During a Sept. 13 Mass at The Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, Sisters of the Holy Cross, at center along with Katy Prebble, the school’s retired president, join students, faculty and staff members for the liturgy celebrated by Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory to mark the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. At the far right in the photo is Emily A. Kasof, the new president of The Academy of the Holy Cross. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Deacon Keith Somerville gives Communion to a student during a school-wide Mass celebrated by Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory on Sept. 13, 2024 to mark the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Deacon Somerville’s daughter Karlena is a freshman at Holy Cross. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Students at The Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, Maryland, pray during a school-wide Mass celebrated by Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory on Sept. 13, 2024 to mark the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Msgr. John Enzler gives Communion to a student during a school-wide Mass celebrated by Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory on Sept. 13, 2024 to mark the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Vivian Barry, a sophomore at The Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, Maryland, assists Cardinal Wilton Gregory during a school-wide Mass on Sept. 13 marking the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
During a Sept. 13 Mass at The Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, Gabby Hill, a senior who serves as the Executive Board student president there, announces a quilt with hand-painted squares that students made for the Sisters of the Holy Cross to celebrate their work advancing peace and justice around the world. Standing at right is Kathy Hannah, the new principal at The Academy of the Holy Cross. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
During a Sept. 13 Mass at the Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington marking the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory offers the final blessing after offering special prayers for (at left) Kathy Hannah, the school's new principal, and Emily Kasof, the school's new president. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Students at The Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, Maryland, held a diaper drive and collected 5,000 diapers at the start of the new school year to benefit mothers and children helped by the Greater DC Diaper Bank. Standing beside some of the collected diapers at the school at left are seniors Emmah Reese and Gabby Hill and sophomore Chisimdi Iweanoge, and standing at right are senior Isabella Thompson, sophomore Kate Bickel and junior Addison Ruszkowski. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Students at the Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, Maryland, donned purple plastic hard hats to celebrate the ground blessing of the school's future Athletic and Wellness Center on Sept. 13, 2024. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
The Madrigal Singers at The Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, Maryland, sing their school’s Alma Mater during a ground blessing ceremony for the new Athletic and Wellness Center there on Sept. 13, 2024. Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory said prayers and sprinkled holy water to bless the site where the new Athletic and Wellness Center will be built on the campus. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
During a ground blessing ceremony on Sept. 13, 2024 at The Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory sprinkles holy water on the site of the new Athletic and Wellness Center that will be built there. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Emily A. Kasof, the new president of The Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, stands with Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory during a ground blessing ceremony there on Sept. 13, 2024 for the academy’s new Athletic and Wellness Center. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Students at The Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, Maryland, donned plastic purple hard hats for a ground blessing ceremony for the new Athletic and Wellness Center there on Sept. 13, 2024. Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory said prayers and sprinkled holy water to bless the site where the new Athletic and Wellness Center will be built on the campus. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
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