Outside a Sept. 8 reception at the Chevy Chase Club celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Consortium of Catholic Academies of The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, Cardinal Wilton Gregory and former House Speaker John Boehner stand with the principals of the four Washington, D.C., Catholic elementary schools in the consortium. The principals are Harold Thomas Jr. of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Academy and Michael Thomasian of St. Anthony Catholic School at left; Elise Heil of Sacred Heart School at center; and Gerald Smith Jr. of St. Thomas More Catholic Academy at right. (Photo by Christopher Jason for the Consortium of Catholic Academies)