(Grand Rapids, Mich.) Feb. 26, 2021 – Harmel Academy of the Trades, a residential, Catholic postsecondary program, has welcomed the first group of students to its campus. The school aims at meeting the urgent demand for U.S. skilled trades workers while forming students in their [...]
We couldn’t be happier to welcome Kyle McCarthy to Harmel Academy. Kyle has spent the better part of the last decade traveling the country, installing, servicing, and repairing manufacturing equipment, but as of this month, Kyle takes up the position of Harmel’s first Director Manufacturing [...]
If you follow Working Man, then you may have heard Deacon Dominic Couturier, now Father Dominic Couturier. We couldn’t be happier to announce that Fr. Dom has agreed to serve as Harmel’s spiritual advisor. Fr. Dom’s involvement with Harmel has truly been a work of [...]
It is Labor Day. Our temptation is to treat Labor Day simply as a day away from labor, an end-of-summer break. Labor Day is, of course, meant to be a celebration of the worker. But for Catholics, we can, and should, look a bit more [...]
It is no small thing to start a new school, and it requires many generous supporters. Thanks to one such supporter, Micron Manufacturing, Harmel Academy has started building out its teaching laboratory. Micron very generously donated a Cincom Citizen B12 Swiss CNC lathe as the [...]
Today we officially launch Working Man, the podcast of Harmel Academy of the Trades. While we remain busy preparing for our inaugural class this fall, we’ve decided to fast track another initiative of Harmel Academy—namely, extending what we do into the public square. The Working Man [...]
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Joseph, Harmel Academy’s patron and the Protector of the Universal Church. In this age of noise and chatter, St. Joseph offers to us a special model of faithful obedience. St. John Paul II tells us how in his [...]
These have been trying days, days full of uncertainty. But in such times, it is good to remember that there is a cloud of witnesses interceding for us in heaven. Today, on the Feast of St. Joseph, Harmel Academy’s patron, we are happy to be able [...]
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Harmel Academy is a unique sort of start-up. Our mission is to train the next generation of Catholic tradesmen that they may be men of skill, character, and faith. You also probably know that there is something of a trades crisis in the U.S. The [...]
