April 2023

A Note from the Headmaster

Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia! So echo the joyful call and response in these weeks of the Easter season. And yet it can be difficult to experience the full, life-changing meaning of these words. Spring, after all, is a busy time, and it can be full of fatigue as we strive to “finish the race” and “win the crown” of another school year (cf. 2 Tim 4:7; 1 Cor 9:25). This difficulty is perhaps because Christ’s work established a kingdom that is, as has often been observed, both “already” and “not yet.” For this reason, the Church on earth lives in hope.  

At Our Lady of Hope, many of us may be experiencing an analogous tension of “already, not yet.” With great excitement, we look forward to being together with other families, meeting new teachers, and setting off on a new adventure with a new community of friends. Along with this joyful expectation (“not yet”), we also see things already falling into place as we interview excellent candidates, plan the Gala, enroll new students, and continue to receive generous donations that bring us closer to our budget goals for the launch of the first year of our new school.

This Easter season, may the Holy Spirit grant each of us to experience more fully the knowledge that death really is once and for all destroyed and we are free. Christ’s victory over death gives new meaning to everything we do, as, in all our different places, we finish strong the races before us and look ahead to being together soon for the start of a new one. For it is true: Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia!

What's New

• Due to your incredible generosity we have secured 100% of the $125,000 match that was made available from a generous donor!  Thank you!  We are now 62% to our goal of $407k.  Fundraising continues to close the remaining gap.  Spots are still available in our Founding 100.  This is a great way to show your support and have your name displayed on a plaque that will be forever displayed in the school.  Some donors have taken advantage of employer matching, or the tax advantages of utilizing a donor advised fund or transferring appreciated securities. We would be happy to assist if you would like to pursue any of these options.
  
  
• Faculty hiring is making excellent progress with the hiring of a full time teacher and interviews ongoing for part time faculty and staff. We look forward to sharing announcements in the coming days and weeks.
  
  
• We continue to receive additional interest and students electing to complete enrollment.  We are grateful to the parents and families placing their trust in us as we embark on this endeavor together and are excited as the first class of Chesterton Academy students continues to form.  Openings are available for students that still wish to apply.
  
  
• Our founder and president of the Board Michael Casey represented Chesterton Academy in a panel discussion on Catholic Education held at Saint John's seminary in Boston.
  
  
• Planning for the Gala on October 14th is underway.  Please make sure this date is blocked on your calendar and share the date with your friends. The Gala committee has begun meeting and is working to organize the details.  Additional volunteers are always welcome.

G.K. Today

 
“On the third day the friends of Christ coming at daybreak to the place found the grave empty and the stone rolled away.  In varying ways they realized the new wonder; but even they hardly realized that the world had died in the night.  What they were looking at was the first day of a new creation, with a new heaven and a new earth; and in a semblance of the gardener God walked again in the garden, in the cool not of the evening but of the dawn.”

- G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man

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