And what does Catholic Social Teaching have to say?
Catholic Education
Posted inArts & Culture, Dispatches
Is cursive dead? Not for this Catholic school 5th grader
Caitlyn Ngo, a student at St. Edmund’s Catholic Academy in Brooklyn, N.Y., was recently crowned the Fifth Grade Grand National Champion in the 2021 Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
The Jesuit High School in Florida that welcomed 22 teenagers into the Catholic church this year.
The sacraments took place within two socially distanced school Masses on May 13 and 14.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
From 1990: Doctoral programs in theology at U.S. Catholic universities
In 1990, Thomas F. O’Meara, O.P., addressed the need for Catholic university faculties of adequate number and quality as well as the problem of educating Roman Catholics in schools largely separate from the numerous Catholic areas and traditions.
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From 1990: Will there be Catholic theology in the United States?
The Rev. Matthew Lamb argues that if the education of theologians is the foundation of Catholic education, hiring trends in Catholic universities suggest an ongoing “Protestantization” of religious education at Catholic colleges and universities.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Theology departments can’t just focus on academics. Spiritual and moral formation are needed, too.
Since theological study has moved from the seminary to the university, departments of theology must find creative ways to develop intellectual scholarship within lives of prayer and service.
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Theology has no future if students can’t afford to study it.
Catholic institutions can affirm theology’s place by means of concrete hiring practices.
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Theology will have no future if it does not remain a distinct discipline.
The development of historical theology highlights a risk in interdisciplinary theology: If it loses the spirit of theology, it takes on the shape of another discipline.
Posted inFaith, Features
The Crisis in Catholic Theology
How can the discipline of theology keep its footing in Catholic colleges and universities facing uncertain futures?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Several Catholic colleges will require Covid-19 vaccinations in the fall
As Catholic colleges grapple with how to reopen in the fall, many are already saying they will require their students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 and some schools are also mandating that staff members be vaccinated.