Catholic Schools

Illustration from St. Joseph Baltimore Catechism No. 2 showing two girls, one holding a doll and the other hitting it with a stick. Text reads: "We are all born selfish." The illustration is in black and white with red accents."

Back to School Challenge: Find these 5 ideas in your child’s catechism!

Ahh, back to school time…  I remember having to make book covers out of old grocery bags, and then needing to promptly doodle, draw, and/or write on the covers to immediately identify them.  Then, I’d scan the book for pictures and see just what was in this new thing. It’s the time of year and…

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A collage featuring a book cover titled "Credentialed to Destroy" by Robin S. Eubanks, an old photograph of John Dewey, and a child wearing a dunce cap with the text "OUR KIDS" in red. The book cover has a burning torch and the word "Fichte." The child sits in front of a chalkboard with writing."

Book Review: Credentialed to Destroy: How and Why Education Became a Weapon by Robin Eubanks

Over the last three decades, there have been a number of excellent books written to explore the direction education reform has taken. Some look narrowly at specific programs or policies; other take a broader perspective, following the historical trends that bring us to our present moment. Robin Eubanks’ Credentialed to Destroy: How and Why Education…

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Text "From Under the Rubble" over a background of rough, gray and brown stones with some greenery."

From Under the Rubble…Is Education A Social Issue?

Dr. Richard Bishirjian serves as president of Yorktown University, an outstanding online graduate school. An advocate of innovative education for years, he recently shed light on a long-standing mystery: why don’t “conservatives” in Congress have more success in fighting the government education monolith? Bishirjian tells the Rubble that, “in 2006 and later in 2009, when…

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A collage featuring four smiling children with text discussing parenting licenses and Obamacare, including a reference to Lenin and Stalin. The background includes historical images of Soviet propaganda. Text reads: "PARENTING LICENSES COME TO AMERICA? WILL OBAMACARE BRING THEM?" and "We grow under the standard of Lenin & Stalin."

Licensing of Parents: Totalitarianism Reaches for the Whole Human Race

Frank Morriss called it in 1998 that the obese and smokers would likely be denied health coverage under future regimes, and we keep hearing that under Obamacare, these people should pay exorbitant fines that would make their insurance prohibitive, but what about parents? Some today have suggested they be fined extra under Obamacare, too. What did Frank say would happen?

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A nun in a white habit and black veil stands in a classroom with young students seated at desks. An American flag is visible, along with religious artwork and bookshelves filled with books. The classroom has a Catholic theme.

Catholic Schools–What’s the Point?

There is an old anecdote that, in one form or another, could be uttered by Catholic school students of a certain generation. It is the old story of Sr. Mary telling her second graders that: “If God stopped thinking about you even for a second, you would cease to exist.” I know that I’ve heard…

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A medieval illustration of a bishop in ornate religious vestments, holding a crozier and mitre. The figure is adorned with intricate patterns on the robe, standing in a pose of blessing. Text reads "SANCTVS NICOLAVS"."

Bravo Bishops!

Bishop Paul S. Loverde, of Arlington Virginia,recognizes with Pope Benedict XVI that in recent years Catholics have often been poorly catechized. So in his diocesan newspaper this week he explains his recent decision “to have all of the diocese’s catechists and teachers of religious education make a public Profession of Faith” — a decision which…

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