History

The Xaverian Brothers established Our Lady of Good Counsel in 1958 at the invitation of Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle, as a Catholic high school for boys. With the support of Archbishop James Hickey, Good Counsel announced in the fall of 1986 that it would become coeducational in 1988. Our students are drawn from throughout the Metropolitan Washington Area.

The Xaverian Brothers, educators since 1839, sponsor college preparatory high schools in Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey, as well as Belgium, Bolivia, England, and Zaire. The Brothers first opened schools in the United States at Louisville, Kentucky over 100 years ago.