Preparing Hearts and Minds for College and for Life Founded by the Marist Brothers in the heart of Lawrence (Massachusetts) in 1935, Central Catholic enrolls approximately 1,200 students from over 60 cities and towns. Students come from diverse backgrounds to form a caring community of faith, learning, and service. They advance to college in overwhelming numbers (nearly 100%) and move on to successful careers and positions of leadership in government, business, industry, academia, and the professions in the Merrimack Valley and around the state, the nation, and the world