MEFA, the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, will be hosting live Financial Aid 101 webinars on a weekly basis from September 28 through early December this year. Webinars will occur during both daytime and evening hours, featuring subject matter experts from MEFA. Families can view webinar dates and times and register on mefa.org.

Seniors can access Transcript Release Forms on the MC website through this link.

The Girls Division will participate in the retreat on Monday, October 24, and the Boys Division will experience the retreat on Tuesday, October 25. The Retreats will be held at Malden Catholic; however, students will not attend classes these days, and pizza will be provided for lunch (students may bring a lunch if they have specific dietary restrictions). Students may dress down for the Retreat Day according to Dress Down Day protocol listed in the MC 2022 - 2023 Parent Student Handbook.

The MC Parent Book Club Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 27, at 6:30 PM at MC in the Campus Ministry Center. The October MC Book Club will be discussing Still Life by Louise Penny, a mystery about the killing of a well-loved artist Jane Neal in the residents of Three Pines - a place so free from crime it doesn't even have its own police force.

Please contact Vange Egizi at: [email protected] or Brother Puccio [email protected] if you are interested in attending.

MC will be hosting a pep rally and Blackout football game on Friday, October 28, at 6 PM at Malden Catholic in support of Project Blackout. Project Blackout is a student centered nonprofit group dedicated to raising awareness for pediatric cancer in New England communities.

The Blackout Cancer t-shirt sale is an integral part of Project Blackout’s annual push to unite communities and raise awareness of pediatric cancer. Be sure to purchase a t-shirt in MC's Athletics office during the school day for $15/shirt by cash or check made payable to Malden Catholic. Students and faculty/staff are asked to wear their Blackout t-shirt to school and to the Blackout football game.

Student Council will be hosting a Halloween movie showing in the cafeteria before the football game for anyone who would like to attend. The movie showing will begin at 4 PM on Friday, October 28, and the movie will be "Halloweentown."

Be sure to join the official Parent Council Facebook Group for updated news and information. Click here to join the group or go to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/maldencatholicparents

During Mr. Joe O'Donnell's '62 visit, President Thornburg granted a surprise schoolwide President's Holiday for Monday, November 28. This will provide an extended Thanksgiving holiday weekend. There will be no school for students, faculty or staff on that Monday.

Congratulations to all students who successfully completed the 2022 MC Summer Internship Program! A small awards ceremony was held last week to recognize students who participated in professional business positions during the summer.

Check out the video on the MC Robotics Team YouTube channel of Freshman Robotics demonstrating their process for building their first two robots. Great job!

Last week, Nicole Uribe Lopez '23 and Aiden Balandan '23 accompanied by Br. Puccio, attended the 28th Annual Prize Book Award Breakfast sponsored by the Harvard Club of Boston. Nicole and Aiden were the recipients of the Harvard Book Prize last year as top-ranking students in their Junior class.

As part of The Lynch Foundation's “State of the Schools” report, families in the Greater Boston area are invited to respond to regional anonymous survey regarding the reasons families select Catholic schools for their children. The survey also inquires about current parent satisfaction and likelihood to stay enrolled. If you are interested, please take a moment and complete the attached survey.

The Malden Catholic Fund benefits every student and makes it possible to continually enhance academic innovation, arts and athletic programming, faculty excellence, tuition assistance and scholarships at our school. Our goal is to raise $1.2M for the Malden Catholic Fund, with our current families contributing $100,000 of this amount.

This year, Sallyann (Dimeco) Fama GC '56 and Dr. Eugene Fama '56, the 2013 Nobel Prize winner in Economics Sciences, have offered to match the first $100,000 of parent gifts. Like you, Sallyann and Dr. Fama, who is often called "the father of modern finance," believe in Malden Catholic and know that a gift/investment today will enhance your Lancer’s future.