Marian Central Catholic High School

Building future leaders starts with lifting one another up!

We loved the opportunity to spend time with the 6th grade leaders at Saints Peter & Paul Catholic School - Cary, IL today, sharing the importance of kindness, encouragement, and celebrating one another’s successes.

Strong leaders celebrate others’ successes!

Today, Kaitlyn Bordeaux from Marian Central spoke with our 6th grade leadership class about being a supporter of others.

Using a shoebox analogy, she reminded students that we never know what someone else may be going through. Her message: be kind, build each other up, and celebrate one another’s successes.

One Faith. One Mission. One Family.

Today, our Marian Central Catholic faculty and staff joined Catholic school educators from across the Diocese of Rockford for our annual Diocesan Schools Professional Development Day!

Together, we celebrated Mass, engaged in professional development and collaborated with fellow educators, united by our shared commitment to Catholic education.

We were especially proud to welcome Rev. John McFadden ’13, a Marian Central Catholic alumnus, as one of today’s keynote speakers! What a wonderful reminder of the lasting impact of Catholic education and the many ways our alumni continue to live out their faith and serve others.

Thank you to the Catholic Education Office - Diocese of Rockford for bringing us together and to Aurora Central Catholic High School for being such wonderful hosts!

As Catholic educators, we are always learning, growing, and strengthening our ability to educate, inspire and form the next generation of faithful leaders.

One Faith. One Mission. One Family.

𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞.

Our Marian Central Catholic alumni faculty and staff are debuting our 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶 𝗧-𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘀 today — and tonight, it’s your turn!

Alumni, come see us in the Fathers Club Pavilion during tonight’s Homecoming game for your 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢 𝐓-𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭 and 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 Joe's Place, 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐢 ‘𝟖𝟗!

These shirts are the start of a new Marian tradition — something our alumni can wear proudly when they come home to Marian and wherever life takes them.

Come home to Marian tonight, reconnect with fellow Hurricanes and help us fill the stands with generations of alumni!

𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞. ❤️💙

UPDATE: Due to the weather forecast, our Homecoming Parade and Powderpuff activities have been rescheduled!
Join us Friday, October 2 at 3:30 PM as the Marian Central Catholic Homecoming Parade makes its way around the Woodstock Square!

📅 Homecoming Parade
Friday, October 2 at 3:30 PM
📍 Woodstock Square

🏈 Powderpuff
Monday, October 19 at 7:00 PM

Come out, wear your Marian red and blue, and help us celebrate these Homecoming traditions with our students and Marian community. We hope to see you there!

𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬

We’re opening the Marian yearbooks again for another look back at Homecoming through the years. Next up: the Homecoming Parade!

From building class floats to riding through the streets of Woodstock, the Homecoming Parade has brought generations of Hurricanes together through the years. And judging by these archives, Marian students—and parents!—have never been short on creativity.

As we prepare for this year’s Homecoming Parade on Friday, October 2 at 3:30 PM around the Woodstock Square, we’re taking a look back at some of the floats, faces and memories that came before us.

Alumni — do you recognize any of these Homecomings? Tag a familiar face or share your favorite Marian Homecoming Parade memory!

𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬

As Homecoming Week 2026 begins, we’re opening the Marian Central Catholic yearbooks and taking a look back at some of the traditions that have made Homecoming special through the years!

First up: Homecoming Court & Royalty. 👑

How well do you know your Marian Homecoming history? Take a trip down memory lane, tag a familiar face and tell us what you remember from your Homecoming days!

We’ll be digging into the archives throughout Homecoming Week as we celebrate generations of Hurricanes and the traditions that bring us home.

Introducing the 2026 Marian Central Catholic Homecoming Court!

Congratulations to these Hurricanes on being selected to represent their classmates as members of this year’s Homecoming Court!

Front row: Mikala, Maria, Stella, Sophia, Ava
Back row: Wilson, Jacob, Danny, Mike, Lukasz

We look forward to celebrating our Court throughout Homecoming Week and crowning our 2026 Homecoming King and Queen Friday night!

Happy Homecoming Week, Hurricanes!

What a blessing it was to welcome more than 120 grandparents to Marian for our annual Grandparents’ Mass!

Our students had the opportunity to celebrate Mass alongside their grandparents before spending time together enjoying refreshments and sharing a little of their Marian experience with them.

Days like this are a beautiful reminder that the Marian community extends far beyond our students and our halls—it includes the families and generations who love, support and pray for them along the way.

Thank you to all of the grandparents who joined us and made this such a special morning!

Future Hurricanes under the lights!

We loved welcoming students from our area Catholic schools to George Harding Field for Spotlight on Catholic Schools Night! From cheering on the Hurricanes to taking the field at halftime, it was a fun night celebrating our Catholic school community.

Even our Catholic school priests got in on the action! Four priests from our Catholic school community joined us at midfield for the coin toss, with Fr. Bob doing the honors — and winning the toss! Later, Marian’s Fr. Patrick took on our future Hurricanes in a race across the field… complete with a backflip along the way.

Thank you to all of the students and families who joined us! We loved having you at Marian and hope to see you back on campus soon.