Mary Stephen Healey, R.D.C. has continued to lead and serve the students, faculty and families at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School in Elmsford, N.Y., even during a pandemic.
Catholic Education
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Catholic schools are facing the biggest enrollment drop in 50 years. This one is bucking the trend.
Catholic school enrollment dropped by 111,000 last year. But at St. Joseph, a small Catholic school in Anderson, S.C., the student body has nearly doubled.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
What the first woman to run BC High thinks is key to creating and educating good men
An interview with Grace Cotter Regan, the first woman president of BC High
Posted inPolitics & Society, What Coronavirus Taught Us
What Coronavirus Taught Us about Catholic Colleges and Universities
We must continue to deliver a timeless education using whatever new tools come to hand.
Posted inPolitics & Society, What Coronavirus Taught Us
What Coronavirus Taught us about Catholic Schools
Catholic schools can pivot in order to benefit the person.
Posted inFaith, News
Vincent Rougeau named president of the College of the Holy Cross
On July 1, Vincent Rougeau, the dean of Boston College Law School, will become the next president of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.
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Catholic school enrollment is at its lowest in 50 years, new report says
Catholic school enrollment figures for the current school year—significantly impacted by the pandemic—dropped 6.4% or more than 111,000 students from the previous school year, which is the largest single year decline in almost 50 years.
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Pope Francis: Vatican II must be taught as part of church teaching, or ‘you are not with the church’
“[Vatican II] is the magisterium of the church. Either you are with the church and therefore you follow the council, or if you do not follow the council or you interpret it in your own way, as you wish, you are not with the church.”
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How Jesuit high school students are taking part in the (virtual) March for Life
When the march’s organizers announced on Jan. 15 that they would move the event online, Jesuit high schools across the country sought to find creative ways to help students honor life at all stages.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The future of Catholic schools in Spain is in question under a new law
A new law threatens the viability of government-supported Catholic schools in Spain.