Back To School Mass/Potluck on Sunday, September 9. Mount Royal Academy students, faculty and parents will be celebrating the start to the 2012-2013 school year at the 10 a.m. Mass at St. Joachim on September 9. EVERYONE is invited to attend this Mass, regardless of whether or not you are Catholic. Mount Royal students should wear their school uniforms to this special Mass. Following Mass, your family is invited to a potluck reception back at the school at 11:15. We hope you will join us as we celebrate the beginning of the school year. Please bring a dish or two to share. We have invited par...
Read MoreWe are gearing up for the start of school on Tuesday, Sept. 4th! Teachers officially reported to school today, although all teachers have been unofficially preparing their classrooms since the opening of the new building. The campus has undergone a several changes in the past week alone. The parking area and driveway were paved and lined last week, and fresh grass is being laid down all over campus during this upcoming week. When families return to school next week, there will certainly be lot of surprised looks. "First things first". Fr. Peter celebrated a Mass for all of the full time for al...
Read MoreMount Royal Academy announced today that author Joseph Pearce will serve as Visiting Scholar beginning this fall. Pearce is the renowned biographer of Catholic literary figures such as G.K. Chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Hilaire Belloc. As Visiting Scholar Pearce will deliver public lectures on Shakespeare and masterworks such as J.R.R. Tolkien’s Hobbit, as well as the thought of G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis. He will assist within the Academy with curricular and faculty development, and mentor students who wish to advance their abilities as young writers. Pearce has worked extensively on...
Read MoreMount Royal Academy is thankful and very excited to announce that Mr. Patrick Reilly, president of the nationally acclaimed Catholic apostolate The Cardinal Newman Society, will be visiting the MRA campus on September 4th, the first day of school! Mr. Reilly will give a keynote statement that is open to the public, addressing the current state of Catholic higher education in America. The address will begin at 7:00pm. Parents of all age levels are strongly encouraged to attend. The Catholic Newman Society provides an invaluable service to the faithful Catholics by closely monitoring the extent...
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We are pleased to announce that the new PreK-8 classroom building is completed! Now that construction is over, the campus grounds are being reconstructed as well. By September 3rd, the first day of school, the entire parking lot will be paved, as well as the walkways and paths connection the three campus buildings. In addition, the gymnasium floor was refinished. Below we have put together a slideshow to give you a glimpse of what to expect!
Read MoreThe students, faculty, and families of Mount Royal Academy are greatly indebted to the generosity and kindness of numerous benefactors. Every week as we come together to celebrate Mass or pray the rosary, students always deliberately mention that we should pray for our benefactors. Our school would not exist if it weren't for the willingness of those endowed with such resources to cooperate with the promptings of the Holy Spirit, inspiring them to give out of their plenitude for the continued construction of God's Kingdom here one earth. Despite difficult economic times, two new buildings have...
Read MoreCheck out this vintage video. The video was broadcast on local television in 2011. Its amazing to think about how much MRA has grown since then! The mission remains the same: teach the whole person.
Read MoreThese are exciting times at Mount Royal. Not only has God graced us with more students and families than ever before (we are about to eclipse a total enrollment of 130 students!!!), He has also continually provided the infrastructure and resources needed in order to adequately educate and form the students. It appears as if the new classroom building for the Garden and elementary grade levels will be completed by August 1st. The building will feature eight classrooms, two offices, and a new adoration chapel that can sit thirty-five comfortably. Two of the eight classrooms have been especially...
Read MoreDon't miss the annual Summer Bazaar sponsored by St. Patrick's Parish and Mount Royal Academy, this upcoming Saturday (July 14th) from 9:00am - 2:00pm. Stop by St. Joachim's in Sunapee to visit various vendors and take a stab at saving big on hundreds of items for sale. There will also be a silent auction for surrounding businesses in the Lake Sunapee region. We look forward to seeing you there!
Read MoreTomorrow, Tuesday. June 26, from 4-9 pm, the Double Diamond Cafe & Tavern has generously agreed to give 25% of the receipts of any guest who mentions that they are dining there as part of Mount Royal Academy. Double Diamond Cafe (formerly Murphy's) is located on the traffic circle at Mount Sunapee. Please spread the word, and join us if you can. In order for MRA to benefit, you must mention that you are with Mount Royal Academy. Here is a link to the restaurant so you can take a look at the menu ahead of time: http://www.doublediamondcafe.net/ Thanks so much!
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