The right to an education should respect parental priorities for what values should be learned in school, writes Quentin Wodon of the Global Catholic Education project, and that means school choice.
Catholic Education
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
‘I realized that it was my purpose to help others’: How Jesuit values led one Cristo Rey alum to fight for health equity
An interview with Miguel Blancarte Jr., a graduate of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, Ill., and now the director of Covid-19 Response and Community Outreach at Esperanza Health Centers.
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Down with Zoom school! Up with mystics! The case for the contemplative classroom
How do we speak to a generation that, at least on the surface, seems less and less prepared for the difficulties it will face?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Can we reimagine the sacramental life? Ask this poet/farmer/educator.
In this time when so much seems to be falling apart, the writer/philosopher/farmer Michael Martin is reimagining and even building anew.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
John S. Dunne: A theologian (and author) for our dark times
Just as St. Augustine had aimed “to kindle the light of things eternal in human hearts no longer supported by temporal institutions which had seemed eternal but which were crashing on all sides,” so did John S. Dunne, C.S.C., in his many erudite books.
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Review: Inside the very Catholic history of college basketball
John Gasaway examines the entire history of Catholic college basketball in the United States. We see just how many different teams, coaches and athletes have contributed to a reputation for basketball excellence, from the University of San Francisco to Georgetown, Gonzaga and Villanova.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Your guide to the four Jesuit schools in this year’s March Madness
A Jesuit university, Gonzaga, is the #1 seed in the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament. But three other Jesuit schools—Creighton, Loyola Chicago and Georgetown—are also poised for deep March Madness runs.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Infographic: Covid-19 takes a toll on Catholic school enrollment
The sharpest enrollment decline was for prekindergarten enrollment at Catholic schools, which was down almost 27 percent.
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How an 11-month school year and 10-hour days help prepare boys in Phoenix to be men for others
Loyola Academy at Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix is a program for incoming sixth grade boys who demonstrate academic gifts and financial need.
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The Jesuits partner with descendants of enslaved people they once owned and sold to raise $100 million for racial justice
The Society of Jesus is teaming up with the descendants of enslaved people once owned by the religious order to reconcile and heal the deep racial wounds of America.