In his latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, contributing editor Russell Shaw defends home-schooling families against recent criticisms, writing that parents “knew very well what they were doing and had excellent reasons for doing it.” Some of these reasons include “reinforcing parent-child
It's been a strange year for Catholic schools. Schools in the Diocese of Nashville were forced to send their students home in mid-March and finish the year with distance learning, due to precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Schools have had
Last week, lawyers for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty participated in arguments before the Supreme Court in two cases challenging the principle of “ministerial exemption,” which gives churches the autonomy to make personnel decisions. In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor,
With schools closed and classes being taught online, average families are having a tough enough time adapting to new routines and technologies during the ongoing pandemic. But for families of students with special needs, distance learning can be an even bigger hurdle.
Students in early education disciplines at Catholic colleges are prepared for a unique role: to be teachers that recognize and promote the dignity of their students. As Jennifer Weber, an assistant professor of education at Mount Marty College in Yankton, South Dakota,
Monsignor Owen F. Campion recalls his education in Nashville at Father Ryan High School, which was the first school in the former Confederacy to drop the racial segregation restriction that was mandated by law in the South. He writes that there was
St. Augustine Parish in the Diocese of Honolulu will soon open the doors to the Damien and Marianne of Molokai Education Center, which tells the stories of St. Damien de Veuster and St. Marianne Cope, who worked with lepers on the Hawaiian
Pope Francis said the challenges facing humanity and the Earth are so urgent and important that he has invited world leaders, educators and young people to come to the Vatican next spring to launch a global alliance for building a new, more
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
Saint Angela Merici was an advocate for women's education. This foundress of the Company of Ursula revolutionized the way girls and mothers were taught the Gospel and virtues of Christianity. Learn more about her in today's post.