Parishes today are facing a number of growing challenges — from declining Mass attendance and participation in religious education, to financial struggles and aging infrastructure. But across the country, Catholic colleges and universities are doing their part to train the next generation
The director of religious education in a parish can almost be thought of as a Catholic school principal of sorts. In any given year, a parish DRE is responsible for providing a basic religious education to hundreds, if not thousands, of children
Across the country, Catholic colleges and universities are educating the next generation of Catholic school principals, vice principals and high-ranking administrators who will lead Catholic education into the mid 21st century. They will do so amid changing demographics that are causing dioceses
Daniel Cellucci, CEO of the Catholic Leadership Institute, writes that despite the downward trend in young people participating in the Faith, he does not subscribe to the theory that the Church has lost a generation. Without being able to assume that they
The Church’s social teaching, guided by the Gospel and centuries of Christian thought and refined by modern popes and Church scholars, plays a crucial role in the way parishes operate and serve their wider communities. To prepare the future leaders in this
Around the countries, different Catholic programs are preparing youth ministers to bring the Gospel to teenagers in their parishes in an inviting yet counter-cultural way. “It’s entirely counter-culture to live out your faith as a young Catholic today,” Alexis Fuentes, who’s finishing
No one needed to tell the Catholic college and university leaders, attending their annual conference virtually this year, that these different times are affecting their day-to-day operations and what they might do going forward.
During the Feb. 5-6 online conference of the Association
In a school year turned upside down by the pandemic, groups of students at the Marianist-run University of Dayton in Ohio have been striving to keep some things constant: supporting each other in their faith and reaching out to the school community.
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This year, with the current surge in coronavirus cases across much of the country, students (and their parents) have even more reason for concern besides the general anxieties. Will the virus find my campus? Will we end up closing after all? Will
For the high school class for 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic canceled events and summer jobs, and delayed graduation ceremonies. As graduates prepare to embark on their college careers this fall, they face uncertainties on and off campus. Six incoming freshmen told Our