The Good Newsroom got a behind-the-scenes look at Our Lady of Lourdes High School, one of the Archdiocese’s top-performing high schools.

Saint Ignatius Loyola School is one of just 40 non-public schools nationwide to receive this distinction.

The Albert V. Maniscalco Community Service Award was presented at Monsignor Farrell High School, where Bishop Whalen was previously a student, teacher, and principal.

In his remarks after his official inauguration as Notre Dame's new president, Father Dowd quoted Father Hesburgh, who asked, "If we're afraid to be different from the world, how can we make a difference in the world?"

Honoring a cherished tradition in Jesuit education, on Thursday Cardinal Dolan celebrated the Mass of the Holy Spirit for St. Ignatius School in the Bronx to mark the beginning of the school year.