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The Class of 2023 recently completed their senior thesis defense presentations. This annual event is the capstone of our high school liberal arts curriculum. The mission of the school is crystallized at this moment each year. Seniors are tasked with selecting a voice from the tradition. It could be an author from our canon or one of particular interest to the student. Topics included the formation of character and virtue through athletics, critiques of Sanger’s eugenics ideology and Rousseau’s political theory, the shallow beauty of aestheticism, and unnatural human isolation. A full list is ...

“And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” – Matt 28:20

I love it when a plan comes together.  I’m not talking about a plan of my creation, mind you.  This is Our Lord’s plan, and as one would expect, it is sublime.

Next Sunday we celebrate Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the infant Church. In fact, Pentecost is known as the birthday of the Church.  The Holy Spirit descended as tongues of fire on each of the disciples, filling them with zeal, wisdom, and the courage to leave the upper room where they had been hiding since Jesus’ Ascension, and begin to preach. Th...

“Peace I leave with you;
my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.” - John 14:27

May is a bittersweet month. There is a certain intellectual and emotional exhaustion that naturally develops at the end of an academic year. This is all very normal and ordinary because of the hard work that should be commended. For students and teachers, the appetites of our souls are formed in these waning moments. Each day becomes a little harder to complete as we approach the end. I am sure parents feel it too! But we must rem...

Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia 

On Wednesday of Holy Week, as I left campus for the Easter break, I was eager to celebrate the sacred days of the Triduum and the wonder of the Resurrection.  It had been a long winter and Lent, and I awaited the coming festivities with great anticipation. I was also looking a little further ahead to our return to campus twelve days later.  I anticipated sunnier skies, warmer temperatures, revitalized teachers, and recharged students – a springtime renewal, of sorts.  Our Lord, in his wisdom, mercy, and infinite generosity, has provided all this and so much ...

Announcing another full term of accreditation status!

"I am pleased to inform you that Mount Royal Academy has been granted a full term of accreditation from the National Association of Private Catholic and Independent Schools.

As an accrediting agency specifically designed to uphold the Standards of Excellence in schools committed to preserving and teaching the Catholic Faith loyal to the Holy See, NAPCIS is proud to recognize the work of Mount Royal Academy and the dedication of its Board of Directors, Administration, faculty and staff in educating our youth as future leaders in the...

Mount Royal Academy has announced academic awards for the 3rd Quarter of the 2022-2023 school year. 

Grade 6

Headmaster’s list: Lucy Treece, Jubilee Tremblay

High Honors: Haley Elkind, Emma LeBlanc

Honors: Clare Holliston, Emma Kelley, Juliana Yost

Grade 7

Headmaster’s list: Charles Lee, Kathryn McLaughlin, Liam Swegart

High Honors: Ella Gifford

Honors: Isabella Acevedo, Allison Cass, Eva Dowd, Liam O’Brien

Grade 8

Headmaster’s list: Sophia Chimienti, Katherine Messmore, Lindsey Smrkovski

High Honors: Maia Dow

Honors: Eva Gannon, Nicholas Lavertue

Grade 9

Headmaster’s list: Madeline Gawlick,...

"When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him
and took his wife into his home." - Matthew 1:24

We interrupt our previously scheduled programming for this urgent message: we are in the season of Lent and we can still have a good time! 

Our family was unable to attend the patronal feast celebration at our parish on Saint Patrick’s Day, so I was grateful that come Monday, we honored the patron of our school - St. Joseph. I thank HEART - specifically Kelly Lee and Cathy Peschke - for making our convivium so special. I also want to publicly thank Father Michael for maki...

"It takes uncommon virtue to fulfill with exactitude, that is, without carelessness, negligence, or indolence …
but with attention, piety, and spiritual fervor,
the whole combination of ordinary duties which make up our daily life!"
– Pope Pius XVI

Lent arrives, in my opinion, at the perfect time of year.  By the end of February or beginning of March, I am tired of the snow, the cold weather, and the short, dark days. In truth, I can sometimes be found having a little pity party for myself, and while in this state of mind, I might consider cutting some corners on the everyday, ted...

CACR 2: Reproductive Freedom

Maryrose McLaughlin, ’23

Good morning members of the Judiciary Committee.

My name is Maryrose McLaughlin and I am a student and law intern from Sullivan County.

As you know, CACR2 proposes that an additional section on reproductive freedom be added to the New Hampshire Constitution.

CACR2 states “That an individual’s right to personal reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and dignity to determine one’s own life course and shall not be denied or infringed unless justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means.”

Saying that...

Mount Royal Academy has announced academic awards for the 2nd Quarter of the 2022-2023 school year. 

Grade 6

Headmaster’s list: Lucy Treece, Jubilee Tremblay

High Honors: Haley Elkind, Emma LeBlanc, Juliana Yost

Honors: Clare Holliston, Joy Joseph, Emma Kelley

Grade 7

Headmaster’s list: Ethan Hubbard, Charles Lee

High Honors: Allison Cass, Liam Swegart, Liam O’Brien

Honors: Isabella Acevedo, Kathryn McLaughlin

Grade 8

Headmaster’s list: Sophia Chimienti, Maia Dow, Katherine Messmore, Lindsey Smrkovski

Honors: Eva Gannon, Nicholas Lavertue

Grade 9

Headmaster’s list: Madeline ...