September 14, 201801:04:43

2: Attracting Hispanic Families to Catholic Schools

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BONUS Episode in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month! (Sept 15th-Oct 15th)

With Susana Solorza, Madrina, Holy Name Catholic School and Ann Flaherty, Superintendent, Diocese of Owensboro

In today's program Susana Solorza shares with us her experience of being a Madrina, following the Madrina Model from Notre Dame, to help increase enrollment of Hispanic students in Catholic Schools.  Then we will hear from the superintendent Ann Flaherty about the background work that went into implementing the Madrinas program.

Resources Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Notre Dame University’s Madrina’s Model

Free eBook on Hispanic Culture for Catholic Ministers

Building Intercultural Competence for Ministers

Posadas Resources:

Teachers Pay Teachers resources for Las Posadas

Children’s Musical Script about Las Posadas

Pilgrim Image of Mary and Joseph to use during Posadas

More about our guests' ministries:

Holy Name School was featured in a recent Catholic News Service article found in English and Spanish in the Western Kentucky Catholic September 2018 issue and the Latino Enrollment Institute (LEI) was featured in the February 2017 issue.

The Diocese of Owensboro

Owensboro Catholic Schools

Supporting Scholarship Tax Credits

EdChoice KY

Supporting Hispanic Youth in Applying for College

Suzy’s best tip is to call the school they’re interested in directly and ask them what is available for Dreamers, DACA recipients and undocumented students.

Filling out FAFSA for undocumented students

DACA students FAFSA process

 

Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links above are “affiliate links.”
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