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photo of the Mater Center

Excerpt from "House on the Hill," by Mary Schaller '61

The Mater Center opened in the 2021-22 school year. The facilities include a first-class dining hall and café with a commercial kitchen. The Dinning Hall doubles as an all-school sacred space for Mass and community gatherings. In addition, the Mater Center houses a theater, performing arts space, musical instruction classrooms, and visual arts studios. The Center is a social hub for students with open spaces throughout the building for studying, meeting with teachers, and bonding with friends.

“The opening of the Mater Center in August 2021 was a blessing even beyond our expectations,” Mrs. Catherine Ronan Karrels '86 wrote in her open letter in the Summer 2022 issue of the Stone Ridge Magazine. “As we launch this 100 year of educating young women in the Washington, DC region, we look back with gratitude and look ahead with hope to an even more brilliant future.” [SR Magazine, Summer 2022, page 4].