Sister John Ann Mulhern Leaving Position as BCS Principal

After 20 years serving as principal of Butler Catholic School, Sister John Ann Mulhern is stepping down at the end of this academic year.
     “After much prayer, discernment and discussion with Father Kevin (Fazio, pastor of All Saints Parish), I am resigning as Principal of Butler Catholic School effective June 30, 2023,” Sister John Ann wrote in a March 3 letter to teachers, parents, staff, and students.
     “I have been abundantly blessed (by) the 20 years that I have been principal. It is time for me to move on.”
When asked about future plans, Sister John Ann said: "Our Provident God writes very straight with extremely crooked lines – how often I have expressed that statement. It is only by trying to be open to those lines that we find our way. 
     “As of right now, I have no specific plans. I'll be residing at our (Sisters of Divine Providence) Motherhouse in Allison Park – between North Hills Passavant Hospital and La Roche University, awaiting my next journey. For right now, I'm totally here at BCS.”
     Butler Catholic School, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in October 2019, started as three separate parish schools: St. Michael the Archangel, St. Paul, and St. Peter. The priests in charge of those parishes worked together to create one consolidated Butler Catholic School in 1969. 
     Butler Catholic is a parish school under the purview of All Saints Parish, which was created by the merger of St. Michael, St. Paul, St. Peter, St. Andrew, and St. Fidelis parishes in Butler in 2021.
     “Sister John Ann has faithfully served in various capacities in Catholic education for the past 60+ years, the last 20 years as BCS principal,” Father Kevin said. “We are so grateful to her for her dedication to our faculty, staff, students, and parents, in doing her very best to lead an elementary school as a follower of Jesus the Christ.  
     “Sister John Ann Mulhern (has) led with professionalism, class, and holiness,” Father Kevin noted. “She is truly a woman of the Spirit.”
     Father Kevin noted the school and parish will provide opportunities for current and past students, parents, teachers, parishioners and members of the community at large to thank Sister John Ann and wish her well over the next few months.
     A search for the next principal will begin soon.