End of The Bishop Hoban Era
The Diocese of Scranton announced on January 17, 2007 that Bishop Hoban would be consolidated with the three other Catholic high schools in Luzerne County (Bishop Hafey, Bishop O'Reilly, and Seton Catholic), effective July 1, 2007. . The Bishop Hoban building is now be used to house the new school, Holy Redeemer High School (announced by the Diocese January 30) . This plan was originally proposed by Meitler Consultants, Inc, of Wisconsin in late 2006.
The Diocese announced on February 27, 2007 that Holy Redeemer would be led by Mr. James J. Redington, Principal, and Miss Susan W. Dennen, Associate Principal . Mr. Redington was at the time principal at Seton Catholic, while Miss Dennen served in that role at Bishop O'Reilly. Holy Redeemer's colors are red, white, and gold, and the school nickname is the Royals. After the course registration process was completed, a list of faculty who had been chosen to teach at the new school was also released.
Bishop Hoban's final Mass was held on May 31, 2007, and was attended by alumni & former principals Msgr. Tressler and Mr. Majikes. Msgr. Joseph Rauscher, President of the Board of Pastors, presided and gave the homily, in which he encouraged the students to look forward to the future and to take what Hoban had taught them and bring it to the world. The ceremony also included presentations of symbols to remind the students of the Hoban legacy, and concluded with the final public singing of the Alma Mater.
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