Church of the Resurrection School
Bishop Earl Boyea visited Resurrection School in Lansing, MI to promote two new scholarships within the Diocese of Lansing. The scholarships are part of a series of recommendations from the Diocesan Task Force on Race and Catholic Schools. The scholarships are designed to support Catholic African Americans working in or attending Catholic schools within the Diocese of Lansing.
The Saint Katherine Drexel Scholarship:
The Saint Katherine Drexel Scholarship aims to increase the number of Catholic minority teachers among school staff. It will help towards tuition costs for Catholic persons of color who wish to transition into teaching within a Catholic school via the State of Michigan’s Teachers of Tomorrow program. The value of tuition assistance will be up to $2,500. That’s 50% of the tuition. Its patroness is Saint Katharine Drexel (1858 – 1955), the great pioneer of educational advancement for Native Americans and African Americans. It will be launched for the 2020-21 school year.
The Venerable Augustus Tolton Scholarship:
The Venerable Augustus Tolton Scholarship is aimed at increasing the number of Catholic African American students in the Diocese of Lansing’s Catholic schools. It will operate under the patronage of Venerable Augustus Tolton (1854 – 97), a former slave who became the first African American priest in the United States. This tuition assistance is need-based and is worth up to $500 a year. It will launch in the 2020-21 school year.
Resurrection School is already sponsored by the Black and Indian Mission Office. They were selected as the location for the unveiling of these new scholarships because of the cultural diversity of their students and the efforts the school community has conducted to provide an affordable Catholic education within the city of Lansing.
