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In Newark, New Jersey, a city struggling with poverty, crime, and low academic performance, a school for boys led by Benedictine monks has helped 95 percent of its senior class go on to college by emphasizing personal responsibility, Christian community, and the Rule of St. Benedict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe\u2019re here as a sign of God\u2019s presence,\u201d says Father Edwin Leahy, headmaster of St. Benedict\u2019s Prep School in Newark, New Jersey. \u201cThat\u2019s who we are as monks. We take a vow of stability of place, so even though the neighborhoods change around us on a regular basis, we stay.\u201d More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":26102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[6908,5824,330,6689,5762,17872,1201,6712,6716],"class_list":["post-26035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-at-risk-kids","tag-benedictine","tag-education","tag-monastic-life","tag-new-jersey","tag-newark","tag-poverty","tag-rule-of-st-benedict","tag-st-benedict","topics-culture-and-society","topics-faith-and-spirituality","faith-christian"],"yoast_head":"\nMay 22, 2015 ~ Saint Benedict\u2019s Preparatory School | June 10, 2016 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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