In my podcast conversation with Fr. John Belmonte, SJ, the superintendent of the Diocese of Joliet, when we discussed the Church document The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium (Vatican, 1997) as part of the Catholic School Matters podcast series, we discuss the mission of Catholic schools. If a Catholic school does not have a well-defined mission […]
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Guest Blogger: Sr. Mary Grace Walsh
This week’s guest blogger is Sr. Mary Grace Walsh, PhD, ASCJ, the Provost for Education, Evangelization, and Catechesis in the Archdiocese of Hartford and the guest on this week’s Church Documents podcast. Last summer when Tim Uhl asked me to participate in a podcast for the series on Church Documents, I was very happy to accept […]
Guest Blogger: Lisa Orchen
The 1990 pastoral statement, In Support of Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools, serves as a ‘snapshot’ in time in the sequence of Church documents we are studying as part of the Catholic School Matters Church Documents Series. The United States Catholic Conference paused on the 18th anniversary of the foundational statement, To Teach As Jesus […]
In Support of Catholic Elementary & Secondary Schools
While speaking to Dr. Kevin Baxter (the superintendent for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles) about the US Bishop’s 1990 Statement on Catholic Schools “In Support of Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools” as part of the Catholic School Matters podcast series on Church documents, we hit upon two areas that are as relevant today as they […]
Catholic School Matters Top Five
This is the final Catholic School Matters newsletter of 2017. Below I will include the most popular link from each of the fall newsletters as well as my own favorite. I encourage you took them over and find an article or two which interests you. I always find it interesting to see what is the […]
Guest Blogger: Carmen Garcia on Religious Dimension
Today’s Guest Blogger is Carmen Garcia from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Her topic is the Church Document “Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School” podcast on the Catholic School Matters podcast. How blessed was I in November to go eight days to the Holy Land and three in Rome. Lots of time on […]
Guest Blogger: John Galvan on “Religious Dimension”
Today’s Guest Blogger is none other than John Galvan himself, the guest on the “Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School” podcast on the Catholic School Matters podcast. A Cause to Pause Formative and summative assessments are critical in a student’s learning and growth processes. We think of “formative” as assessment for learning, while […]
Catholic School Matters Top Five
Una cordial bienvenida a todos mis lectores bilingües. Gracias por toda su ayuda sirviendo a nuestra Iglesia. Por favor haganme saber cómo les podemos ayudar servir a nuestros estudiantes y como hacerle para que nuestras escuelas Católicas entiendan cómo mejorar para que nuestra Iglesia sea más acogedora. This week we celebrate the feast day of […]
Guest Blogger: Tom Schutte on Lay Catholics
Guest Blogger Tom Schutte is a 25-year veteran of O’Dea High School and one of the guests on the Lay Catholics in Schools podcast on the Catholic School Matters podcast. This document of the Catholic Church is quite compelling! Although I had not read it before doing this podcast with Dr. Tim Uhl, I was glad to dive […]
Guest Blogger: Sr. Mary Fitzgerald, SSND
Today’s Guest Blog about the Lay Catholics in Schools podcast on Catholic School Matters was written by Sr. Mary Fitzgerald, SSND of Notre Dame University (Maryland). If you’d like to submit a guest blog please contact [email protected] How heartening it is to see importance given to the critical witness of lay Catholics in schools today! Two recent publications have […]
