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Lighting the Fire for
Catholic Education

Sister Ellen Rose Coughlin, a Sister of St. Joseph and superintendent of diocesan Catholic Schools, received the Lighting the Fire for Catholic Education from the Catholic School Administrators Association of New York State on Nov. 13 during the organization’s annual gathering. The award was presented to Sister Ellen Rose by Msgr. Robert H. Aucoin, diocesan episcopal vicar for Education and New Evangelization, and the event was attended by representatives of the diocesan Education Department and diocesan Catholic schools. Pictured are (ront row, from left) Vicky Lalonde, Jessica Hargrave, Sister Ellen Rose, Anita Soltero, Sister M. Gregory Munger, (back row) Msgr. Aucoin, Catherine Russell, Michelle Myers, Karen Donahue and Mary Anne Margry.


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