CM's newest faculty 

Catholic Memorial School welcomes five new faculty to its classrooms this fall: (l-r) Mrs. Barbara Flynn (Theology), Mrs. Caroline DiCicco (Art), Mr. James Dempsey (World Languages), Mr. Thomas Walsh (Math) and Mr. Richard Izzo (Science). 

Middle School Program parents met their sons' teachers at the mini-schedule night on Thursday; high-school parents are reminded to join us at the High School Program's mini-schedule on September 20!   

Parents, please download this faculty/staff contact directory, which was not included in the handbook. It contains voicemail boxes for all faculty.

Campus Ministry News

For the past eleven years, Catholic Memorial School has proudly supported the American Cancer Society's "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" Walk.  

Affectionately known as "the sea of red," CM students in grades 7-12 take time out of their busy schedules to support this wonderful cause. Last year, over half of the student body participated on walk day.

This year, the walk will be held at the Charles River Esplanade on Sunday, October 14th.  Students will meet in the Catholic Memorial gym at 7:15 and will return to the school by 12:30 p.m.  

Catholic Memorial has a very special reason for walking this year; one of our own Tara Shuman, wife of Brian Shuman '98, was recently diagnosed and has just begun her battle with Breast Cancer...[read more]

Athletics News

The varsity football team started its season with a 13-6 win over Marshfield on Friday night. Chris Siggers '13 earned the Boston Herald's "Weekend Football Star" designation for his two-touchdown performance. The team visits Westford Academy tonight.  

 Get the latest scores and news on the CM Twitter feed, or in-game updates and commentary from @CMSuperFan.

Although they came within a stroke of the win in their matchup against Xaverian yesterday, the varsity golf team did have some good news to share: Mike Mason '13 "stole the show" at the Brockton Open last week.

Varsity soccer defeated Newton South, 3-1, on Saturday to move to 1-1 on the season; Pat Hurley '13 scored all three goals for CM. They visit St. John's Prep tomorrow. Varsity XC opens its season against Archbishop Williams on September 20 at 3:45pm at Larz Anderson Park.   

As part of his senior service project, Ed DeLuca '13 (pictured) enlisted the help of Roche Brothers in making this fall soccer season a special one.  To benefit the Special Olympics of Massachusetts, DeLuca convinced Roche Bros. to donate $25 for every goal the soccer team scores in the regular season. He hopes to sharpen his offensive skills enough this season to earn $1500 for those in need in the process! 

Give me a C! And an M!  

Cheerleading returns to Baker Street 

Thanks to a new partnership between CM and Mt. Alvernia, the Catholic Memorial Spirit Program is underway again under the leadership of science teacher and spirit coach Ms. Cells.  

Cheering for the Knights at football games this fall, the Spirit Program will reinforce the already spirited cheering section of "Superfans" at home games. This winter, they plan to lead cheers at home basketball games and wrestling meets.

To start the year off right, the team invites all students, parents, alumni, faculty and staff to a Fall Sports Liturgy and Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, September 23. Please click here for more information. 

If the results of the September 7 home opener are anything to go by, this reinvigorated CM tradition is already contributing a great deal!    

Road Scholars      

This year, there are seven opportunities for travel with the Blessed Edmund Rice Solidarity Initiative (BERSI).  The BERSI program offers cross cultural learning experiences that provide everyone involved with extraordinarily powerful, potentially transformative experiences that are both intellectually and spiritually challenging.  This year students can choose from the following missions and destinations: 

• Hungerfest - Philadelphia, PA
• The March for Life and Sanctity of Life - Washington, D.C.
• Immigration and Cross- Border Issues - Tucson, AZ
• Care for the Earth: Native American Perspectives - Red Cloud Indian Reservation, Wyoming
• Care for the Earth: Native American Perspectives - Wind River Sioux Reservation and Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
• Providing for the Other: Migratory Farm Labor in the U.S. - Bonita Springs, FL
• The Poor and Marginalized of Latin America  - San Salvador, El Salvador
• Global Perspectives from Asia - Shanghai, and Wuxi, China 

Applications will be distributed in homerooms next week and will be available online.   

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Memorial events: Mark your calendars for the Conley Golf Tournament on September 28, and a new event to honor Ryan Kieseling '04, who passed away last summer, on September 22. 

The Coaches' Corner 

Coach Jim Calhoun Retires: Read Coach Tobin's thoughts on the matter

Is Notre Dame on the Atlantic coast? Read Coach Catano's insights on the Irish joining the ACC  

Read More 

Catholic Memorial kicks off the school year (Boston.com)

Varsity soccer v. BLS wrap-up (WR Patch)