20 min
Sr. Mary Jordan Hoover, Founding Principal of St. John Paul II Catholic High School, Shares Successes of Building Everything from the Ground Up with Nancy Padberg, CEO of CEA Creating Future Leaders
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In this episode, Sister Mary Jordan Hoover shares the story of how she was sent to Phoenix to lead a school that had not even been built yet. In 2016, she moved to Avondale, AZ after her order, the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, received an invitation from Bishop Olmsted to staff and lead the brand new high school. St. John Paul Catholic High School was the only Catholic high school built in the United States that year. The commitment to Catholic education shown by the Diocese of Phoenix gave Sister Mary Jordan and three fellow Sisters the confidence to bring the vision of the school to life. In 2021, St. JPII just graduated its first class and thus was able to have its first homecoming game and dance. With 37 graduates all headed off to school in the fall, the list of successes grows. Sister Mary Jordan, who has been a principal in 5 dioceses, shares her perspective on starting from scratch, creating culture, and being able to provide scholarship assistance to families through tax credit contributions to STOs like CEA. The beauty of Arizona's tax credit legislation is that it makes Catholic education available to any family that wants it, not just the wealthy or elite. Catholic schools can be authentically Catholic because those who choose Catholic schools do so to bring Jesus Christ into the lives of their children every day. To learn more about the philosophy, charisms, culture, and curriculum of St. JPII Catholic School, check out this episode!
In this episode, Sister Mary Jordan Hoover shares the story of how she was sent to Phoenix to lead a school that had not even been built yet. In 2016, she moved to Avondale, AZ after her order, the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, received an invitation from Bishop Olmsted to staff and lead the brand new high school. St. John Paul Catholic High School was the only Catholic high school built in the United States that year. The commitment to Catholic education shown by the Diocese of Phoenix gave Sister Mary Jordan and three fellow Sisters the confidence to bring the vision of the school to life. In 2021, St. JPII just graduated its first class and thus was able to have its first homecoming game and dance. With 37 graduates all headed off to school in the fall, the list of successes grows. Sister Mary Jordan, who has been a principal in 5 dioceses, shares her perspective on starting from scratch, creating culture, and being able to provide scholarship assistance to families through tax credit contributions to STOs like CEA. The beauty of Arizona's tax credit legislation is that it makes Catholic education available to any family that wants it, not just the wealthy or elite. Catholic schools can be authentically Catholic because those who choose Catholic schools do so to bring Jesus Christ into the lives of their children every day. To learn more about the philosophy, charisms, culture, and curriculum of St. JPII Catholic School, check out this episode!
20 min