A graduate of Regis Jesuit High School in Denver interviews her former theology teacher on her experiences in and out of the classroom.
Education
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
‘When does it end?’ Parents on the most stressful back-to-school season of the pandemic
Families are trying to be hopeful and trying to keep perspective. But they’re also anxious, frustrated and exhausted.
Posted inFaith, Features
Richard Rohr’s Living School is no utopia. But it taught me to love our imperfect world.
The school offers an accessible but thorough examination of the Christian contemplative tradition by combining online study with in-person symposiums.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Blended virtual learning, longer school days and fidelity to the magisterium: The experiment that could change the future of Catholic education
A new Catholic secondary school in the Archdiocese of Boston will combine virtual instruction and in-person activities. The founder of Lumen Verum Academy, Thomas W. Carroll, writes about this new model.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
How do you teach high school boys to love?
A Jesuit education invites students to love themselves and the world anew.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Whatever and ever Amen: Two Gen-X Catholics remember classic retreat songs.
Did the singer-songwriter era come about specifically to fill a demand by retreat directors for a poignant soundtrack to accompany the spiritual epiphanies of 16-year-olds?
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Forget Plato’s philosopher-kings. We need philosopher folks.
What if instead of a few philosopher-kings magnanimously steering the unruly mob, we focused on building a democracy full of philosopher folks?
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Catholic Church must come clean—completely—about what it did to Native Americans
Forgiveness and healing can begin only after the most difficult part is addressed: confronting the past, speaking the truth, revealing the worst.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
A defense of learning Latin and Greek (Also: Why does it even need defending?)
Princeton University is dropping the requirement for knowing Latin and Greek to major in Classics. Its decision is a frightening one and augurs ill for the future of the field.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The pandemic exposed how broken our Catholic schools are. But it also created an opportunity for change.
What Catholic schools are returning to is anything but “normal.” But the pandemic strategy of collaborating and sharing best practices can bring renewed success.