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Deacon John Fitzmaurice, principal of St. Mary/McCormick Catholic Academy in Port Huron, sits with students at the school in January. Deacon Fitzmaurice, who was ordained in October 2015, is another example of the growing role of deacons in Church ministries such as education.

Photo by St. Mary/McCormick Academy

Principal ‘Mr. Deacon’ Fitzmaurice sees blessings in dual calling

New York Riveters forward Madison Packer, a 2010 graduate of Bloomfield Hills Marian High School, high-fives young fans before a game earlier this season. Packer plays in the start-up National Women's Hockey league, the first professional women's league in the United States.

Photo by National Women's Hockey League

Marian grad a pioneer in professional women’s hockey

Marian High School students meet with working professionals from companies such as IBM and Sun Microsystems as part of a STEM career night designed to pique interest in such field among young women.

Photos by Marian High School

Catholic girls schools work to close gender gap in STEM fields

Jorge and Linda Rollan are pictured with their two sons, Alejandro and Lucas, at their family home in Wayne. Lucas, a second-grader at St. Mary School in Wayne, rescued his mother in early November by jumping into action and calling his father during a medical emergency.

Family Photo

Second-grader’s heroics saved mom during medical crisis

Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron speaks with Lucy Severson, a reporter for PBS' Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, on Jan. 14 at St. Ladislaus Church in Hamtramck.

Photos by Mike Stechschulte | The Michigan Catholic

Archbishop Vigneron speaks to PBS about Islam, Hamtramck

Rachel Hendrian, an 8th grade student at Our Lady of Sorrows School in Farmington, will compete in the Junior Olympics in fencing Feb. 12-15. Rachel's weapon, the foil, is considered the most difficult for which to qualify.

Courtesy of Dianne Hendrian

Sorrows student thrives on fencing, like ‘chess at a hundred miles an hour’