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  • Mayor Michael Nutter was greeted by the student council when he arrived at Little Flower High School on Sept. 11.

  • Young women of Little Flower proudly sing their alma matter.

  • H. Edward Hanway, president Faith in the Future Foundation, meets students that benefit from foundation at Little Flower High School.

  • Mayor Michael Nutter and Dr. Carol A. Cary, archdiocesan superintendent of secondary schools, visit classrooms at Little Flower High School Sept. 11. (Sarah Webb)

  • Mayor Michael Nutter participates in computer class at Little Flower Catholic High School.

  • Dr. Carol A. Cary, superintendent of secondary schools, is given a tour by student council members at Little Flower High School.

  • Mayor Michael Nutter observes Mrs. Noreen Diehl’s art class at Little Flower High School.

  • On their first day playing their instruments Mayor Michael Nutter stops by Little Flower High School’s music class.

  • Sr. Margaret Fleming IHM, principal, along with Jacqueline Coccia, Superintendent of Elementary Schools, and H. Edward Hanway, Chairman of the Faith in the Future Foundation greet students on their first day of school at St Lucy School for Children with Visual Impairments.

  • St Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments & Archbishop Ryan School for the Deaf- Sr. Elaine George IHM welcomes students back to school as they arrived for the first day.

  • Sr Margaret Fleming IHM, principal, is excited to welcome back students Angelique Hernandez and Christopher Rogers to St. Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments.

  • Mary Katherine Burger, 8th grader from St Stanislaus, leads the student procession in to church for a prayer service on the first day of school at the new Mater Dei Catholic School in Lansdale.

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  • Alex Varallo, an 8th grade student from St Maria Goretti in Hatfield, play the patron saint of her parish at the prayer service on the first day of her new school.

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  • Students enter the newly blessed Mater Dei Catholic School for the first time.

  • Archbishop Charles Chaput cheers after cutting the ribbon for the new Mater Dei Catholic School in Lansdale.

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