A new Catholic secondary school in the Archdiocese of Boston will combine virtual instruction and in-person activities. The founder of Lumen Verum Academy, Thomas W. Carroll, writes about this new model.
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Bishop Frank Caggiano wants to bring catechesis into the modern digital age
A new institute headed by Bishop Caggiano aims to help the church to reach a more diverse audience and reconnect with the disaffiliated.
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Meet the nun who cheered Sydney McLaughlin to a gold medal and new world record in Tokyo
Sister Percylee Hart, principal of the Olympian’s alma mater, has made a habit of encouraging every student to achieve their best.
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Predominantly Black and Hispanic Catholic college erases tuition debt for 540 students
Pat McGuire, president of Trinity Washington University, said the school used funds from the American Rescue Plan to pay off more than $2.3 million in unpaid tuition balances for 540 students.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Whatever and ever Amen: Two Gen-X Catholics remember classic retreat songs.
Did the singer-songwriter era come about specifically to fill a demand by retreat directors for a poignant soundtrack to accompany the spiritual epiphanies of 16-year-olds?
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Forget Plato’s philosopher-kings. We need philosopher folks.
What if instead of a few philosopher-kings magnanimously steering the unruly mob, we focused on building a democracy full of philosopher folks?
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Immigrant father of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos donates $12 million to Catholic school
Miguel Bezos, the immigrant father of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $12 million to a Catholic school in Delaware that housed and educated him when he arrived as an unaccompanied minor from Cuba in the early 1960s.
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‘You can’t find God in following what other people tell you to love’: lessons from my Jesuit high school teacher
A graduate of a Jesuit high school in conversation with his English teacher from three decades ago on Ignatian and Jesuit education.
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The pandemic exposed how broken our Catholic schools are. But it also created an opportunity for change.
What Catholic schools are returning to is anything but “normal.” But the pandemic strategy of collaborating and sharing best practices can bring renewed success.
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Chesterton High School opens in Iraq, with an emphasis on classical education
In the fall, Mar Qardakh School, a kindergarten through ninth grade Catholic institution, will open a high school, the Chesterton Academy of St. Thomas the Apostle, in the northern Iraq city.