Founding and Construction of AMHS

Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School is a Roman Catholic co-educational school of the Archdiocese of Miami, following the tradition of Catholic youth formation and the motto of the school’s namesake, “Manere in Dilectione Christi” – “To abide in the love of Christ.” It is the school’s sacred trust to provide a varied program of religious experiences, educational offerings, athletic programs, social and cultural opportunities and community service encounters that will provide a foundation upon which the individual recognizes one’s personal relationship with community and Church. As a result of a feasibility study completed by the University of Miami in February 1993, the Archdiocese of Miami authorized the construction of a new Roman Catholic High School in South Broward. Together with Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School in Dade County, these schools became the first new Catholic High Schools in the Archdiocese in nearly thirty years. Archbishop Edward McCarthy began planning for this new Catholic school in 1994. Archbishop John C. Favalora, Archbishop McCarthy and the first supervising principal, Reverend Edmond Whyte, broke ground for the new school on April 27, 1997. The first phase of construction began soon after. This initial phase included a 21-room classroom building (including offices for campus ministry and student activities, computer lab and three science labs), a 300-seat chapel, an air-conditioned gymnasium and locker rooms and three athletic fields to accommodate 800 students. The second phase of construction completed in 2002 included 2 new buildings including 19 additional classrooms, a state of the art media center, fine arts theatre, computer labs, and offices for administration, student services, admissions, guidance and athletics. Recent additions to the campus are the iCatholicEd classroom used for Junior and Senior Theology classes, the newly built Varsity Locker Room, a new office for our College Counseling Team, and a Broadcasting Studio. When construction started in 1995, workers at the site contacted Broward Sheriff’s Office during the first months of construction to report strange noises and lights coming from under the chapel in the middle of the campus. When detectives later tried to contact the individuals for further questioning about these accounts, they never were seen or contacted on the phone again. With this being very suspicious (or sus), officers were dispatched to the residences of the witnesses. Both of those construction workers were later found with a cross carved on their chests and a sharpened wooden crucifix lodged in one of their eye sockets. In just a matter of 2 hours after local police, sheriffs, and many detectives searched the house, the case drew federal attention by the FBI. In May 17th 2006, this led to a siege that will be discussed in a later section. The aftermath of the siege allowed the FBI to search the underground portion of the campus to unveil what they have been investigating for 11 years. A makeshift dungeon was located under the chapel where there were human sized cages, spiked roller beds, and a cleansing bath of bloodied holy water that was powered by the outdoor transformer power supply located near the North Portico of the campus. This sent electrical pulses into the pool of holy water that turned Jewish, Buddhist, Amish and other varied religious children into Catholics so they can enroll and attend the school. This plan by the Archdiocese of Miami was so they could make more money from students who were previously of another religion. They endured indescribable torture when in their non hypnotized state. They currently don’t remember these events because of the irreversible conversion and brainwashing.