As the number of reported cases of vaping-related illness in the U.S. soars over 1000, many Catholic schools are taking action to prevent vaping among students.
Catholic Education
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
After Hurricane Dorian, Catholic school resumes classes in the Bahamas
In a sign of hope, all grade levels at Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Academy in Freeport, Grand Bahama, started holding classes Sept. 23—at least on a part-time basis.
Posted inFaith, Features
Catholicism is multilingual, so why aren’t more Catholic schools?
Some Catholic schools are implementing dual-language programs, part of an effort to reflect the reality of life in the church in the United States.
Posted inArts & Culture, Jesuitical
What makes Catholic School Movies so great?
Hunter Harris tells us. Also: Lady Bird is the greatest Catholic School Movie ever.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How I am learning to live with loneliness at a Jesuit college
College is about learning what it means to belong.
Posted inFaith, Video
The dual-language school in Texas revitalizing Catholic education
Have you ever heard the pledge of allegiance in Spanish? St. Mary Magdalen Catholic School in San Antonio, Tex. is revitalizing Catholic education by teaching their students in both English and Spanish.
Posted inArts & Culture, Your Take
Reader Rebuttal: The 10 Greatest Catholic School Movies of All Time
Ciaran Freeman spent last summer, after his year as an O’Hare fellow at America Media, combing through movies about Catholic schools and ranking them. The findings were published here. Since then, readers have written in to let Mr. Freeman know what films he overlooked in his top-10 ranking.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
How St. John Baptist de La Salle brought education to millions of poor kids like me
Who was this brilliant, saintly priest who founded the Christian Brothers? Perhaps now, on the 300th anniversary of his death, it is time for those of us who have benefited so richly from our educations to remember who he was.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
To reach young people, we must be honest about our broken church
The question my students struggle with is, what is an authentic identity of the church today? I believe that the only way the church can be relevant is if it embraces the model of a penitent.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Priest removes Harry Potter books from Tennessee Catholic school, citing ‘actual curses and spells’
A Catholic school in Tennessee has removed the Harry Potter books from its library after the school’s priest decided they could cause a reader to conjure evil spirits.