholarships for students in Catholic schools.
BOSTON Almost 2,000 children from Catholic schools and local nonprofits were invited to a special event at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Dec. 6, where they learned they would be receiving an early Christmas present.