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		4/11/2008 Catholic Students Meet Pope Benedict XVI on His 81st Birthday To Deliver Gift of Community Service At 4:45 p.m. on the Pope’s 81st birthday, April 16, the president of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) and two students from Washington-area Catholic schools met with the pope to deliver a gift of more than 1.7 million hours of community service from U.S. Catholic youth and students. A third student representing the Archdiocese of Washington announced that parishes and schools in the archdiocese collected more than 200,000 bags of food for area food banks in honor of the pope. Copy of the Gift Listing Given to Pope Benedict XVI
		4/10/2008 Catholic Youth Pledge More Than 1 Million Community Service Hours to Honor Pope Benedict XVI on His 81st Birthday Catholic youth across the nation have pledged to perform more than 1.1 million hours of service in honor of Pope Benedict’s XVI’s 81st birthday. The pontiff will turn 81 April 16 during his visit to the Untied States. NCEA asked students in Catholic schools, parish religious education programs, seminaries and colleges to perform service hours in honor of the pope’s visit and birthday. The program was called “Birthday Blessing for Pope Benedict.”
		4/1/2008 CATHOLIC YOUTH PLEDGE SERVICE HOURS IN POPE’S HONOR More than 1,000,000 community service hours have been pledged by Catholic school students and parish youth in honor of Pope Benedict’s  XVI’s 81st birthday, which the Holy Father will observe April 16 during his U.S. visit.
		3/27/2008 Daniel Pink Was a Delegate Hit! Daniel Pink Booksigning Following his presentation, a book signing by the noted speaker and author, Daniel Pink, was an exciting event attended by a number of delegates the the 105th Convention and Exposition and NPCD Convocation.
		3/26/2008 105th Annual NCEA Convention & Exposition Day two of the 105th Annual NCEA Convention & Exposition and NPCD Convocation was greeted with awards and some unique events for our convention. The days events are summarized in the follow-on page.
		3/25/2008 105th Annual NCEA Convention & Exposition   Day one of the 105th Annual NCEA Convention & Exposition and NPCD Convocation was accompanied by awards to those of great service to Catholic education in a number of fields. The awards are summarized in the follow-on page.
		3/19/2008 NCEA Heads to Indiana for Annual Meeting and Religious Education Convocation   The Catholic school children of Indianapolis, including Bailey, invite you to attend the annual NCEA Convention March 25-28, 2008!
		3/19/2008 NCEA Gives Awards at Annual Convention in Indianapolis The National Catholic Educational Association will give more than 70 awards in recognition of outstanding service to Catholic education at its annual convention March 25-28, 2008, in Indianapolis, Ind.
		2/25/2008 NCEA Launches “Birthday Blessings for Pope Benedict” Project NCEA representing Catholic education at all levels has issued an invitation to Catholic elementary and high school students, children in parish religious education programs, college students and seminarians to do voluntary acts of service in honor of the pontiff’s birthday. Pope Benedict will turn 81 on April 16, the second day of his six-day visit to the United States April 15-20.
		1/30/2008 Catholic Schools Week 2008 National Appreciation Day for Catholic Schools January 30, 2008 Part of Catholic Schools Week 2008 Activities for Catholic Schools Week 2008 promise to light the way in more ways than were imaged when the week’s theme was selected more than a year ago.
		1/10/2008 Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Meets NCEA President Karen Ristau   Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (right) met briefly with NCEA President Karen Ristau just before the Secretary’s address to the National Press Club luncheon on January 10, 2008.
		1/7/2008 Catholic Schools Celebration Set For Last Week of January Catholic Schools Week The annual celebration of Catholic schools and their contribution to their communities and the nation, is set for Jan. 27 through Feb. 2, 2008. For more than three decades, the nation’s Catholic schools have spent the last week of January recalling what makes Catholic education special.

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