"Mater Dei Prep: An example of the crisis facing Catholic schools"

http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2015/02/mater_dei_is_an_example_of_larger_crisis_facing_ca.html

"In the last week, members of the Mater Dei Prep community were told their high school was closing, they raised more than $21,000 to help #SaveTheSepraphs, they were given two months to raise $1 million, they established a plan to accomplish that and then rallied to spread the word. 

While students, staff and others in the school community said they were blindsided by the news, school officials said the Diocese of Trenton and St. Mary Parish have been subsidizing Mater Dei's substantial budget deficits for years.

Mater Dei's leadership was told in December that that financial support would be ending, and the decision to close the school was not far behind.

However, Mater Dei Prep is not the only Catholic school currently facing the possibility of closure and is also not the only school that has been given an opportunity to change its fate."