Like cooking, teaching is an art. Give your whole heart to it and know that your students will be fed.
Catholic Education
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
Finding God in math class (and physics and English, too)
How do Jesuit teachers talk about God in the classroom? A group of teachers from St. Louis University High School reflect.
Posted inFaith, News
Bishop forbids Jesuit-run school from calling itself ‘Catholic’ for flying LGBT and Black Lives Matter flags
Bishop Robert J. McManus of Worcester, Mass., stripped the “Catholic” moniker from a Jesuit-run school over its decision to continue flying flags supporting L.G.B.T. pride and Black Lives Matter.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
7 years after ‘Laudato Si”: How Catholic universities are amplifying Pope Francis’ call to heal our common home
“Laudato Si’” reveals global ecological challenges that threaten our very existence. Catholic universities cannot wait to embrace clean energy and help build a sustainable world.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My name has been in my family for seven generations. Here’s what I hope it means for the next one.
Our shared name is a constant reminder that the work I do today is not on behalf of some shapeless ideal of a better world, but for the world that my children will grow up in.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The church can help prevent sexual violence—by doing a better job teaching about sex
Far from encouraging sexual activity, the right kind of sex education can teach children that they have the agency to say “no.” Parishes and faith-based groups are ideal for delivering this message.
Posted inFaith, News
How a tuition-free Jesuit school supports students from ‘fourth grade through a lifetime’
At Washington Jesuit Academy, students compete for honor roll in bright classrooms, whizzing around athletic fields during three daily recesses and learning a wide range of skills, from gardening to computer coding.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Want to save the liberal arts? Learn a few things from the business world.
Liberal arts universities face the twin crises of an enrollment decline and a perception of irrelevancy. They should abandon any squeamishness about using better marketing techniques.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
Homework, basketball and private equity: This is Verbum Dei High School in South L.A.
Students at Verbum Dei spend four days a week in school and one day a week in a corporate work-study program.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Is a Catholic university still Catholic when the priests, brothers and sisters have left?
As the numbers of priests and consecrated women and men available for ministry continue to dwindle, religious orders are seeking out models that ensure their respective missions and charisms.