THE BRONX – Mount St. Michael Academy celebrated the Installation of the new President, Brother Michael Flanigan, FMS on Friday, September 27, 2024. More than 700 school community members including students, alumni, faculty, friends, and Marist Brothers attended the ceremony.

Brother Michael who began his tenure as the sixth president of Mount St. Michael Academy on July 1, 2024, was formally installed during the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit. Mass was presided over by Mount alumnus, Father Richard LaMorte, from the Class of ’54. Leading the installation ceremony was Brother Dan O’Riordan, provincial of the Marist Brothers’ U.S. Province.

Brother Michael brings a wealth of ministerial experiences to his new position. He has been a teacher and campus minister at the following Marist schools: Our Lady of Lourdes, Poughkeepsie; St. Agnes High School, New York City; and Mount St. Michael, where he also served for one year as president, before being asked by our Superior General at the time to inaugurate a new program placing 200 Marist Brothers in Asian countries where we had not previously worked. Brother Michael also served as Head of School at Bishop Donahue HS in West Virginia.

In addition, he worked on the staff of Abraham House, a residential program that served as an alternative to incarceration for young men in the South Bronx. He also taught for several years at Cardinal Hayes High School. Brother Michael worked as part of the Campus Ministry team at Marist College for the past 15 years.

The opening school Mass marks the 98th year since the school’s founding in 1926. “Brother Michael’s administrative experiences, organizational skills, and fundraising abilities coupled with his passion for the mission that is Mount St. Michael will enable us to thrive well into the future,” stated Principal Brother Steve Schlitte.

Mount St. Michael Academy, in the Marist Brothers of the Schools tradition, provides a Catholic, college preparatory education to a brotherhood of young men, grades 6 through 12. For more information, visit www.mtstmichael.org