Category: Catholic School Matters

Thank you so much for the opportunity to chat about the documents on Catholic education from the Second Vatican Council and the Congregation for Catholic Education on the Catholic School Matters podcast.  I enjoy a conversational forum to discuss the documents of the Church and hope that it will spark discussion at the national, diocesan and […]

What do you do with new information that contradicts what you know?  Are you looking for that kind of information?  Last month, NCEA presented diocesan leaders with the results from a market research project.  (Podcast #80 revealed much of the information).  When we heard that Hispanic parents were more discriminating consumers, for instance, it was […]

I really enjoyed talking with Tim about Vatican II on the Catholic School Matters podcast.  My fascination will the council began while I was writing my doctoral dissertation in history for Harvard University.  My subject was a church reformer active in Rome in the sixteenth century, which meant I had to go to Rome to do […]

To begin the Church Documents podcast series, I chose to start with Vatican II.  It’s important to note that more than half of US Catholics were born after Vatican II, a population which includes me.  However, I’m surprised to find younger teachers and staff members who cannot explain how Vatican II impacted the Church.  If […]

Dr. Tim Uhl, superintendent of Montana Catholic Schools, interviews thought leaders in Catholic education and discusses the future of Catholic schools in America. Jennifer Robbins, the CEO of Mayhill Strategies, joins Dr. Tim Uhl on the Catholic School Matters podcast from NCEA’s Catholic Leadership Summit in Tempe to reveal the findings of the nation-wide market […]

Dr. Kevin Baxter, the superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, wrote the following blog in response to Kimberly Cheng’s conversation with Dr. Tim Uhl on the Catholic School Matters podcast: Kimberly did a great job on the podcast communicating how our state superintendent group operates, even with Tim’s gratuitous crack about my age!  Our […]

Today I’m offering a special edition of Catholic School Matters. This issue focuses on the fall issue of Momentum (NCEA’s quarterly magazine) which will be mailed out this week to NCEA members. I’d like to make sure that every Catholic school teacher, administrator, and parent can see the great content contained in this issue of […]

In today’s newsletter I have written about a new way of thinking about anthem protests at Catholic schools.  Instead of thinking about them as an “us versus them” bifurcated approach, I found language in the Vatican’s most recent statement on Catholic school which challenges our concept of community. My top 5: This week in Montana, […]

As I’ve watched the controversy swirl around football players kneeling during the national anthem, I was struck by the message of Educating Together in Catholic Schools (2007), the last Vatican document pertaining to Catholic education.  As you might know, I’ve been immersing myself in Church documents to prepare for the Church Documents podcast series beginning […]