St. Jerome Academy (Hyattsville)

Catholic school in Hyattsville, Maryland. In a New Yorker profile it is the institutional heart of the local Catholic community.

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Rod Dreher’s Monastic Vision – The New YorkerJoshua RothmansettingThe local Catholic school the community has largely taken over.

Rod Dreher’s Monastic Vision – The New Yorker — Joshua Rothman (2017)

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Currie led us outside, where we climbed a steep hill toward the school, an imposing brick pile.

  • Role: setting
  • In the article: The local Catholic school the community has largely taken over. In the vice-principal’s dingy seafoam-colored office, teachers describe Sunday-evening prayer potlucks, book clubs and the men’s tool-trading Listserv.
  • Why it matters: The school is the institutional centre of the Hyattsville community the piece describes.