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Waking up the Catholic echoes

Our Take. First and foremost, a university exists to enlighten minds of its young students

University's center studies Holocaust from a Catholic perspective

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Seton Hill tries to enhance relations between Catholic and Jewish faiths

Three cheers for liberal arts education

Openers

The 'Da Vinci' wars

Education and consumer choice may be the best ways for us to send Hollywood a message

the catholic guide tothe Internet

Woodeene Koenig-Bricker There's a website for just about all things Catholic, from Mass times around the globe to the pope's fan club

The Catholic Guide to the Internet

This article has free access. By Woodeene Koenig-Bricker. There's a website for just about all things Catholic, from Mass times around the globe to the pope's fan club

Teresa Tomeo: Read all about it

If you are reading this column, you are one of too few Americans still making use of the gift of literacy. (Subscription required)

Studying the factors of the hookup culture

In Focus article. By Stephanie Kornexl. Among other things, professor found that attitudes at Catholic schools differ little from secular schools

Stronghold of respect

Son's stint in public school reinforces for woman the blessings of a Catholic education

Staying on course

Catholic schools must overcome threats of rising costs, shifting populations and competition from charter schools

School provides hope to Texas city's poor

Three religious communities support Brownsville's Guadalupe Regional Middle School

Russell Shaw: School reform begins at home

Until America faces the problem of dysfunctional homes, all programs for school reform are doomed

Promoting overseas study

Catholic college special section article by OSV staff. U.S. Senate designated 2006 as the ‘Year of Study Abroad.’ Resolution’s text explains the necessity. (Subscription required)

Outcry over universities' mega-endowments grows

By Gerald Korson. Some consider going tuition-free, but smaller schools feel the pinch

Our Take: Non-Catholics give financial boost to Catholic schools

Catholic education is getting a boost from unlikely quarters.

Opinions differ on how to educate the faithful

'Whole-community catechesis' methods vary, but critics say current models are insufficient

Openers: New report of cover-up, enabling ... in public schools

By John Norton. USA Today story on sex abuse in public schools should have received a lot more attention

Openers: A divinely designed plan for a new and improved you

By John Norton. Well-formed Catholics are less easily troubled in storms of controversy stirred up in the media

Ode to a fallen giant

By Greg Erlandson. Uncle Frank saw it as his mission to introduce college students to his great love -- poetry

Msgr. Owen F. Campion: Curbing the sex abuse crisis

Seminarians’ screening on sexual issues better than in past, but abuse will never be totally eradicated. (Subscription required)

Msgr. Campion: Educational choice

Refusal to allow public funds to be used for students in private schools treads on parental rights. (Subscription required)

More important than 'socialization' is preparing c

Openers

More adult Catholics earning theology degrees through distance learning programs

By Stephanie Kornexl. Online courses provide a flexible, inexpensive alternative to traditional models

Missionary puts education in reach of orphans

She was inspired by work of women slain in El Salvador in 1980

Maryland boys' school teaches students to be men

In Focus article. By Scott Alessi. The single-gender atmosphere fosters camaraderie instead of competition

Lockwood: Memories of a Catholic school on chopping block

With alma mater potentially on chopping block, a look back at where faith came alive in hometown

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor about sin, education, bullying and the Tea Party

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor about home schooling, pro-life, immigration and clergy sexual abuse. (Subscription required)

Is New York seminary merger the way of the future?

By Brian Fraga. Archbishop Dolan sees dioceses’ collaboration as giving ‘flesh and blood’ to the New Evangelization

In Focus: Leading churchman explains why Catholic schools matter

By Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan. Experts in the field respond to Archbishop Timothy Dolan’s remarks about how to ‘recover our nerve and promote our schools for the 21st century'.

