At 225th anniversary Mass and reception, Georgetown Visitation celebrates educational legacy as pioneering Catholic girls’ school
Celebrating a Mass in Thanksgiving for 225 years of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C., Cardinal Wilton Gregory praised its educational legacy and its impact on generations of young women since it was founded in 1799 as the first Catholic girls’ school in the new United States of America.
In his homily at the Mass on May 31, 2024 at the school’s Nolan Center for the Performing Arts, Washington’s archbishop noted, “During these past 225 years, the techniques for teaching (have evolved), the buildings here on campus have been remodeled, erected or rebuilt, the teachers and students have come and gone, but the dedication to Catholic education has remained constant. That is what we celebrate this evening – the enduring dedication to Catholic education and the Christian formation of gifted young women (that) has endured for these 225 years.”