by office | Dec 1, 2022 | Free Content, In Practice, Science
The Science Content Standards for California Public Schools proposes that the science curriculum has as its goal forming “scientifically literate citizens in the twenty-first century.” This means that by the time students graduate from high school, they should...
by office | Dec 1, 2022 | Archives, Free Content, Reading Room
In the cultural wasteland of the ’70s, where peace and love had degenerated into sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll, precious few lights beckoned to youth who met license, pornography, and drugs everywhere. Yet Providence did not wholly abandon us. From time to time, I...
by office | Dec 1, 2022 | Free Content, Stories of Renewal
When John Pica took the helm of Saint Agatha Academy in Winchester, Kentucky, seven years ago, the academic program at the school was neither broken nor struggling. He felt his own three children had received an excellent education and firm Catholic foundation at the...
by office | Sep 22, 2022 | Free Content, In Practice, Library, Theology
What are we doing? In today’s confusing, demanding world, Catholic educators must frequently ask this question of themselves. Standards, tests, mandates, accreditation, programs, parents, students, board members, pull us this way and that all the time. But what is our...
by Andrew Seeley | Sep 22, 2022 | Free Content, Library, Stories of Renewal
Century-old diocesan high school renews its mission by focusing on Catholic identity and liberal arts curriculum. Under the leadership of President-Rector Rev. Robert Bolding, Saint Mary’s Catholic High School has transformed its culture over the course of eight years...
by office | Sep 22, 2022 | Free Content, Library, Quadrivium: The Arts of Number, The Fine Arts
Imagine finding yourself at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome with someone who is simply bored with the whole thing and can’t wait to get back to the hotel to watch TV. You would no doubt be annoyed, but also disturbed that the person could be unmoved by so much beauty,...