In Focus: Getting back on target

By Mary DeTurris Poust. Some Catholics who came to faith in the era of bell bottoms and The Beatles have fallen into the chasm of poor catechesis and culture and need a hand up

In Focus: Gender specific

This article has free access for all visitors. By Maryann Eidemiller. The place of all-boys and all-girls schools in the Catholic educational system

In Focus: Class Acts

Catholic high school seniors share insights on education, service and their faith lives

In Focus: Class Acts

Catholic high school seniors share insights on education, service and their faith lives

How we can transform the entertainment media

By embracing the arts and educating in the faith, Catholics can influence how the Church is portrayed and perceived

How we can transform the entertainment media

By embracing the arts and educating in the faith, Catholics can influence how the Church is portrayed and perceived

How we can transform the entertainment media

By embracing the arts and educating in the faith, Catholics can influence how the Church is portrayed and perceived

Home-schoolers sometimes at odds with dioceses

By Michelle Martin. Some see home schooling as a threat to Catholic schools, while others recognize it as valid option.

Historical facts about Catholic higher education

By Thomas J. Craughwell. From the first one in 1791, Catholic colleges have expanded throughout the country

High school students partner up to talk candidly about abortion

By Michelle Martin. Two schools formed an interactive project to discuss Church teachings about the sanctity of unborn life

Helping the Church stay in education business

By Emily Stimpson. Part 4 in the Church and Finance series. Dioceses are urged to incorporate lessons from corporate, nonprofit worlds to finance schools

Group effort keeps S. California school funded

By Mary DeTurris Poust

Facts and figures on international studies

Catholic college special section. United Kingdom leads the pack in destinations for American students wanting to study abroad. (Subscription required)

Experts respond to Archbishop Dolan's remarks on Catholic schools

In Focus article. Experts weigh in on the future of Catholic schools. (Subscription required)

Education abroad

Pope, in message to Rome's teachers and students, easily could have been talking to U.S.

Educating in the crossfire

One Catholic university in Israel goes above and beyond to teach students in Gaza Strip

Editorial: Catholic school conundrum

This editorial column has free access for all visitors. The Church ‘never looks for reasons to turn anyone away from a Catholic education’ but needs to have discretion to create an environment conducive to its aims.

Editorial: Addressing the greatest crisis facing the Church

This editorial column has free access for all visitors. ‘Adults’ formation in faith is essential for the Church to carry out its mandate.’

Document reclaimed mission of Catholic schools

By Gerald Korson. In 1990, Pope John Paul II issued an apostolic constitution on Catholic identity on campuses; see how his guidance is applied today

Cutting the apron strings

By Woodeene Koenig-Bricker. The advice of one mother and son on how to survive the college years

Clarion call to fidelity in education

By John Norton

Chicago girls' school instills sense of service

In Focus article. By Michelle Martin. Maria High embraces order's charism of outreach to its neighboring community

Challenging freshmen to stay true to their faith

By Denise Phillips. How one campus ministry director keeps undergrads close to the Church's sacraments, prayers and devotions

Catholics finding a reason for generosity

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. These five Catholics and couples from across the country explain how they give, what motivates them

Catholic teachers model faith, service and academic excellence for pupils

By Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller. Meet a handful of Catholic school teachers dedicated to modeling faith and service, in addition to academics

Catholic schools revamp their models for success

By Valerie Schmalz. New demands are spurring innovative action plans to save the future of Catholic education

Basic training defends against evangelical threat

Too few chaplains prompt archdiocese to begin an education program to boost Catholic soldiers' faith.

Applying themselves

By Kimberley Heatherington. Members of the Class of 2008 look forward to their college careers

Another reminder that it's never too late

Our Takes. It is never too late to get an education.

American versus Chinese parenting: What we sow, and what we raise

By Elizabeth Scalia. Have American parents allowed excellence to be sacrificed at the altar of their children’s self-esteem?

A proposal: Computer games can be beneficial for children

This article has free access for all visitors. By Eugene Gan. A Catholic professor puts his theory to the test with his 5-year-old son

A guide to choosing the right Catholic college

By Emily Stimpson. When you go shopping for a school, one of the best things you can do is visit campuses and talk to students and faculty