Bishop Praises Catholic Schools for Role in Evangelizing

Catholic News Agency – January 30, 2013 Washington D.C., Jan 30, 2013 (CNA) – In a statement commemorating Catholic Schools Week, Bishop Joseph P. McFadden of Harrisburg, Pa., lauded Catholic schools for helping evangelize the nation. “It is a challenging education in an atmosphere where Jesus Christ is the center,” the chair of the U.S. [...]

Catholic Schools Week

Seek First the Kingdom – Cardinal Donald Wuerl – January 28, 2013 Five years ago this spring, Pope Benedict XVI, himself a former university professor, seemed right at home as he addressed Catholic educational leaders from across the United States who gathered in Washington, D.C., at the Catholic University of America. “Education is integral to [...]

A Mission to Save Catholic Schools

Chicago Tribune – By Manya A. Brachear – January 20, 2013 Archdiocese rolls out strategic plan to save Catholic schools The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York faces the prospect of shuttering 28 elementary schools, and Chicago’s public school system reportedly could close scores of schools. But the largest Catholic school system in the nation [...]

Graduates, Catholic Schools Look Forward With Hope

Catholic New York – June 14, 2012 Being a Cardinal has its benefits, but few compare with the privilege of being able to travel across the archdiocese and visit our Catholic schools. What a joy it is to witness, firsthand, how the spiritual leadership of our pastors and the dedication of our teachers and principals [...]

Pope: Educating US Catholic Youth an Urgent Challenge

Catholic News Agency – May 7, 2012 Vatican City, May 7, 2012 / (CNA/EWTN News) – Pope Benedict XVI told a group of U.S. bishops that educating young Catholics in the faith is “the most urgent internal challenge” facing the Catholic Church in America. He emphasized that responding to the challenge requires schools to have [...]

Keeping the Faith

The Gospel In the Digital Age – Cardinal Timothy Dolan – April 23, 2012 I was not that surprised to read it, were you? The Wall Street Journal a couple of weeks ago had a fine piece by Peter Beinart, very effectively making the point that, if Jews in the United States are worried about [...]

Our Schools Provide Students a Catholic View of World

Saint Louis Review – Archbishop Robert J. Carlson – October 26, 2011 The fourth essential mark of a school’s Catholic identity is that a Catholic worldview is reflected in everything that is taught or offered to students experientially. What do I mean by “a Catholic worldview,” and why is it an essential characteristic of a [...]

Catholic Schools Fail Because They’re Not Full

Tertium Quid – Vol. 2, Issue 5 – By Frank Ferguson – June 6, 2011 (printable version) Seems simple enough, fill the schools and they will be financially stable. All references to long dead fictional British detectives, notwithstanding. The problem for many Catholic schools that are struggling financially is that they simply do not have [...]

Welsh Bishops Underline Need of Catholic Education

Zenit – May 10, 2011 Express Support for Pro-Marriage, Pro-Life Policies CARDIFF, Wales, MAY 10, 2011 (Zenit.org) – The Welsh bishops are underlining the importance of upholding Catholic schools so that children can be educated with respect for their religious beliefs. This was one of the points stressed by the prelates in a pastoral message [...]

NCEA Convention Opens with New Orleans Flavor, Call to Conversations

Catholic News Service – By Christine Bordelon – April 27, 2011 NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — More than 7,000 Catholic educators kicked off the National Catholic Educational Association’s annual convention with a New Orleans flavor April 26. After an opening speech by Boston College theology professor Father Michael Himes and a Mass celebrated by New Orleans [...]

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