On May 9, Bryan Garcia was ordained into the priesthood by Archbishop Thomas Wenski in a ceremony held at St. Mary Cathedral. For Father Bryan, it was the culmination of years of service towards Christ and the beginning of an even deeper relationship with God and his community.Like many Catholics, Father Bryan’s faith was nurtured at Catholic schools as he graduated from Immaculate Conception School in Hialeah in 2002 and...

  Fifty Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) eighth graders visited five Florida universities in early June. As members of BGEC's innovative after school club, The COUP (College Offers Unlimited Possibilities), the scholars learned the value of exploring colleges and careers in order to make more informed decisions later in life.  This was the second annual COUP College Road Trip, which visits University of Central Florida (Orlando),...

  A group of missionaries from the organization Amor en Acción (Love in Action), made their way to Haiti on June 17 for a 12-day mission trip in Môle St. Nicolas, a small town in the northwestern part of Haiti. Five missionaries including Brittani Garcia, Christy Piña, Jonas Erthal, Joaquin Pannunzio, and Paulina Rios were accompanied by mission leaders Raquel Lauture and Pace Campus Minister Andres Novela. The...

  The Assessment Center at Miami Dade College’s (MDC) School of Justice will offer the Advanced Teen Safety Driving Program on Friday, July 31, at North Campus, 11380 N.W. 27 Avenue. The course, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., will give students the tools to handle the complex situations that driving in a crowded urban environment can present. Open to drivers 16-21 years old with at least six months of driving experience, will include...

  St. Thomas University announced that prominent businessman and philanthropist Gus Machado recently pledged $5 million to the university, the single largest gift to date for the Catholic school, that would provide the cornerstone of the construction funding for the new state-of-the art School of Business building.St. Thomas alumnus and trustee and business executive Jorge Rico helped jumpstart the university’s ambitious project...