As we continue to celebrate graduation season, Msgr. Owen Campion looks at the legacy of the Benedictine order, which, centuries ago, modernized the way children were educated: "Before the Benedictines, schooling, as it now is known, was rare. It was one-to-one. A
When Russia invaded her home country of Ukraine, Daryna Behen was studying abroad in the United States. Her university — Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv — halted classes for a month before resuming. “It was challenging to study in that period,” the
A reader asks: “Why are ‘Catholic’ universities, colleges and high schools allowed to bestow honors on pro-abortionists? Does this not violate Church directives? In his latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope explains the Land O’Lake gathering, and its document, where many Catholic college
The Archdiocese of New York has announced that 12 of its Catholic schools will close at the end of the 2022-23 academic year and four others will be merged into two schools due to the schools' financial outlook.
"Shifting demographics and lower enrollment
As we observe National Catholic Schools Week, Our Sunday Visitor sat down with Thomas Carroll, Superintendent of Schools of the Archdiocese of Boston. Carroll joined the archdiocese in 2019, when he began his project of renewal of Boston’s Catholic education. Carroll’s background
This fall, Pew Research Center released a demographic study that predicts that by 2070 Christians will be a minority in the United States. That demographic change will happen, according to Pew’s models, not because of growth of non-Christian religions but because of
Educators must always adapt, remain empathetic and grow with their students, Pope Francis told Catholic teachers.
However, they must "beware of ideological colonization," he said in a speech Nov. 12 to members of the World Union of Catholic Teachers and those taking part
Finding silver linings within the destabilizing and tumultuous years of the COVID-19 pandemic is not always easy. But the major shifts that took place in public life as a result of the coronavirus uncertainty provided an opportunity in one unlikely arena: Catholic
"Why is the church against using birth control?" "Is it ethical to receive a COVID-19 vaccine that has a link to fetal cell lines from abortion?" "What should Catholics consider when writing living wills?"
These are just some of the questions that will
Can an emphasis on values and what's called a traditional "liberal" -- meaning liberal arts -- Catholic education rebuild the long-dwindling parochial education system?
Elisabeth Sullivan, executive director of the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education, believes that it can, and that the effort