WARWICK, RI (February 17, 2022) – Lieutenant Commander Kasim Yarn, Rhode Island Director of Veterans Affairs, first visited Bishop Hendricken in 2019 with a simple message: “It’s okay not to be okay.” As he stepped into McNally Gymnasium on Thursday, he reiterated: “It’s still okay not to be okay. That message has never changed.” But, what Yarn added was equally as important: “I am my brother’s keeper.” Invited back to...Read More
Originally published in The Hawk Insider’s Fall 2021 edition. Written by Christian Kabbas ’14. On a crisp fall morning at the beginning of the school year, there was a special recruitment process taking place on RIPTA bus #3 departing Providence for Oakland Beach. Isaac Reyes ‘06 remembers it well. On board, a handful of Bishop Hendricken students – all of them young men of color – rode the bus to...Read More
WARWICK, RI (February 11, 2022) — In honor of Black History Month, Lieutenant Commander Kasim Yarn, Rhode Island Director of Veterans Affairs, will lead a speaking presentation and discussion on race with the Bishop Hendricken community on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 9:30am in McNally Gym. Following his presentation, Director Yarn will open up for a Q&A session with the school community. “Director Yarn’s last visit to Bishop Hendricken was...Read More
WARWICK, RI (February 8, 2022) – Today, Fr. Robert L. Marciano, KHS ’75, President, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Christopher Lefoley, CPA ’76 as Bishop Hendricken High School’s Director of Finance, effective immediately. “Christopher Lefoley has been a lifelong friend and sterling Catholic gentleman,” said Fr. Marciano. “I am also pleased to appoint him to the Bishop Hendricken Board of Advisors to serve as Chairman of our...Read More
A Catholic Schools Week reflection by Braeden Shields ’22 In all honesty, my true Catholic journey didn’t begin as soon as I walked through the doors of Hendricken. Just as many of you do today, I was someone who went through the process day-in and day-out; doing simply what I was instructed to do. I would say the morning prayer or pitch in a dollar for donations, but never thought...Read More
