Three women of Elemental Magik were invited to speak to students at North Catholic.

A counselor at North Catholic High School no longer has a job at the school after inviting the owners of a Wiccan-owned business to speak to a marketing class, according to the diocese.

The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh recently issued an apology letter to students and families after the owners of the Sewickley-based Elemental Magick visited a class and gave students crystals.

The letter included instructions on how to dispose of the crystals and recommended they say the “Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel,” said Michelle Peduto, superintendent of schools for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.

“We asked that the crystals either be returned or removed from the home,” Peduto said.

She said the administration was unaware the counselor had invited Elemental Magick to the school.

“It was part of her job description to expose students to different businesses,” Peduto said. “It was one of several businesses that visited throughout the year.”

According to Peduto, students from the class later approached administrators about the crystals.

“Students in the class went, ‘Man, something isn’t right here,’” she said. “They let the administration know about these crystals, and we investigated the business further.”

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