Tag: Catholic Schools

Catholic education, which has changed over the centuries, must continue to evolve to help young people face the challenges not only of technology but of confusion about the meaning and purpose of life, Pope Leo XIV said.

In late October, Hartford College in Daceyville will welcome Emily and Nes Rotstein, executive director and vice president of the American Chesterton Schools Network, the fastest-growing Catholic classical schools’ network in the world.

Catholic schooling in Australia has moved through a period of uncertainty to a position of strength in identity and mission over the past decade, says the outgoing leader of the National Catholic Education Commission Jacinta Collins.

The Northern Territory government is set to renege on a pre-election commitment to restore protections for religious schools. This can only be explained by wilful blindness on the part of MPs, writes Monica Doumit.

Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Meagher says understanding who Catholic schools are serving both intellectually and holistically is paramount to the mission of faith-based education.

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns says the role Catholic schools have played in the state’s history is “overwhelmingly positive.”

They’ve been inseparable from birth and there is “no way” five-year-old Giselle and Valencia Pollicina were going to be apart in kindergarten at St Joseph’s Primary School in Enfield.

This NRL finals series features star players who attended Catholic schools across the country. While they go head-to-head on the field, they share a common history of faith, charity and friendship, formed by the education they received as teenage boys.

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development was an interesting idea in its time. That time has passed and a new model is needed for Catholic welfare—one that recognises the church’s teaching and strengths, writes George Weigel.

In a generation where young people are increasingly “afraid there may be no truth at all,” University of Notre Dame Australia professors Fr Eamonn Conway and Leonard Franchi have encouraged Catholic educators to retain their distinct mission

: The church’s teachings were shamefully silenced in Catholic schools on account of those who felt challenged by the pro-chastity message of visiting US Catholic evangelist Jason Evert, writes Khiara Squires.

One would think that a speaker who challenges the narrative that young women need to make themselves more sexually attractive to be worthy of love is exactly what is needed at a time when we are seeing the devastating mental health impacts of girls placing their value in the number of “likes” they receive for their selfies, writes Monica Doumit.