God bless you, Mrs. Troy! We say goodbye this year to Mrs. Kathy Troy, who spent the past 16 years as an OLMC History teacher, topping off her 36-year teaching career. She has many wonderful memories of teaching middle school, from field trips and classroom simulations to the everyday laughs and antics of her students. One of her proudest moments was being nominated by a former OLMC student for Who’s Who of American Teaching. Mrs. Troy’s coaching and encouragement helped this struggling middle schooler to blossom in high school, and her student honored Mrs. Troy with respect and gratitude. She retires with a long to-do list of projects, including traveling to see her grandchildren in Germany and completing sewing projects Read More >>

June 21, 2019 by Sr. Anna Joseph in Announcements,Study

Mr. Sean Devlin from Post 25 and 3rd District Commander, Rich Ward from the American Legion returned to Our Lady of Mount Carmel to present OLMC 8th grader Erica Gillian with another award.  After her essay won at both the post and the district, she advanced and went on to with the state competition, receiving $250 for the 1st place middle school essay for the Department of Virginia.  Mrs. Jessica Peters, our Literature teacher, was also honored for her great work with our students.  Congratulations!

March 25, 2019 by Sr. Anna Joseph in Announcements,Study

A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure. A faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his worth. A faithful friend is a life-saving remedy, such as he who fears God finds; For he who fears God behaves accordingly, and his friend will be like himself. – Sirach 6:14-17 The first reading at Mass set the theme for OLMC’s 2019 Faith Day.  As the students met with their Faith Families, this message of friendship and its many facets and riches was discussed, experienced and reinforced. From Fr. John David’s homily about his personal experiences with friendship all through activities led by the catechists and 8th graders, the theme of friendship with each Read More >>

March 4, 2019 by Sr. Anna Joseph in Community,Prayer,Service

Last fall, Mrs. Peters’ 8th grade students wrote essays as we prepared for our Military Appreciation Day.  Today we were privileged to have two Commanders from the American Legion at OLMC to present awards.  Our students did extraordinarily well, taking all three places at the post level: Erica won 1st, John placed 2nd, and Leila took 3rd for Post 25; Post Commander Sean Devlin presented these students with their award.  Commander Devlin then submitted Erica’s essay to the District along with winners from 13 other Posts.  The 3rd District Commander, Rich Ward presented Erica with the 1st place prize for the District.  Erica’s essay now advances to the State competition on Friday.  Congratulations to our 8th graders and to Mrs. Read More >>

February 26, 2019 by Sr. Anna Joseph in Study