St. Nicasius Catholic Church

St. Nicasius Catholic Church
This painting of Saint Nicasius (with the top of his head missing) hangs in the auditorium of Saint Nicasius's.
Location:	Midland, TX
Purpose:	Parochial school

Charlie Andrews attends Saint Nicasius's growing up. She attends the Catholic school for elementary, middle, and high school.

Notable Staff

• Sister Hilda and other nuns

Notable Students

• Charlie Andrews
• Debra

Heroes Evolutions

Saving Charlie

Charlie tells Hiro about going to Saint Nicasius's when she was growing up. She tells him that a giant reproduction of Joos van Cleve's painting Death of the Virgin that hung in the school inspired Charlie to travel. Instead of paying attention to the nuns, she would look at the painting and plan a future trip to Munich. (Chapter 14)

Hiro is turned on by a photo of Charlie in her Catholic school uniform from her sophomore year at Saint Nicasius's. (Chapter 16)

Charlie says that when was in middle school, she used to drive the nuns crazy by begging them to start a 4-H club at Saint Nicasius's. But since none of the other girls were interested in joining, the school said they couldn't have the club. However, Charlie pleaded so much that Sister Hilda finally arranged for Charlie to go horseback riding every Saturday. (Chapter 24)

Charlie's enhanced memory makes her recall negative experiences, like a girl who would tease her on the playground, or having to tell a mean teacher that she hadn't done her homework and knowing she was going to yell. (Chapter 26)

Trivia

• Like many Catholic schools, Saint Nicasius's requires students to wear uniforms. The girls' uniform consisted of a pleated plaid skirt, a navy V-neck sweater over a white blouse with a round Peter Pan collar, and knee socks. (Chapter 16)