An excavator’s big claw tore down the façade of the Lake Katharine Shopping Center on a rainy Wednesday in June, the start of a project that will transform the 52-year-old commercial district in Miami Lakes with new...
  There is a burst of color on the walls of the Sardiñas Art Gallery at St. Thomas University.  Color, Color and Color, a collection of paintings by Blanca Daw, is now on exhibit at the Sardiñas Art Gallery, the gallery named in honor of St. Thomas University’s beloved late Father Jorge Sardiñas, the architect of the University’s Chapel of Saint Anthony and former art professor at St. Thomas. Born...

Pace principal's family's Journey of Faith

Home By Rene D. Basulto, Special to The Miami Laker Tuesday, July 14, 2015

  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...

BGEC eighth graders visit Florida universities

Education Tuesday, July 14, 2015

  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),...

Former Pace High School students visit on 12-day mission trip

Religious By Christy Pina, Special to The Miami Laker Tuesday, July 14, 2015

  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...
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