Donor funding Catholic school for needy students also gives four laid-off nuns new jobs
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/06/30/2009-06-30_anonymous_donor_launches_catholic_school_for_poor_children_also_gets_four_laidof.html BY Michael Roberts AND Oren Yaniv DAILY NEWS WRITERS Tuesday, June 30th 2009, 4:00 AM [] Rosier/News Sisters Marykutty Edavazhickal (l.) and Mary Antoinette Cappelli outside of what will be the school at St Barbara's church on Central Ave. in Bushwick. 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An anonymous benefactor who is bankrolling the soon-to-open <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Pope+John+Paul+II+Family+Academy>Pope John Paul II Family Academy in <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Bushwick>Bushwick has also hired the Catholic school educators whose school was set to close. "It was divine providence," said <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Natalina+Rotatori>Sister Natalina Rotatori. Rotatori taught for 34 years at the <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/St.+Brendan%27s+School>St. Brendan's School in <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/New+Haven>New Haven, which merged with another school and will shut down for good in August. "For two weeks, we were jobless," Rotatori said. "We prayed." Just when the laid-off sisters were starting to lose hope, <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Mary+Antoinette+Cappelli>Sister Mary Antoinette Cappelli answered a late-night phone call. On the other line was the patron of the new school in Bushwick. He credited his success to Catholic education and said he wanted to give something back. "I feel it was a call from God," Cappelli said Monday. "We were not looking for anything else, and I had never heard of this gentleman." The donor offered to hire all four nuns who had lost their jobs. "Without even asking for it, the Lord has granted me the grace for working in a school for poor children," she said. "I feel very grateful to God for this special favor." Cappelli, Rotatori, and <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Daisy+Kollamparampil>Sister Daisy Kollamparampil are now set for a new mission in an underserved and demanding neighborhood. "It's going to be a big challenge for us in so many areas," Rotatori said. The new <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Family+Academy>Family Academy, located at 139 Menahan St., will offer free tuition to students whose families are under the federal income threshold for poverty. The school, with 10 faculty members, will serve 100 students from pre-K to third grade in its first year, said headmaster <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/John+Murphy>John Murphy. "The idea of us creating this school in this neighborhood and having four sisters who dedicated themselves to Catholic education and living," Murphy said, "I think that's nothing short of a miracle." Parents at the school will have to agree to attend church on Sundays and be involved in the school. The identity of the mystery man who made it all happen remains a secret. He is described only as the son of Italian immigrants who grew up in Brooklyn. A farewell party for the nuns was held last weekend in New Haven. While sad to leave their home of many years, they are excited to start over. "I'm really happy," Cappelli said. 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