Teach Me to Be Generous - Anthony D. Andreassi

Teach Me to Be Generous

The First Century of Regis High School in New York City
Buch | Hardcover
272 Seiten
2014
Fordham University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8232-5633-4 (ISBN)
38,65 inkl. MwSt
This book chronicles the founding in 1914 and development of the free Jesuit high school in the United States. As one of the most prestigious and selective high schools in the nation, Regis has offered an excellent education to generations of Catholic boys from the New York City area, many of whom would never have had access to this.
Teach Me to Be Generous tells the remarkable story of Regis High School, the Jesuit school on New York’s Upper East Side that was founded in 1914 by an anonymous donor as a school for Catholic boys whose families could not otherwise afford a Catholic education. Enabled by the philanthropy of the founding family for nearly a century, and now by alumni and friends carrying on that tradition of generosity, Regis has been able to provide tuition-free, all-scholarship education for its entire history. It also holds the distinction of being the first free-standing Jesuit high school in the United States, with no connection to any Jesuit colleges or universities.

Regis High School’s unique story is told by an engaging storyteller and historian who has taught at the school for more than ten years. Father Andreassi offers captivating glimpses into the lives and daily experiences of Regis’s students and faculty while chronicling the development of the school’s educational philosophy

and spiritual approach in its first century. Filled with entertaining anecdotes alongside wider historical context and illuminating statistical analysis, Teach Me to Be Generous tracks Regis High School through the decades of the twentieth century to the present day—from the generosity of a devout Catholic widow, through the Depression and World War II, to changes in demographics of the Catholic community and shifts in the landscape of Catholic education in New York City. During the school’s first few decades, Regis admitted thousands of Catholic boys, mostly from poor or lower-middle-class families, helping prepare them for success in college and leadership positions in the professions. Because of the closing of dozens of urban Catholic schools and the general decline of the quality of New York City’s public schools, in more recent years the school has faced the challenge of remaining true to its mission in offering an education to Catholic boys “who otherwise would not be able to afford a Catholic education.”

Teach Me to Be Generous paints a vivid portrait of the first one hundred years of an exceptional institution and looks with hope and confidence to its future.

Anthony D. Andreassi (Author) Anthony D. Andreassi, C.O., a priest of the Brooklyn Oratory of St. Philip Neri, holds a doctorate in history from Georgetown University with a specialization in the history of American Catholicism. He has taught history at Regis High School since 2003. Timothy Cardinal Dolan Dolan (Foreword By) His Eminence Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan is Archbishop of New York. He has published widely on Church doctrine. One of Cardinal Dolan’s recent publications is A People of Hope: The Challenges Facing the Catholic Church and the Faith That Can Save It, coauthored with John L. Allen, Jr.

Introduction 1 Mrs. Grant's Gift 2 Strong Beginnings, 1914-1930 3 "See You in North Africa!": Regis Through the Depression and World War II 4 A Winning Team, Father Gannon, and Anniversary Celebrations 5 Neat and Clean with Socks and Covered Shoes: A Revised Dress Code, a New Curriculum, and Other Changes, 1964-1980 6 The Return of the Missing Owl Conclusion

Vorwort Him Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan Dolan
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Religion / Theologie Christentum Religionspädagogik / Katechetik
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik
ISBN-10 0-8232-5633-2 / 0823256332
ISBN-13 978-0-8232-5633-4 / 9780823256334
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