FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 22, 2006
Ladies of Notre Dame Academy Rededicate their Seal
MIAMI, FL - On May 20, 2006, over forty ladies,
parents and former teachers representing three decades of Notre Dame Academy
gathered to reminisce and affirm the school’s mission through the rededication
of their original school seal now located at the merged Archbishop Curley Notre
Dame (ACND) High School campus.
The evening
began with a mass celebrated by Fr. David Russell in the ACND chapel and
included a variety of traditional Notre
Dame Academy
songs. A procession to the seal followed
and the ladies were invited to light a candle to symbolize the continued spirit
of Notre Dame. Fr. Russell then blessed the
seal and dedicated it at its new location.
A reception immediately followed in the school gardens.
Unearthed
and recovered by members of the ACND administration in the late 1990’s, an alum offered his service as a gift in kind and moved the
seal to the ACND campus. It soon became
the center piece of the school’s main office entranceway during a renovation
project.
In 1953,
Archbishop Joseph Hurley of St. Augustine, FL established two new Catholic high schools in South
Florida: Archbishop Curley High School
for boys and Notre Dame
Academy for girls. In 1960, Archbishop
Curley High
School and Notre Dame
Academy became the first high schools
in the state and the first Catholic school in the southern United States
to integrate. In 1981, the two schools
united at the 4949 NE 2nd
Avenue campus and became known as Archbishop Curley Notre Dame
High School.
ACND’s
Office of Advancement brought together the ladies of Notre Dame Academy
for two brunches and the idea of the rededication was born. In conjunction with the school, a committee
of seven Notre Dame graduates coordinated and planned
the event. Due to the large success of
the rededication, the school plans on coordinating more such events in the
future.
For more information, please contact:
Katherine
Doble
ACND Office
of Advancement
305.751.8367
ext. 22
news@acnd.net
www.acnd.net