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Selected Media Coverage

Latest News:

• Boston Globe: "Oak Square poised to celebrate revival of Presentation School as community center" (December 21, 2011)
• Boston Globe: "After 6-year effort, community puts Presentation School in Oak Square center back on track" (March 3, 2011) (read story)
• Allston Brighton TAB: "Residents celebrate groundbreaking" (March 1, 2011) (read story)
• NECN: "New life for old Boston school" (February 24, 2011) (read story/watch video)
• WBZ Radio: "Groundbreaking ‘An Exhilarating Moment’" (February 24, 2011) (read/listen to story)
• WGBH's Greater Boston: "Web Extra: A tour of the Presentation School building" (December 9, 2010) (watch video)
• Boston Globe: "Brighton community center begins to take shape" (August 3, 2010) (read story)
• Boston Globe editorial: "An urban paradox in Oak Square" (May 23, 2010) (Read story)
• Boston Globe, City Weekly: "Crafting An Education Magnet" (April 6, 2008) (Download PDF)
• Allston Brighton TAB: "Presentation School Gala A Smashing Success" (March 20, 2008) (Download PDF)
• Boston Globe, Editorial: "An Anchor in Brighton" (October 19, 2007) (Download PDF)
• Boston Globe, "Shuttered Parochial School Gets New Life" (October 13, 2007) (Download PDF)
• Boston Herald, "Rally for Closed School A Class Act" (October 13, 2007) (Download PDF)
• Allston-Brighton TAB, "Presentation School Building Sold" (October 12, 2007) (Download PDF)
• WBZ News Radio, "Presentation School Going Back to Neighborhood" (October 11, 2007) (Download PDF)
• Allston-Brighton TAB, "'Countdown' Calms Kindergarten Nerves," (September 5, 2007) (Download PDF)
• Boston Globe: "Once a school, now a cause" (March 4, 2007) (Read story)

The Foundation has made international news, and has been covered by the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, the New York Times, the L.A. Times, and the Economist, among numerous other publications. We have also appeared on CNN's "The Paula Zahn Show" and NPR's "All Things Considered."

Our press coverage includes:

• Boston Globe Editorial, "Cultivating a Compromise" (March 18, 2006) (PDF document, 69 KB)
• Boston Herald, "Church Heartbreak 101 Taught at Former School" (March 16, 2006) (PDF document, 57 KB)
• Boston Globe, "Parochial School Talks Hit A Snag" (March 15, 2006) (PDF document, 112 KB)
• March 15, 2006 news broadcasts on Channel 4 (WBZ), Channel 5 (WCVB), Channel 56 (WB), and NECN ("Protests Return to Oak Square")
• Boston Herald, "True Church: People in Pews, Not Celibate Men" (March 12, 2006) (PDF document, 95 KB)
• Boston Globe OpEd, "Collective Effort Needed" (January 2, 2006) (PDF document, 65 KB)

Below please find some selected articles:

• Boston Globe editorial, "A Changing Church" (July 1, 2005) (PDF document, 58 KB)
• Boston Globe editorial, "Tussle at Brighton School" (June 10, 2005) (PDF document, 59 KB)
• Boston Globe editorial, "Best Use in Brighton" (January 21, 2005) (PDF document, 60 KB)
• Boston Globe, "Politicians Pledge Good-Faith Effort for Presentation" (January 23, 2005) (Download PDF)
• Boston Globe, "Church's Poor Presentation" (June 5, 2005) (Download PDF)
• Boston Globe, "Diocese to Sell School to Community Group" (October 20, 2006) (Download PDF)
• Boston Herald, "Church's Social Mission is Lost in Reconfiguration" (June 8, 2005) (Download PDF)
• Boston Globe, "School Shuts to Ward Off Parents" (June 9, 2005) (Download PDF)
• Boston Globe, "O'Malley to Meet School Protestors" (June 12, 2005)
• L.A. Times, "Dispatch from Brighton, Mass.: Schoolyard Fight Among Catholics" (June 14, 2005) (JPG file, 168 KB)
• New York Times, "Boston Archdiocese Fears Parents' Protest and Closes Elementary School Early" (PDF document, 69 KB)
• Boston Herald, "O'Malley Agrees to School Sale Talks with Parents" (June 14, 2005)
• The Economist, "The Church's Tin Ears" (June 18, 2005) (PDF document, 277 KB)

For a complete list of articles, please see our Archives page.