On Jan. 26, NCEA staff and representatives of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and students and educators from Catholic schools gathered on Capitol Hill to advocate for school choice. 

Sister Maureen Abbott died on Jan. 26 in Providence Health Care, St. Mary-of-the-Woods. She was born Jan. 23, 1939, in Buffalo, NY, to Francis and Winifred McCarrick Abbott and was baptized Maureen Frances.

Second through fifth-grade students from Sacred Heart School in Rockport competed against each other in 10 rounds of a Spelling Bee on Jan. 31.

Sister Michelle Marie baptized Elizabeth Ann, was born Nov. 14, 1942, to Frank John Kuntscher and Margaret Marie Remlinger Kuntscher in Riviera, Texas. Her early education took place at Our Lady of Consolation School in Vattman, staffed by Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament.