To Notre Dame fans as well as to a certain portion of the American Catholic populace, Knute Rockne remains a mythic figure—the founding father of the legend of the Fighting Irish.
Catholic Education
Posted inFaith and Reason
The key to good teaching? Vulnerability.
Vulnerability can be a sign of hope in these fragile times. But how do we teach our students to be vulnerable?
Posted inDispatches
Catholic sisters educate visually impaired children for free in Nigeria
Visually impaired children escape lifelong poverty with the education they receive from Catholic sisters in Lagos, Nigeria.
Posted inLast Take
R.I.P. Paul Tagliabue: the commissioner who brought Catholic values to the NFL
While Paul Tagliabue, who died on Sunday, is remembered for his long and successful tenure as commissioner of the NFL, he was also a devoted philanthropist whose causes included Jesuit education and L.G.B.T.Q. ministry in the church.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Leo declares St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church and co-patron of Catholic education
Pope Leo XIV declared St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, also declaring the saint co-patron with St. Thomas Aquinas of the church’s educational mission.
Posted inNews
In new letter, Pope Leo shares 3 priorities for Catholic education amid A.I. revolution
“I call upon all educational institutions to inaugurate a new season that speaks to the hearts of the younger generations, reuniting knowledge and meaning, competence and responsibility, faith and life,” Leo wrote in an apostolic letter.
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Georgetown University names Eduardo Peñalver as next president
Georgetown University’s board of directors unanimously voted to name Eduardo M. Peñalver, president of Seattle University, as the 49th president of Georgetown University in Washington, the Jesuit school announced Oct. 15.
Posted inFaith in Focus
Seven Saints to Pray to While Studying
While there’s no guarantee praying to these saints will help you earn the best grades, they can hopefully provide some relief from studying stress.
Posted inCatholic Movie Club
In ‘St. Vincent,’ anyone can be a saint. Even Bill Murray.
Vincent almost gleefully repels everyone he meets. But as the semi-ironic title of Theodore Melfi’s “St. Vincent” implies, there’s more to him than a first impression might suggest.
Posted inJesuit School Spotlight
Our Jesuit high school banned smartphones. Here’s why it needed to happen.
By removing phones from classrooms, hallways and community spaces, we are not rejecting the digital world but reclaiming something more fundamental: the capacity to learn, to relate and to be fully present.