School Press Releases

January 23, 2024 (Louisville, Ky.) –Students, families, pastors, faculty and staff at 48 Catholic elementary and secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Louisville will join dioceses throughout the nation in celebrating Catholic Schools Week from January 28-February 3, 2024. The national theme for this year’s Catholic Schools Week is “Catholic Schools: United in Faith and Community.”

Festivities include an archdiocesan Mass on Tuesday, January 30, 10 a.m., at St. Agnes Church, 1920 Newburg Road, Louisville. The Most Reverend Shelton J. Fabre, […]

October 18, 2023 (Louisville, KY) – On Wednesday, October 25, the Archdiocese of Louisville will honor 205 Catholic schoolteachers who have achieved a total of 3,250 years of teaching experience. This luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Olmsted, 3701 Frankfort Avenue.

Teachers will receive recognition for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45 years of teaching:

September 20, 2023 (Louisville, Ky.) – The United States Department of Education has announced that St. Xavier High School has been recognized as a 2023 National Blue Ribbon School by U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona. St. Xavier, located at 1609 Popular Level Road, is a five-time recipient of this award. It was the first school recognized in the Archdiocese of Louisville and has received the award in 1984, 1989, 1993, 2016 and 2023.

St. Xavier is one of seven […]

January 25, 2023 (Louisville, Ky.) – Students, families, pastors, faculty and staff at 48 Catholic elementary and secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Louisville will join dioceses throughout the nation in celebrating Catholic Schools Week from January 29-February 4, 2023. The theme for this year’s Catholic Schools Week is “Catholic Schools: Faith. Excellence. Service.”

Festivities include a Mass on Tuesday, January 31, 10 a.m., at St. Agnes Church, 1920 Newburg Road, Louisville. The Most Reverend Shelton J. Fabre, D.D., Archbishop of Louisville, […]

October 28, 2022 (Louisville, KY) – On Thursday, November 3, the Archdiocese of Louisville will honor 190 Catholic schoolteachers who have achieved a total of 3,115 years of teaching experience. This luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Olmsted, 3701 Frankfort Avenue.

Teachers will receive recognition for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50 years of teaching:

September 21, 2022 (Louisville, Ky.) – The United States Department of Education has announced that St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School in the Archdiocese of Louisville has been recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School for 2022 by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona.   St. Francis of Assisi School, located at 1938 Alfresco Place, Louisville, Ky, is a two-time recipient of this award, last being recognized in 2016.

St. Francis of Assisi is only one of six schools in Kentucky to […]

January 25, 2022 (Louisville, KY) –Students, families, pastors, faculty and staff at 48 Catholic elementary and secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Louisville will join dioceses throughout the nation in celebrating Catholic Schools Week from January 30-February 5, 2022. The theme for this year’s Catholic Schools Week is “Catholic Schools: Faith. Excellence. Service.”

Festivities include a Mass on Tuesday, February 1, 10:00 a.m., at St. Patrick Parish, 1000 North Beckley Station Road, Louisville. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, schools will attend the […]

November 3, 2021 (Louisville, KY) –Students in grade 8 who wish to attend a Catholic high school next year are required to take the Catholic high school placement test scheduled on Saturday, December 11, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Students take the test at the Catholic high school they plan to attend, and students should bring two #2 pencils. The test is free of charge. Information about the location of Catholic high schools can be found at www.louisvillecatholicschools.com.

The placement […]

October 27, 2021 (Louisville, KY) – On Wednesday, November 3, the Archdiocese of Louisville will honor 200 Catholic schoolteachers who have achieved a total of 3,235 years of teaching experience. This luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Olmsted, 3701 Frankfort Avenue.

Teachers will receive recognition for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45 years of teaching:

October 12, 2021 (Louisville, Kentucky)
Contact: Cecelia Price, 502/585-3291

Please run the following announcement in community calendars or air on public service announcements: 

The Archdiocese of Louisville is sponsoring the annual ACCOMMODATE 2021: A College and Career Night for Students Seeking Support Services and Post-Secondary Career Opportunities. This event will be held at Saint Xavier High School (1609 Poplar Level Road, Louisville) on Thursday, November 4, 2021, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Sterne Gymnasium.

Representatives from colleges, universities, and alternative […]