The University of Notre Dame made news today with its announcement of a major campus expansion In fact the University described it asthe largest building project in its 172-year history integrating the academy student life and athletics with the construction of more than 750 000 square feet in t

On The Ignatian Educator, Matt Emerson asks: What can we do to encourage excellence of soul?

As most readers probably know this week is Catholic Schools Week The theme is quot Catholic Schools Communities of Faith Knowledge and Service quot In announcing the week the USCCB noted About 2 1 million students are currently educated in more than 6 600 Catholic schools in cities suburbs

The number of older adults joining seminaries is on the rise. On The Ignatian Educator, Matt Emerson asks: Why wait?

A big congratulations to Georgetown University the oldest Catholic and Jesuit university in the country which today celebrates its 225th Anniversary As the school 39 s website noted On this day in 1789 the university 39 s founder Bishop John Carroll obtained the first deed for the land on w

The New York Times reports that the city of Phoenix has an ambitious new agenda to expand its charter schools The goal is to open 25 high-performing schools over five years within 220 square miles of the Phoenix Union High School District The district in South and central Phoenix whose largely po

What does the "liturgy" of an outdoor musical festival offer young people that church does not?

Writing at The Atlantic teacher Andrew Simmons worries that high schools treat middle- and low-income students differently when conveying the reasons for attending college In short Simmons argues that schools encourage upper-income students to see post-secondary learning as a path of intellectual

The below reflection was published originally at my old site the precursor site for this blog on February 16 2013 It was one of my first posts for quot The Ignatian Educator quot and was originally titled quot The Ignatian City quot I decided to republish it here for my new America readers

I am reading one of the new books about Pope Francis this one a collection of interviews that he gave when still a cardinal It 39 s titled Pope Francis His Life in His Own Words One of the questions he addresses is quot How do you examine your life and your ministry before God quot The humi