WOODSTOCK – Catholic Schools Week continued Thursday with a Mass celebrated by Bishop David Malloy for McHenry County Catholic schools.

Eight schools gathered at Marian Central Catholic High School's gymnasium to hear Malloy celebrate his first-ever Catholic Schools Week Mass as the bishop for the Rockford Diocese.

“It's great to see [the bishop] here in support of our schools,” said Tom Landers, superintendent of Marian Central. “To see our spiritual leader take the lead and demonstrate his support … it's a gratifying thing.”