“Daniel, nobody ever pays you back. I’m not that stupid,” she recalled telling him. “When you get the opportunity, do it for somebody else. Remember that, that’s all I want.”
Catholic Education
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Harry Connick, Jr. on daytime television, his Catholic conversion & life at a Jesuit high school
Sean Salai, S.J., interviews Harry Connick, Jr. about the intersection of his faith and show business.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Should Catholics be feeling the March Madness?
What should Catholics think about the money-making potential of big-time sports in universities?
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
What Trump’s call for vouchers could mean for Catholic schools
Throwing something of a damper on the voucher enthusiasm is a string of recent studies that have cast doubt on the impact at the individual level of choice experiments.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Cardinal Cupich: Federal immigration agents must have warrant to enter schools
If immigration agents show up without a warrant, to “tell them politely they cannot come on the premises, ask them for their contact information and tell them to contact the (archdiocese) Office of Legal Services.”
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Without Catholic schools, ‘school choice’ is no choice at all
School choice does not mean abandoning the commitment to the common good exemplified by the Catholic school system.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
On immigration, founding charisms can guide Catholic schools
College charisms are not relics but principles for an age of political uncertainty.
Posted inMagazine, Your Take
The Letters
Religious education has been a babysitting service for far too long.
Posted inFaith, Your Take
How would you rate your experience of parish-based religious education?
We received a wide range of responses to our request to America readers to rate their experiences of parish-based religious education. Some, like Maria Barrera of Brooklyn, N.Y., described religious education as a “wholesome” time for her children that positively affected how her family practiced the faith, thanks to the hard work of her parish […]
Posted inDispatches, Faith
A new Jesuit program is bringing education to some of the world’s refugees
Students gather outside the schools before the first day of class, ready to learn new skills or improve their language skills, both of which can be invaluable for making a living in refugee camps.