How do we speak to a generation that, at least on the surface, seems less and less prepared for the difficulties it will face?
Education
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Our religious studies programs are in trouble. Here’s what we miss out on if we don’t save them.
The diminishing place of religion in higher education and for Christianity’s diminishing place in academia are a great loss to our educational institutions and intellectual life.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Can we reimagine the sacramental life? Ask this poet/farmer/educator.
In this time when so much seems to be falling apart, the writer/philosopher/farmer Michael Martin is reimagining and even building anew.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Undocumented college students need financial aid now. They can’t wait for comprehensive immigration reform.
We cannot continue to punish the children of immigrants and create a caste of undereducated residents, write Mary Beth Yount and Michael M. Canaris. All college students should be eligible for federal loan and grant programs.
Posted inFaith, Features
Priests and lay women work together every day. The church is finally starting to train them together, too.
The human formation provided in integrated formation models for the priesthood results not only in healthier, more well-rounded priests but also helps advance the vision of Vatican II.
Posted inFaith, News
Vincent Rougeau named president of the College of the Holy Cross
On July 1, Vincent Rougeau, the dean of Boston College Law School, will become the next president of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.
Posted inFaith, News
Catholic school enrollment is at its lowest in 50 years, new report says
Catholic school enrollment figures for the current school year—significantly impacted by the pandemic—dropped 6.4% or more than 111,000 students from the previous school year, which is the largest single year decline in almost 50 years.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The future of Catholic schools in Spain is in question under a new law
A new law threatens the viability of government-supported Catholic schools in Spain.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Covid-19 has forced campus ministry to enter a new era of digital spirituality. It’s going O.K.
The coronavirus pandemic has caused campus ministries around the country to reassess how to best minister to their students.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
I am a Catholic school parent. Please save our urban schools.
The Covid-19 pandemic is adding to the financial woes of Catholic schools in inner cities. But better management and creative fundraising may save them, writes Lance L. Lee, a parent of two children in Catholic schools.