The author makes a case for Catholic education as the heart of Catholic schools, refuting arguments that this approach is too narrowly sectarian, too insular, and counterproductive to the ecumenical movement. He advocates challenging young people with the message of Catholicism and making the school a Christian community of service. (Author/SJL)

The author explains the background and content of "Catechesi Tradendae," Pope John Paul II's pastoral letter of October 25, 1979, on the goals and methods of Catholic religious education. (SJL)

A work ethic instrument was tested with 122 Catholic priests and nuns, 147 Catholic parishioners, and 293 university students employed part time. Factor analysis revealed four dimensions: hard work, nonleisure, independence, and asceticism. (SK)

Describes how the small Ave Maria College of the Americas in Nicaragua, which turned from Baptist to Roman Catholic after receiving $3 million from the founder of Domino's, has had a difficult transition. (EV)

The principal at a Catholic coeducational preparatory high school describes her perfect coach as a gentleman or gentlewoman dedicated to truth and capable of inspiring respect and building self-esteem. The coach should be compassionate and encouraging, model concern and caring, and work untiringly to teach the life-long benefits of participation…

Stresses the need for churches to continue the long upheld American tradition of welcoming and aiding foreigners and immigrants. (YKH)

Catholic grade school education is associated with higher vocabulary, math, and reading scores, but not science scores. Higher scores are not due to selection of superior students. If non-Catholics attending Catholic schools are eliminated, the positive effect on scores is nearly zero. (SK)

Investigates the counseling services of Catholic priests working in pastoral situations in Northern Ireland. Examines the types of problems presented to the clergy and how they respond to them. Findings reveal a wide variety of problems with bereavement, alcohol or substance abuse, marital disharmony, and terminal illness most common. Priests'…

At the end of the first millennium, at a time when neither mathematics nor the papacy required much specialized knowledge, a mathematician became pope. This article describes the life and times of Gerbert of Aurillac, also known as Pope Sylvester II.

In this article, the author reports how religious schools are being pressed to spell out their policies regarding gay students and the children of same-sex couples. As homosexuality has become one of the fiercest battlefronts in the "culture wars," religious schools have found it harder to exclude gays or their children without lawsuits or…

"The Mission" is an award-winning film that presents an allegorical treatment of colonial drama in the Americas. Depicting the fabled "Jesuit Republic," the film dramatizes historical events that span a period of more than 150 years, from 1610 to 1768. In scope and deed these events bear much that is relevant to the invasion and conquest of the…

Catholic universities face many challenges today. Increasing secularization, faculty salaries, external funding, Catholic identity, academic freedom, and institutional autonomy are among the most prominent. This essay examines the contributions of John Henry Newman to Catholic higher education and argues for their relevance today.

This document is intended to help Catholic educators and their students examine efforts at evangelization over the 500 year period since Christopher Columbus' voyage united the eastern and western hemispheres. The first of three sections has study guides for teachers focusing on six themes: (1) the legacy of Columbus; (2) evangelization: then and…

Rarely when single-sex Catholic secondary schools convert to coed school organization is the potential loss of gender-specific benefits addressed. Since the movement to coeducation is seldom accompanied by the return of a "converted" school to single-sex status, the incalculable loss to the traditional gender diversity of school organization is…