Dear Families, It is difficult to believe that we are almost to Holy Week and the end of third quarter. It has long been a tradition at Mount Royal to have Holy Thursday and Good Friday off from school in order to allow families to participate in...
Dear Families, I thought it might be a good idea to continue our Lenten focus on gratitude towards God as the fundamental motivation for every spiritual sacrifice we make during this holy season. It was also very fitting that I came across the...
The student body was blessed with a visit from Hal Liberty this week. Hal is an octogenarian who has devoted his life to bringing joy to children. For over 30 years, Hal has been crafting handmade wooden toys. What began as a simple hobby that...
Six Mount Royal high school students were recently inducted into Mount Royal Academy's St. Thomas Aquinas chapter of the National Honor Society. The inductees were Hannah Fraioli (’19), Kateri Kalpakgian (’20), Mary Grace Klucinec (’20), Aidan...
Dear Families, March 19th marks the feast day of our school’s patron, St. Joseph. Scripture tells us little about this patron of the church, fathers, workers, families and a happy death, but perhaps that is a lesson in and of itself. Joseph is...
Dear Families, I was recently given the Little Book of Holy Gratitude, authored by Fr. Frederick Faber, which features some penetrating insights during this Lenten season. Fr. Faber boldly proclaims that we neglect gratitude more than prayer. "If...
Dear Families, Today we enter the season of Lent, something I always dreaded growing up but now look forward to. What used to be mean nothing more than 40 dismal days of no dessert (made worse by the fact that my dad, to replace the smoking habit...
Dear Families, As many of you may recall, the high school was named a Catholic Honor Roll school by the Cardinal Newman Society. The Newman Society recently expanded their efforts to support excellent Catholic education all the way down to the...
Dear Families,Happy New Year! Hoping you all had a peace and joy-filled Christmas with your families. We are all happy to see your kiddos again and attack the rest of the second quarter. Right after midterms this month, students in grades 7-12...
Dear Families, I will be saying merry Christmas in a more formal fashion as the date approaches, so I wanted to share a couple of thank you's instead this week. Thank you to all of the parents, who in the midst of increasingly hectic weeks leading...