Our educational team is committed to cultivating each student's academic potential and unique gifts.
I like that Connolly is a welcoming, faith-enriched community with high academic expectations.
I love that everyone becomes family the moment they walk through our doors.
Students, teachers and culture
What I like best about Bishop Connolly High School is the strong sense of community you feel when you enter the building, as well as the willingness of everyone to work together and help each other out. Everyone is so welcoming, from the students to the staff. Bishop Connolly is a great community because it blends these things with the strong academics based in critical thinking skills and commitment to teaching the student as a whole person.
Teaching and coaching students in a calm, Christian atmosphere, and preparing them for college and beyond
The opportunity to teach, learn, and serve in a vibrant and hospitable community of faith
Making everything we teach come to life, especially our faith, so that our students can see how it can play out in their lives
A strong, vibrant and welcoming community. The mission, tradition and core beliefs of the school foster an atmosphere of academic excellence, allowing every student the opportunity to reach their fullest potential. Rooted in the truth of Jesus Christ, the dignity and sacredness of every human person, mind, body and soul is a lived experience for all students and staff.
Bishop Connolly’s dedication to providing students from working class backgrounds with a holistic education that emphasizes rigorous academic preparation and authentically Catholic spiritual formation
The emphasis on holistic learning and student-centered approach; the motto “not only hearers, but doers of the Word”
The welcoming community to work with—faculty and students who are ready and willing to learn and grow to their full potential.
The community
The people: students, faculty, support staff and all who walk through the doors of Bishop Connolly. It is the people who create the community and the environment.
Community
BCHS is a place where prayer is central to what we do. Prayer empowers us to be not only hearers, but doers of the Word.
All the athletes and coaches are great!
The chance to work with creative and talented young people
I like the way the teachers, students and staff interact and help one another. It has the feeling of “one big family.”
The family atmosphere and the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of my students
The opportunity to see the face of Christ every day in the students, faculty, staff and parents
Over 30 years in the maintenance field
How friendly our students are, and how they are always willing to help anyone in need
I love that Connolly feels like a family rather than just a school. That’s a very rare thing to find.
Everyone is extremely supportive and willing to help.
Father Christopher Peschel is a native of West Roxbury and later grew up in Taunton. He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Fall River in June 2014. Fr. Chris attended Catholic schools at St. Mary’s in Taunton, Taunton Catholic Middle, and Xaverian Brothers High School prior to entering college at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. He entered the seminary in 2007 and studied at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia where he earned a degree in Philosophy. He was then assigned to St. John’s seminary in Brighton, MA, where he specialized in Sacramental Theology.
Fr. Chris is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Equestrian Knights of the Holy Sepulchre. He is an advocate on the local level for Catholic education and vocations with several published articles, interviews, and conference speaking presentations. He currently serves on the Central School Board for the Diocese of Fall River Catholic Schools, and is a foundation board member for the Catholic Education Foundation, which provides scholarships for students desiring attendance at Catholic schools.
Fr. Chris has served the Church in several capacities through parish assignments in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Boston, and Diocese of Fall River. He has also had the privilege to minister in nursing homes, hospitals, special education, and on college campuses. He served the Diocese of Fall River for three years in the Office of Vocations and in addition to chaplaincy at Bishop Connolly High School, he is currently the pastor of Our Lady of Grace and St. John the Baptist parishes in Westport.
The generosity of spirit I encounter every day in our students, faculty and staff
I have known many of our students and their families for years and enjoy watching all of our students grow, achieve their high school diplomas, and continue to work toward their life goals. I feel very blessed to be a part of this community, which really does feel like a family.
I like the sense of community at Bishop Connolly. Students treat one another with kindness.
I love the spirit of community that is reflected in the students, faculty and staff of Bishop Connolly High School.
Every day is different.
The students—great people
The tight community and faith-filled environment
