Magnificat Academy
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Board of Advisors

Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR
Joseph Pearce
John Galten
Dr. Susan Treacy
Philip Lawler

Magnificat Faculty

2007-2008


Paul Jernberg, founding director of Magnificat Academy, has for the past thirty years been an educator and musician in the United States and France. A graduate of De Paul University, he has taught in Chicago's inner city, been Headmaster and Music Director at a British boarding school in France, and was for five years Tutor and Choir Director at Trivium School in South Lancaster, MA.

Matthew Hart, a graduate of Assumption College, is one of Magnificat's founding teachers. He has studied for five years at the Casa Balthasar in Rome, under the patronage of His Eminence Josef Cardinal Ratzinger, served as a missionary teacher in Kenya and taught three years in Massachusetts public schools. This year Mr. Hart is teaching Latin, Mathematics, Science, Religion, Music and Physical Education.

Adam Cooper is a 2007 graduate of Thomas More College of the Liberal Arts in New Hampshire. He has won numerous academic awards, has directed and played lead roles in various Shakespeare productions, plays piano and cello, reads Latin, Greek and German, and is an avid sportsman! As a teacher intern this year, Adam is teaching Latin, Geometry, History, Music and Physical Education.

Laurie Ingersoll, our Art teacher, has been a professional Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Portrait Artist since 1971. A graduate of the University of Hartford, she has taught youth programs in Hartford's inner city as well as courses at Manchester Community College. A mother of six children, Mrs. Ingersoll also holds a Black Belt in Karate.

Magnificat Academy is a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity