Drawing upon a Dec. 10 story in Catholic San Francisco (the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco), Dan Morris-Young at the National Catholic Reporter recently gave further background on the archdiocese's newly formed Office of Catholic Identity Assessment.

What will this office mean, practically, for the 14 Catholic high schools within the archdiocese, 10 of which are independent or affiliated with religious communities? It's not yet clear. 

Matt Emerson's essays have appeared in a number of publications, including America, Commonweal, and the Wall Street Journal. The Catholic Press Association named his September 2012 essay "Help Their Unbelief," published in America, as the "best essay" in the category of national general interest magazine for 2012. He is the author of the book Why Faith? A Journey of Discovery (Paulist Press 2016).Articles:Fruitful Searching (Jan. 5-12, 2015)Preambles for Faith (May 13, 2013)Help Their Unbelief (Sept. 10, 2012)Posts at The Ignatian Educator