F.J. Brennan Catholic High School is a catholic

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 secondary school located in Windsor

Windsor, Ontario

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, Ontario

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, Canada

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. It belongs to the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board

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. It serves students from grades 9 to 12.

History

F.J. Brennan Catholic High School was originally named Corpus Christi High School (meaning "the Body of Christ") and was founded in 1953. It was the first Catholic co-educational secondary school in Windsor. In 1965, Corpus Christi High School was expanded and renamed F.J. Brennan Catholic High School in honour of Monsignor Francis J. Brennan, a Windsor priest prominent in the Catholic educational system in Ontario.

Starting in the Winter 2002 semester and ending in the Fall 2003 semester, a major renovation was completed on the school, displacing students between three separate campuses. Two were former elementary schools while the third campus was the remaining accessible part of the school. The expansion included a glass walled weight room, a new chapel, new flooring, offices, halls, lockers, and a new cafeteria. In Fall 2003, a 50th anniversary celebration/reunion was held in the newly renovated school where past decades of students attended. Certain hallways carried a theme to honor a decade (1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's. 1990's and 200's) where memorabilia was displayed.

Each year, F.J. Brennan Catholic High School and St. Joseph's Catholic High school take part in the annual Father Zakoor Cup hockey game, where this year the Brennan Cardinals beat the St. Joseph Lasers. The current record of the Zakoor Cup series is 9-4-1 in favour of Brennan.

Brennan's strength's are in academics, sports (particularly Football , volleyball and hockey), and the arts (it has excellent, award-winning music and drama programs).