In oral arguments that took nearly two hours, several of the justices found fault with the state’s decision process in determining just how religious a school was to decide if it could participate or not.
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Posted inFaith, Speeches
Cardinal Czerny: Theology must be grounded in pastoral experience
Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., in a speech at Regis College in Toronto, said that pastoral experience, more than any church document, should be the material of theological reflection.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
‘Getting nasty emails is not new’: Jesuit high school president isn’t backing down from a controversial vaccine mandate
Principal Bob Ryan knew his decision to require Covid-19 vaccinations or frequent testing would be controversial. What he did not anticipate was what he has called a concerted “campaign to impugn Brophy.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Teacher fired by Catholic school over same-sex marriage wins appeal to continue lawsuit
The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 23 that an Indiana trial court “committed reversible error” when it dismissed a former teacher’s lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Indianapolis earlier this year.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
The Great Ignatian Challenge turns a Thanksgiving food drive into a (friendly) Jesuit competition
Jim Rowen discusses the genesis of the Great Ignatian Challenge, a yearly competition among Jesuit high schools to see which institution can bring in the most donations for local charities.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Jesuit university student group’s Planned Parenthood fundraiser draws backlash
Students and alumni at Loyola Marymount University are railing against a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood that a student group is hosting on Friday, Nov. 5.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
Daniel Pérez had a transformative experience as a Nativity student. Today he leads their national coalition of schools.
Mr. Pérez is now the executive director of the NativityMiguel Coalition, a national network of faith-based schools that follow the Nativity model for helping children prepare for rigorous high school curricula.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Young women, #MeToo and clergy sex abuse: Lessons from my students
My students at a Catholic women’s college have taught me—and can teach the rest of the church—a great deal about living in a church marred by the scandal of sexual abuse by clergy.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
Saints and sinners alike: My Catholic upbringing in Las Vegas
I have spent my entire career attempting to pay homage to (and in a deeper sense, to keep alive) all the incredible characters of my Catholic-kid-in-Las Vegas life.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Remembering Thomas Levergood, who brought serious Catholic thought back to the secular university
In founding the Lumen Christi Institute in 1997, Thomas Levergood created a model for engaging the secular disciplines with the Catholic intellectual tradition.