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Denver’s Our Lady of Lourdes School is showing how faithful, classical education can revitalize a school and parish.

“My spirit was quite high when I left Denver recently, and it was not because I was in a plane flying over the snow-capped peaks of the Rockies. It was because I had the pleasure to attend a parish elementary school gala in Denver, Colo. Typically, an elementary school fundraising dinner is wonderful for the school families in that parents get together, the students get to showcase some talents, and some money is raised to help with needed repairs, upgrades or scholarships. What I experienced was a whole new ballgame!”

Michael van Hecke , March 28, 2018

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A Classical Comeback

“We’re super excited to be able to serve more families… I think parents are realizing more and more that our culture is moving against Christianity and it’s become of the utmost importance to provide our children with the best education they can have—one that understands reality with a Catholic Christian mind.”

— Fr. Brian Larkin

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THRIVING PARISHES: WATCH YOUR COMMUNITY GROW BY GETTING BACK TO BASICS AND FOCUSING ON CHRIST

“Our Lady of Lourdes’ approach was multifold. Revamping the school was an important first step. ’A lot of families appreciate that our school is not a public school with a Catholic stamp,’ says O’Brien. ‘It offers a deep Catholic culture, based in joy.’”

— Emily Stimpson Chapman, Our Sunday Visitor

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CLASSICAL APPROACH TO EDUCATION GAINS MOMENTUM AMONG CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

“By combining the richness of the Catholic faith with the components of a strong education in pursuit of the true, the good and the beautiful, Lourdes Classical allows for students to encounter virtue in all the circumstances of life.’”

—Josephine von Dohlen, Catholic News Service

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GOING CRAZY FOR CLASSICAL EDUCATION

“With Our Lady of Lourdes school’s wild success after implementing the classical education model, other Catholic schools are also taking the leap to try it out…”

—Therese Bussen, Denver Catholic

CatholicReport

AMID CLOSURES, THESE TWO ELEMENTS LEAD TO THRIVING CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

“Within the first year after the switch to classical education, the school’s enrollment had leapt to 130 students, and as of January 2016, there are 175 students from pre-K to 8th grade. In addition to the classical method of education, the school is firmly Catholic, offering daily Mass and monthly confessions, and making devotion to the Blessed Mother one of its pillars.”

—Elizabeth Anderson, The Catholic World Report

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WILL MORE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS PIVOT FROM COMMON CORE TO CLASSICAL EDUCATION?

“One positive aspect of the Common Core debate, Anderson said, it that it gets parents to think seriously about the kind of education they want for their children. While some school families enrolled over concerns with Common Core, ‘their biggest draw’ comes from home-schooling families that want their children to have a classical education and the added social interaction, sports and drama.”

—Peter Jesserer Smith, National Catholic Register