Education

100 years of memories from Loretto College

TORONTO – In many ways, Loretto College School hasn’t changed at all in the past 100 years.

By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register

Catholic education can never be neutral

Pope Francis, speaking to Italian school teachers and parents, said, “Education cannot be neutral. It is either positive or negative; either it enriches or it impoverishes; either it enables a person to grow or it lessens, even corrupts him. The mission of the school is to develop a sense of truth of what is good and beautiful.”

By John B. Kostoff

This is a screen shot of one of the Tweets for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic board’s new Twitter campaign.

Promoting Catholic education 140 characters at a time

The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board is celebrating Catholic Education Week in 140 characters or less.

By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register

Students think about and discuss what stresses them out, and the actions and feelings they exhibit when stressed in a workshop.

York Catholic board urges students to keep tabs on their own mental health

In York Region there’s an effort being made to teach elementary students in the Catholic school system about the importance of monitoring their own mental health.

By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register

Catholic education needs to look beyond tangible results and entrench students with human values, says Pope Francis.

Ignoring spiritual dimension education’s ‘biggest crisis’

VATICAN CITY - To be truly formative, Catholic higher education has to continue to entrench students with human values, particularly the value of transcendence, said Pope Francis.

By Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service

New Brescia principal finds right fit

When Brescia University College contacted Susan Mumm, they made her an offer she couldn’t refuse.

By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register

Saint Mary’s University in Halifax understands that mental illness is a big issue among its student body and offers extensive help for students dealing with depression so they can succeed at school and in life.

Saint Mary’s enlists peers in mental health counselling

Going crazy isn’t what it used to be on campus. Mental illness is no longer a problem of weak or immature students to be sniggered at or ignored.

By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register

Manager Shirley Kulmatycki scans some of the packed shelves in the Newman Theological College Bookstore in Edmonton.

When it comes to theology, Newman bookstore is the place to get it all

EDMONTON - The hectic times at Newman Theological Bookstore, as at any college or university bookstore, are the start of each semester.

By Lasha Morningstar, Canadian Catholic News

Faculty and staff from St. Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan take part in a retreat where they learn and take part in oral tradition and cultural heritage of First Nations’ communities in Saskatchewan. Catholic universities recognize they have a unique role to play in the reconciliation process.

Catholic universities take next step in Truth and Reconciliation

The Truth and Reconciliation process examining past wrongs done to Canada’s First Nations people may be complete, but for Catholic universities the time to respond to the TRC’s “Call to Action” has just begun.

By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register

The Internet has changed the face of society, and theology schools are no exception. More and more, theology schools are enrolling people in online courses.

Internet changing face of theology schools

Journalists, taxi drivers, musicians and motels have all had their economic apple carts upset by the Internet. Theology professors are discovering they too are not immune from the game-changing, democratizing effect of the world wide web.