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In 1860, the second bishop of Nashville, Bishop James Whelan, O.P. had a dream of starting a school for girls where the Catholic faith could be taught in the context of a strong academic and cultural formation. At his request, four Dominican Sisters from Somerset, Ohio, came to Nashville to begin this new endeavor. In the autumn of that same year and on the cusp of the Civil War, St. Cecilia Academy opened its doors to its first students. One hundred and sixty years later, the initial vision of the Dominican Sisters endures. St. Cecilia Academy is the oldest continually running school in the Nashville area. As the only private all-girls Catholic high school in the city, the legacy of St. Cecilia Academy is unique, rooted in a vibrant Christcentered environment marked by academic rigor and a nurturing community spirit.
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Experience It is an academically rigorous approach to educating students in truth and charity within a nurturing community marked by grace, friendship, freedom, and confidence.
It elucidates the rich harmony of faith and reason, encouraging students to contemplation of the simple splendor of reality through the pursuit of truth wherever it may be found.
It emphasizes that true learning leads to wisdom and that a life of virtue grounded in friendship with Jesus Christ, who is Truth, leads to happiness, fulfillment, and joy.
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