What has football contributed to American Catholicism? What has Catholicism contributed to American football? For Catholics, it is particularly worth revisiting Notre Dame’s unique story.
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Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
What Theodore Hesburgh missed about Catholic universities
Fr. Theodore Hesburgh’s somewhat idiosyncratic relation to St. John Henry Newman’s capacious mind on Catholic higher education.
Posted inFaith, GoodNews
Venezuelan priest becomes social media sensation with Scripture video series
Capuchin Franciscan Father Luis Antonio Salazar is breaking with traditional ways of preaching and bringing the Gospel to thousands of cellphone users each week through an Instagram video series called “Vivir el Evangelio,” or “Living the Gospel.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Five reasons John Henry Newman is a saint for our times
Newman, like all of the saints, is perennially relevant because holiness never goes out of style.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Vaping-related illnesses are on the rise. Here’s how some Catholic schools are taking action.
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.
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.