At the end of August, more than 90,000 elementary and secondary students returned to schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago. We captured a few moments from those exciting first days of school for Catholic New World readers.
Students and teachers cheer after morning prayer together in the halls of the new school and formation center on the first day of school at St. James School in Arlington Heights on Sept. 2.
Photo: Karen Callaway / Catholic New World