Catholic approach to gender in the classroom

On June 10, the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education released a new document titled “Male and Female He Created Them: Towards a Path of Dialogue on the Question of Gender Theory in Education.” This timely document seeks to address the confusion of

Church-college ties

  It is a secret, practically speaking. Few Catholics know that under American law many of the most famous “Catholic” universities in this country have no legal connection with the Church. Some years ago, the bishops of the United States formally voted

Remembering Chicago school fire after 60 years

Matt Plovanich will pause and pray on Dec. 1. Sixty years ago, he was among the 1,600 students and staff at Our Lady of the Angels grade school in Chicago when it became engulfed in flames. “I don’t pray for the kids.

The role of sports in Catholic school culture

God might not care about the outcome of a sports game, but he seems to enjoy seeing Catholic schools compete. In the 2018 March Madness tournament, Villanova and Notre Dame, both Catholic universities, won the men’s and women’s national basketball championships, respectively.