Students at St. Pascal Regional Catholic School in St. Paul in an October 2021 courtesy photo. The school is joining a consortium of Catholic schools called Ascension Catholic Academy in May 2022. The move should secure the East Side school’s future by connecting it with major donors and a centralized administration. (Courtesy of St. Pascal Regional Catholic School)
From Pioneer Press:
"Early in the morning in November 2019, Inna Collier Paske, principal of St. Pascal Regional School, had a vision. “God talked to me at that time. He asked me why I work at St. Pascal, and I said it’s because I want to share my faith,” she said.
Her school’s enrollment was dropping fast, and so was financial support from parishioners.
School officials came up with four pillars for the East Side school to live by: “Believe, Learn, Love and Connect.” Students posted strong test scores, even during the coronavirus pandemic.
And earlier this month, the school was welcomed into a consortium that should secure St. Pascal’s future at a time when many Catholic schools have been forced to close.
The consortium, Ascension Catholic Academy, was created in 2016 with major support from the GHR Foundation, founded by commercial real estate developer Gerald Rauenhorst and his wife, Henrietta. The pair, in life and in death, have applied much of their philanthropy to supporting Catholic education.
The foundation, now run by their daughter, Amy Goldman, sought in 2015 to establish a new model for funding Catholic schools."
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"Early in the morning in November 2019, Inna Collier Paske, principal of St. Pascal Regional School, had a vision. “God talked to me at that time. He asked me why I work at St. Pascal, and I said it’s because I want to share my faith,” she said.
Her school’s enrollment was dropping fast, and so was financial support from parishioners.
School officials came up with four pillars for the East Side school to live by: “Believe, Learn, Love and Connect.” Students posted strong test scores, even during the coronavirus pandemic.
And earlier this month, the school was welcomed into a consortium that should secure St. Pascal’s future at a time when many Catholic schools have been forced to close.
The consortium, Ascension Catholic Academy, was created in 2016 with major support from the GHR Foundation, founded by commercial real estate developer Gerald Rauenhorst and his wife, Henrietta. The pair, in life and in death, have applied much of their philanthropy to supporting Catholic education.
The foundation, now run by their daughter, Amy Goldman, sought in 2015 to establish a new model for funding Catholic schools."
Read more.
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