St. Brendan School
private, coeducational school in Riverside, , Rhode Island
St. Brendan School was a Roman Catholic, coeducational, college preparatory school in Riverside, Rhode Island, United States.
Founding
St. Brendan Parish in Riverside, Rhode Island was established in 1889. In 1909, it became a priority to build a school that would reinforce the Catholic faith in the lives of the children of the parish as well as give them a well-rounded education in all secular subjects. The Third Plenary Council of Baltimore had mandated this a priority in 1884, which recognized that the public school system was neither designed for not capable of strengthening religious faiths in a pluralistic society. To provide Catholic education, funds were raised from parishioners of the parish.
In the early 1930s the pastor arranged for many of the parish children to attend St. Mary Academy at Bay View, a small private school staffed by the Sisters of Mercy. These parish children formed a nucleus for the future St.
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