The central concern of the Rev. James Heft in his new book is not only how “to preserve the continuity of the Catholic intellectual tradition, but also recognize how it might be adapted.”
Catholic Education
Posted inFaith, Features
In High School, in Recovery: The spiritual and practical challenges facing teens with addiction
Kolbe Academy in Bath, Pa., was the only Catholic recovery school in the United States. It is closing its doors because it could not find enough students like Pete, who said he had hit rock bottom and wanted to get sober.
Posted inFaith, News
The legal battle over plans for the first Catholic charter school is just heating up
The key question in this case is not whether a charter would help or harm local education, but whether explicitly religious instruction at charter schools is constitutional.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Americans care more about money than marriage, children and country. Can Catholic education change that?
These trends should prompt an examen among Catholic educators. Do our schools lead people to drift from religion to money, from community engagement to private enrichment?
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
Jesuit High School women’s basketball player heads to the N.C.A.A.
Sofia Bell was recently selected to play in the 2023 McDonald’s All-American Games and had offers from schools like Gonzaga, Notre Dame and Stanford.
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Catholic faith has plummeted in Ireland. But Dominicans and lay educators see hope for a revival.
Even after decades of Ireland’s rapid societal secularization, clergy and laypeople have cause for optimism about the renewal of the Catholic faith first brought to the Emerald Isle by St. Patrick in 432.
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Catholic high school investigates after students post ‘blackface’ video
A Catholic high school in Philadelphia is taking action after several of its students posted a racist social media video that has sparked community protests.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
3 reasons Catholic schools need more Hispanic teachers
Any Hispanic student should be able to say, “One day I want to be a teacher—or a leader—like my Hispanic teacher.”
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Why wait until pre-Cana? The church needs to teach relationship skills much earlier
We should not expect pre-Cana to solve the marriage crisis. There are relationship habits that should be taught to our youth long before they contemplate a wedding.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Remembering priest and historian Thomas Shelley: ‘an intellectual who wished the church were more intellectual’
The Rev. Thomas J. Shelley, who died on Monday, taught generations of priests, men and women religious and lay scholars the ins and outs of Catholic history.