A Legacy Worth Protecting: Why Holy Innocents’ School Needs You Now
- Holy Innocents School
- 3 days ago
- 3 min read
For nearly six decades, Holy Innocents School has quietly stood as a place of faith, discipline, tradition, academic learning, and moral formation for children and families seeking something deeper than what modern culture often offers. Founded in 1968, Holy Innocents’ School has educated generations of students with a commitment to truth, virtue, sacrifice, reverence, and excellence.
Today, the school faces one of the most important moments in its history.
Not because it failed.
But because it endured.
The Truth Matters
For six years, Holy Innocents’ School endured accusations, lawsuits, public attacks, media scrutiny, and enormous financial pressure. The headlines spread quickly. The damage to reputation was immediate. But what the headlines rarely report is equally important: The school prevailed at the district court, appeals court, and supreme court when the accuser appealed the rulings.
Yet even when a school is cleared legally, the financial and emotional toll can remain for years. Legal defense costs, insurance burdens, enrollment fears, and public misunderstanding can threaten the future of institutions that have faithfully served families for generations.
That is where good people step forward.
Why Schools Like Holy Innocents Matter
America’s greatest educational institutions were not built merely by tuition dollars.
They were built by people who believed future generations deserved something worth preserving.
Schools like Harvard University, Yale University, and Princeton University were sustained over centuries because alumni, parents, benefactors, and believers chose to invest in something larger than themselves. Many of America’s most respected boarding schools and private academies survive today because faithful supporters created scholarship funds, monthly giving programs, endowments, and legacy gifts through wills and estates.
Great schools survive because ordinary people decide they must.
Holy Innocents’ School may not have the billion-dollar endowments of Ivy League institutions, but its mission is no less important.
In many ways, it is even more fragile.
The Cost of Preserving Catholic Education
Independent religious schools across America face extraordinary challenges:
Rising operational costs
Insurance and legal expenses
Competition from publicly funded systems
Declining cultural support for Catholic education
Financial barriers for families who desire traditional values and structure
Because parents still want their children educated in an environment grounded in faith, discipline, respect, moral clarity, and academic seriousness.
Because children deserve teachers who care not only about grades, but about character.
Because preserving truth, tradition, and freedom of education matters.
Your Donation Is More Than Money
Every donation helps protect:
A child’s education
Classroom Materials and Books
Catholic and American Education
Traditional moral values
A school community built on sacrifice and service
The future existence of independent religious education in Minnesota
Some supporters may be able to give a one-time gift.
Others may choose a monthly donation of $25, $50, or $100 to provide stability and predictable support.
Some families may choose to leave Holy Innocents’ School in their estate plans or wills, creating a lasting legacy that protects future generations long after they are gone.
These gifts are not merely charitable transactions.
They are acts of preservation.
A School Worth Fighting For
Holy Innocents’ School has survived hardship, legal battles, cultural opposition, and financial strain.
Now it needs your supporter and prayers.
All donations of $100 or more are 100% tax deductible. If Holy Innocents’ School has impacted your family, your faith, your community, or your future, now is the time to stand with the school.
Holy Innocents School has a very special project that we are raising money for. The school roof after 55 years needs to be updated. The cost is estimated to be $65,000. Every donation helps us reach our goal.
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