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Marian Christian High School and the Congregation of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament [31] - closed 1978; Mount Carmel High School (Houston) (closed in 2008) [32] [33] St. Nicholas High School (Houston) - closed 1967; O'Connell Consolidated High School (Galveston) - closed 2004 and became O'Connell College Preparatory School
It was founded in 1968 as a consolidation of Galveston Island's three existing Catholic high schools: Kirwin High School (Boys, founded in 1927) and Dominican High School (Girls, founded in 1882) and Ursuline Academy (Girls, founded in 1847) and is the only Roman Catholic high school in Galveston County. [2]
The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston bought the site in March 1999. The church's 100-seat 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m 2 ) sanctuary and 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m 2 ) Formation Center were scheduled to be completed in early March 2004 for a total of $5.8 million.
The archdiocese was erected in 2004, having been a diocese since 1959 and the "Diocese of Galveston" since 1847. It is the second metropolitan see in Texas after the Archdiocese of San Antonio. The mother church of the archdiocese is St. Mary Cathedral Basilica in Galveston; [3] the co-cathedral is the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston.
With over 1,200 students, it is the largest Catholic high school in Houston. It has a full-time curator for its art collection; the City of Houston has classified the campus as an art museum. [7] The school is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
Dominican High School (Galveston, Texas) G. ... List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston; O. O'Connell College Preparatory School; R.
St. John XXIII College Preparatory, formerly Pope John XXIII High School, is a Catholic independent, non-profit, coeducational, private day school in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States, near Katy. The school serves grades 9–12.
Subsequently, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston allowed the school to begin using a house previously used by Catholic Charities, and the art and music classes of OLG were moved into this house. Four years prior to 2012, the school opened a covered area which shelters individuals moving between buildings during inclement ...