Category: Catholic School Matters

Earlier this year, the Congregation for Catholic Education issued “Male and Female He Created Them: Towards a Path of Dialogue on the Question of Gender Theory in Education.” The document was written for educators in Catholic schools so this deserves our attention. Like other church documents, however, it’s a tough read and so I contacted theologian and […]

A little over a year ago, we formed a new Board of Limited Jurisdiction at one of our Catholic schools. In this particular community, there are stark divisions among Catholics but a shared commitment to our schools. After all, schools are the melting pots of our American Catholic Church because so many Catholics choose a parish to […]

This week’s Catholic School Matters Radio Hour podcast features two podcasts and seven great guests from around the country. Each guest played a role in the founding of new Catholic school which opened this fall. Here is a direct link to the podcast. Don’t forget to subscribe to get all of this season’s episodes when they come out! […]

First, the good news. There are a slew of new Catholic schools dotting the landscape and we need to celebrate this good news. I’ll be interviewing most of the new school leaders on the Catholic School Matters podcast. This week, I’ll drop two podcasts including conversations with seven founders of these new Catholic schools. In West Texas, the […]

Wednesday’s Catholic School Matters Radio Hour podcast features three great guests from the upcoming Mustard Seed project in Chicago October 7-9. Here is a direct link to the podcast. Don’t forget to subscribe to get all of this season’s episodes when they come out! The first conversation is with Dr. Mike Boyle, the Greeley Center director, who described the […]

What would you do if an entire class of students suddenly couldn’t see the whiteboard? You’d probably move away from a PowerPoint slideshow and incorporate different teaching methods. What if your entire PE class suddenly couldn’t walk? You’d stop requiring a mile run and work on different skills. Many of our schools are seeing increasing numbers of students […]

This week’s Catholic School Matters Radio Hour features four guests from the NCEA Convention in Chicago.  First, Dr. Timothy O’Malley from the McGrath Institute for Church Life at Notre Dame comes on to discuss the role of liturgy in Catholic schools.  He points out the liturgy should be worship with prayer at its center and […]

This is my favorite edition of the newsletter of the year. Below you’ll find in chronological order the most clicked on links from each of the 21 editions of the newsletter this year. It’s a great smorgasbord of articles showing what was most interesting to the readers. Enjoy! At the same time, I’m aware that many educators are […]

This week’s episode of the Catholic School Matters Radio Hour presents four great guests from the NCEA Convention last month. I spoke to Catholic education thought leaders in two different conversations. The first guest was Sr. Angie Shaughnessy of Loyola Marymount, the legal expert. Fresh from one of her NCEA sessions, Sr. Angie shared many hot topics […]

At the NCEA Conference I attended a session on Social Emotional Learning (SEL) by Dr. Lauren Casella of LMU and Tracy Mayhue of St. Anastasia’s in Los Angeles. I picked up the book All Learning is Social and Emotional and discovered how this emphasis on SEL can reshape our approach to learning. I recommend the […]