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About Bishop Connolly | history
- The
founder of Bishop Connolly High School , Bishop James L.
Connolly, invited the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) to staff
this school for boys in 1966.
- In
1970, the Brothers of Christian Instruction joined the staff,
bringing to Connolly a rich tradition of educational excellence
which had marked Msgr. Prevost High School in Fall River
since 1927.
- Ten
years later, in 1980, Connolly became coeducational; successor
to Bishop Gerrard High School . Bishop Gerrard’s vibrant
history of Catholic education for young women had its traditions
founded in Jesus Mary Academy, Sacred Hearts Academy, Dominican
Academy and Mount Saint Mary reaching back to the early
years of the 20th century.
- Today,
as a Catholic college preparatory high school in the diocesan
educational system of Fall River , Connolly serves students
from over 30 cities and towns in an extensive geographical
area covering southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island
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