Cites ‘connection’ to business world
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Cristo Rey senior Taryn Daniel led Archbishop Richard G. Henning on a tour of the school. Above, they can be seen visiting a freshman art class. Cassidy McNeeley photo
Boston’s Catholic Archbishop Richard G. Henning celebrated Mass with the Cristo Rey High School community at St. Teresa of Calcutta Church in Dorchester last Thursday (Nov. 5) before making a visit to the school on Savin Hill Ave., where seniors Taryn Daniel and Myles Robinson and sophomore Trinity Coy took him on a tour of the premises.
“I’ve been to about half of our Catholic schools in the archdiocese – it’s about 50 schools – over the last two years,” Henning said. “It’s been remarkable to visit and see that each of them is different, but all of them have such special gifts.”
Through Cristo Rey’s Corporate Work Study Program, students combine rigorous academics with meaningful professional experiences that help prepare them for their post-graduate lives.
The archbishop seemed particularly impressed by the school’s college counseling center and its commitment to career development.
“This school obviously is kind of very particular in its mission and in its methodology, really,” he told The Reporter. “That connection with the business world, it kind of gives these young people practical experience as well as the educational grounding they need.”
Henning saw Cristo Rey athletics in play at the gym, met freshman students in art class, admired the artwork featured throughout the school’s halls and chapel, and even checked out the cafeteria.
He also mused about the school’s location. “I’ve visited now about 130-140 parishes around the whole archdiocese. It’s very fascinating to me when I meet people; it seems like everyone from everywhere else is from Dorchester,” he said with a laugh. “Dorchester seems to loom really large. So many people still identify themselves as being from Dorchester even when they live miles away. Dorchester really matters a lot to this whole region.”
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