Catholic College Students Stand Up to President and Board!!  A Catholic College defines “Woman”: St. Mary’s College in Indiana Reverses Decision to Admit Transgender Males

Catholic College Students Stand Up to President and Board!! A Catholic College defines “Woman”: St. Mary’s College in Indiana Reverses Decision to Admit Transgender Males

WSJ—If Macy Gunnell, a sophomore at St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Ind., hadn’t been listening during her shift at the school’s admissions office, she might have missed the news: The all-women’s Catholic college was planning to admit trans-identifying men the next academic year. That would have undermined 180 years of school tradition, not to…

Meet the Catholics Who Shaped Our Country, including Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet, SJ, Friend of “Sitting Bull”

Meet the Catholics Who Shaped Our Country, including Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet, SJ, Friend of “Sitting Bull”

On the cover of the history textbook The American Venture, students will see a picture of Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet, S.J. (featured photo in this article).  Outside the Catholic Church, not many people have heard of him. And even among Catholic students and laity, few have heard of him.  Yet Fr. De Smet played a…

Catholic Textbook Project Announces Winners of their Annual History Essay Contest

Catholic Textbook Project Announces Winners of their Annual History Essay Contest

Winners of Catholic Textbook Project’s annual history essay contest for Catholic schools were announced this week. “Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s history essay contest. We received many excellent entries from parochial, private, and home schools. Choosing the winners is never easy, and it wasn’t this year, either!,” announced Michael Van Hecke, founder and…

Canadian parents push back against gay pride flag in Catholic school district; police called

Canadian parents push back against gay pride flag in Catholic school district; police called

CNA—Police were called to maintain order at a Catholic school board meeting in Ontario, Canada, during a discussion about whether the board should fly a gay pride flag at its central office throughout June to support gay pride month. The York Catholic District School Board met Tuesday night to consider the proposal. After hearing two…

ATTN: CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, CATHOLIC EDUCATORS

ATTN: CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, CATHOLIC EDUCATORS

Catholic Business Journal sponsor CATHOLIC TEXTBOOK PROJECT, the creator of superior history textbooks for Catholic students and now used in Catholic schools in more than 100 dioceses and in English-speaking pockets of Catholic schools around the world, has a remarkable offer for Catholic schools only… “I wholeheartedly endorse the Catholic Textbook Project for the Diocese…

Frightful Fire  Easter Morning at Thomas Aquinas College Chapel – New England campus

Frightful Fire Easter Morning at Thomas Aquinas College Chapel – New England campus

Early Easter morning, as head chaplain Fr. Greg Markey opened the chapel door at Thomas Aquinas College, New England campus, thick black smoke rushed out the door and in his face.  He quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher and tackled the blaze, only slightly diminishing the raging flames. It wasn’t enough to douse the flames devouring…

School Leaders Academy: Find support for renewing your Catholic school

School Leaders Academy: Find support for renewing your Catholic school

“If today’s Catholic educators are re-awakening to the true nature of what a Catholic school community should be,” notes Michael J. Van Hecke, founder of the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education (ICLE), “it is natural that we should turn our thoughts and attention to how we form, or re-form, our communities to align with the…

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