Spiritus Sanctus Academies is a group of

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based in southeastern

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teaching the

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faith and regular classes founded by Thomas Monaghan and run by the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. Currently, there are two active

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. One school was built in California, but still is waiting for applications for Transitional Kindergarten & Kindergarten, to be activated in February 2008. One is situated close to Dominos World Resource Center, the headquarters of

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, and the other is located at

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History

The Academies were founded by the

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, and

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Tom Monaghan after his religious awakening. He met with the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist and collaborated with them to establish the first academy in

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. The Academies grew and started forming schools at

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, and

Today

All three campuses continued after

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withdrew financial support {{Citation needed, date=November 2008 from the school leaving the Dominican sisters with the

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. Each school is receiving about three hundred students. A new school in

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opened in the fall of 2008, started up by a mission of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist stationed at

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Websites

Spiritus Sanctus Academy (Michigan) Website

Spiritus Sanctus Academy (California) Website
Private schools in Michigan Catholic schools in the United States