The Knowledge Center at Bishop Manogue Catholic High School is a place where many people come to study. In the early afternoon, the sun bathes the rotunda in yellow light. The room is decorated with tables, couches and oval shaped chairs. A news broadcast station sits in the left corner of the room, unlit save for a few small lights coming from cameras and computers. A teacher at BMCHS, Marian Hoy has her own classroom next to the broadcast room. The room is decorated with pictures of family, friends and her daughter Charlie.
Mare Hoy got her background in teaching six years ago when she taught fourth grade social studies and science. However, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic caused the teacher she was aiding for to quit, so she switched to teaching Kindergarteners for two years. Mare’s time in college rendered her a masters in business, but due to her current circumstances she decided to adapt.“When I was asked to teach kindergarten, I decided I should probably learn how to be a teacher. And so I went and got a masters in teaching from USF” Studying at USF was no easy task, having to double up on classes due to time constraints. Despite the workload and pressure on her career, she was able to get her masters degree in just a year.
After her time with the Kindergarteners, she moved to Reno Nevada and found her place as a religion and math teacher at Bishop Manogue. Her first year was dedicated to teaching freshman religion classes, and eventually she switched to being a math teacher her second year. Things changed beyond teaching in her second year, and she led the freshman class retreats that occur every year at Bishop Manogue. Eventually, she applied for the role of Campus Ministry Director, where she would be responsible for the majority of spiritual and religious events at Bishop Manogue.“When I was 22, I kind of had a coming to Jesus moment,” says Mare “And from then on, I’ve always prayed and talked and always had big conversations with my mom, especially about God.” Mare’s religious ideologies are very unique for a religion teacher at Manogue. She believes that believing in Catholicism is very simple in nature, that we don’t need to complicate our relationship with God. Mare’s goal is to adapt that way of thinking simply to the people she interacts with. “People try to make religion so philosophical, but it really just comes down to knowing that God is there. And so if I can just make it at that super basic level, like how I did for the kindergarteners and all of them are obsessed with Jesus and love him, then it was pretty easy for me to transition to that here” Her time as director of campus ministry does not come without difficulty, as there are many different aspects to manage. Being director means that religious events such as the underclassmen retreats and Kairos are your responsibility. On top of that, she has a group of seniors who make up the student section of campus ministry at Manogue. “Honestly, it’s nothing to do with any of the religious aspects of it,” says Mare. “It’s the planning. 
Like planning for a mission, planning for retreats, dealing with the sign ups and the permission forms and the transactions of money, that’s honestly the hardest part the rest of it is pretty easy. It’s office work. that’s the hard part…”
Overall, Marian Hoy is a shining example of a person who showed strength and endurance as well as adaptability in times of difficulty for all of us. She finds that the greatest thing she has done at Manogue is adapt and quickly rise to her position as director of campus ministry. Mare has much more to deal with beyond her life at school as a leader, her ten month old daughter to take care of. She states “people have come to me, but I didn’t know anybody coming here, so it was really cool, just kind of that people recognized how I’m valued.” Marian Hoy is an incredibly bright and funny person to be around, and a great director of campus ministry at Bishop Manogue.