Our Catholic Identity

Cardinal Hickey Academy lives our Catholic identity on a daily basis through the practice of our faith traditions and through recognizing that we are encountering Christ in one another.

Religious Education

Montessori Preschool through 8th grade receive religious instruction each day.

Catholic doctrine and tradition, Bible study, Catholic Social Teaching and preparation for the reception of the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist are included.

Our Founder

James Cardinal Hickey, the founder of Cardinal Hickey Academy, is a contributor to the foundation of our educational philosophy. We educate our children in faith, service and true honor of James Cardinal Hickey.

The seal of the Academy is that of His Eminence James Cardinal Hickey, the fourth Archbishop of Washington, D.C., whose ministry made the Academy possible.

Prayer

Everyday our school begins with the Morning Prayer before the Pledge of Allegiance.  Students pray the Angelus at noon along with praying before and after lunch.  We close the school day with everyone gathered in our gym to pray prior to dismissal.

During Lent we have  Stations of the Cross. In October and May we gather as a whole school to pray the Rosary.

Liturgies

Every Friday morning we celebrate Mass. Our regional pastors take turns delivering the mass each week. Classes also rotate serving each mass.  Special liturgies occur throughout the year such as:

Opening School Mass,  All Saints Day, Immaculate Conception, Ash Wednesday & May Crowning.

Reconciliation and Adoration

Reconciliation is offered four times a year to students: opening of school, Advent, Lent and closing of school.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is available every Thursday to Religion classes.

We celebrate the sacraments with a celebration such as our “Communion Reunion” for second-graders after all have received their First Communion at their parish.