On Not Buying into the Mythology of “Prestige” Universities

by George Weigel

Small, religiously-affiliated liberal arts colleges do a far better job of preparing the minds and souls of students than the Ivies. Continue Reading »

13 Oct 2021

A Bold Catholic Investment In Inner-City Education

by George Weigel

George Weigel reflects upon the opening of a new Catholic school in Baltimore, and the devout woman after whom the school is named. Continue Reading »

15 Sep 2021

Will Nancy Pelosi Take a Page From Her Father's Playbook?

by George Weigel

Many Catholic schools in the United States are in serious trouble because of COVID-19. Continue Reading »

24 Jun 2020

The Idea of the Catholic School

by C. C. Pecknold

Catholic schools serve the common good of Catholics but also the nation as a whole. Continue Reading »

22 May 2020

The Future of Catholic Education

by Mark Bauerlein

Featuring Fr. Peter Stravinskas on the fate of Catholic schools in America. Continue Reading »

5 Apr 2019

The High-Priced Spread, Revisited

by George Weigel

Catholic parents serious about real education and formation have options other than elite universities. Continue Reading »

3 Apr 2019

His Excellency

by Paul V. Mankowski

American Priest:  The Ambitious Life and Conflicted Legacy of Notre Dame’s Father Ted Hesburgh by wilson d. miscamble, c.s.c.  image, 464 pages, $28 In 2008, Father Theodore ­Hesburgh (1917–2015) gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal in which he said, “I . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2019

Letters

by Various

Peter Hitchens is invariably witty and provocative. His recent essay (“Latimer and Ridley Are Forgotten,” June/July) is no exception. Although diverting, it errs in at least one crucial respect: its assertion that the “judicial murders of Thomas More and John Fisher were political in origin, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2018

Failing in Formation

by John Thomas Goerke

The enrollment drop in American Catholic schools—from 5.2 million students in the 1960s to 2.5 million in 1990 to today’s 1.8 million—is a plunge of Syrian magnitude. In the last ten years, 1,336 Catholic schools have been either closed or consolidated. Meanwhile, bishops have been . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2018

Viva Cristo Rey!

by George Weigel

At a time when many Catholic schools are closing, the Cristo Rey network of Catholic high schools is opening new institutions. Continue Reading »

3 Jan 2018