A seemingly shared conviction these days is that universities exist to produce correct opinions rather than pursue truth. In this moment of crisis, I have found myself returning to Catholic social teaching for guidance.
Catholic Education
Posted inFaith and Reason
Can we keep education human in an A.I. age? Pope Leo is asking us to.
It is in considering the nature of education that Pope Leo has some of his strongest claims about the need to restrain A.I.
Posted inJesuit School Spotlight
From the Bronx to the Lecture Hall: What My Jesuit Education Taught Me About Voice and Vocation
What my teachers gave me did not determine where I would go, but it kept pressing one question: What is your education for?
Posted inDispatches
In secularizing Ireland, most parents still support their local Catholic schools
Why might a society that has so consistently sought to distance itself from Catholic influence at the polling booth remain hesitant about abandoning ecclesial patronage over the classroom?
Posted inDispatches
Catholic schools are partnering with Google on A.I. Will they be able to protect student privacy?
The announcement of the National Catholic Educational Association’s new artificial intelligence training initiative coincides with rising concerns among parents across the country over the growing technologization of childhood.
Posted inShort Take
Trump education cuts will make it more difficult for low-income students to afford college
Catholic institutions cannot stand by while government policies systematically dismantle pathways to opportunity for the students we are called to serve.
Posted inNews
Supreme Court to hear clash between Catholic preschools, Colorado over ‘universal’ program
Two Catholic parishes with preschools in the Archdiocese of Denver have alleged the state of Colorado excluded the religious preschools from participating in the program due to their religious beliefs.
Posted inShort Take
A new tax credit will help low-income families in Catholic schools in 2027
The new law will enable taxpayers in most states to direct some of their tax dollars to K-12 scholarships at private schools.
Posted inFaith in Focus
The gift of seeing Sister Edith Prendergast in action
If Sister Edith’s spiritual gifts first attracted me to a life in ministry, it was her human warmth that said it’s O.K. for you to be here, in fact, you’re welcome to stay a while.
Posted inNews
Catholics express grief, warn of politicizing immigration issue in murder of Loyola student
Catholics in Chicago have expressed sympathy and sorrow over the death of a Loyola University Chicago student who was shot and killed March 19 near the school campus.