‘Tent Gang’ Prepares Students for March for Life at Benedictine College
The “Tent Gang,” took turns in November and early December sleeping in a tent on campus, “prayerfully sacrificing their time and comfort to raise awareness about the March for Life,” a student...
View ArticleAve Maria Prof Wins Fellowship from Vatican Institute Founded by Pope...
Professor Anthony Valle from Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, Fla., recently received an academic fellowship from the Fondazione Vaticana Joseph Ratzinger Benedetto XVI.More...
View ArticleUniversity of Mary Lecture Series to Provide Ethical ‘Insight on Timely Issues’
The School of Health Sciences at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D., will host Dr. Nikolas Nikas for a bioethics lecture series from Jan. 27-28, the University recently announced.More...
View ArticleAugustine Institute to Offer Online Summer Course Designed for Catholic...
The Augustine Institute, a Denver-based Catholic graduate school, will be offering a special course for teachers and school administrators designed to help them reflect on the connection between...
View ArticlePope Benedict’s Vision Key to Survival of Catholic Colleges, Says Author
Questions have been raised recently about the future of Catholic higher education: Is it dying? Where is it going? Assumption College theology chair and professor Dr. Marc Guerra, author of a new book...
View ArticleHonoring Kenneth Whitehead, Tireless Advocate of Church and Catholic Education
Kenneth Whitehead, longtime Catholic education advocate, Church affairs expert and former United States Assistant Secretary of Education, passed away on Thursday, April 16, according to his family....
View ArticlePope Francis Weighs In On Role of Teachers, Coaches as Witnesses
Pope Francis last week said that the influence of a Catholic educator “depends more on what he is as a person and the way he lives than what he says,” and even athletics coaches—whom he included as...
View ArticleBishop Dewane: Families Have ‘Right to Know’ Which Theology Professors Have...
If a Catholic college cannot assure that its theology professors are imparting the truths of the faith, then families should look to more faithful Catholic institutions, suggested Bishop Frank Dewane...
View ArticleCatholic Colleges Must Listen to Pope Benedict’s Strong Case for Sacred...
The availability of well-celebrated liturgy and sacred music should be the norm at all Catholic colleges, not the exception, said Dr. Kurt Poterack, choir director and adjunct professor of music at...
View ArticleCatholic University of America to Welcome Pope to Campus for Third Time
Next month, the Holy Father will come to the nation’s capital to celebrate Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception adjacent to The Catholic University of America (CUA)....
View ArticleCollege Presidents: Embracing Ex corde Ecclesiae Strengthened our Catholic...
For the past 25 years, the principles of the Catholic Church’s apostolic constitution on higher education, Ex corde Ecclesiae, have been implemented with mixed success in the U.S., as evidenced by the...
View ArticleNewman Society Reports from Rome: Analysis of Education World Congress Day 2
International presenters at the second day of the World Congress on Catholic Education stressed that “integral formation” of students must be first and foremost in Catholic education, according to The...
View ArticleCatholic Identity at Colleges Cannot Be Ranked by Secular Benchmarks
A recent Newsmax list of “top” Catholic colleges illustrates the confusion that can arise when attempting to rank Catholic colleges by mixing matters of the faith with secular standards, such as...
View Article‘Preferred Name and Gender Policy’ Passed at DePaul University
A policy at DePaul University in Chicago was recently approved by the University’s executive leadership making it possible for students to choose preferred genders and names on college records, even...
View ArticleVatican Approves of Naming New Research Center in London in Honor of Pope...
A new research center named in honor of Pope Benedict XVI and dedicated to the study of religion and the social sciences was recently given approval by the Vatican to be called the Benedict XVI Centre...
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