With Invest in Kids tax credit scholarships expiring Catholic schools and parents scramble to fund students' tuition chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When Cristina Moreno enrolled her daughter, Camila, in kindergarten last year at St. Frances of Rome in Cicero, she felt certain the school would provide a well-rounded education and social environment for years to come. Moreno, a single mother of two from Cicero, sends Camila to St. Frances with support from the Invest in Kids tax credit scholarship program, which she called a “great help” .
Bishop Ron Hicks’ office has blamed declining mass attendance and “budgetary issues,” but refuses to divulge the financial impact of the decades-old priest sex abuse crisis on his decisions.
Diocese of Joliet Announces Church and School Closings wjol.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wjol.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.