Students pray at the opening of the school year at Catholic University of America. Faith must remain a part of Catholic education, educators said at a recent discussion on a Vatican document on the identity of Catholic schools.

Faith must remain in Catholic education

In a recent discussion analyzing a Vatican document on the identity of Catholic schools, Matt Hoven highlighted the common yet “problematic” viewpoints circulating within current-day Catholic education.

A new handbook explores Vatican II from scholars’ view from around the world.

Resource offers thorough view of Vatican II

Catherine Clifford doesn’t want to just recover the spirit of Vatican II. She wants to be more thorough.

Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix.

Quebec bishops named to new dicastery

After uniting two offices in June to form the Dicastery for Culture and Education, Pope Francis named a full slate of 34 members and 40 consultants for the office which promotes human values in culture and education and works with Catholic schools and universities around the world.

Dr. Katherine Owens encounters a retired psychologist in her travels to Ukraine earlier this year.

Campion alum touched by sojourn to Ukraine

Dr. Katherine Owens’ long career as a psychologist has afforded her opportunities to go abroad and provide post-disaster psychological support, serving among those affected by devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Somalia.

Peggy O’Neil, a professor in Brescia University College’s Food and Nutritional Sciences and Leadership Studies departments.

Brescia professor’s dream comes true

Growing up in Middlesex County in southwestern Ontario, Peggy O’Neil said she and her family would encounter Brescia College — now Brescia University College — on their route to pick up pizza for dinner.

A man stands beside a sign indicating the Toronto Stock Exchange index in downtown Toronto in this CNS file photo.

King’s course shows economics should seek meaning

Pope Francis challenged young Catholics to “transform an economy that kills into an economy of life” at a three day “Economy of Francesco” meeting in Assisi Sept. 22-24.

When Pope Francis delivered his apology to Canada’s Indgenous peoples in Alberta this summer, students and faculty at Waterloo, Ont.’s St. Jerome’s University watched intently alongside an Indigenous elder.

Encounter, heal and purify: St. Jerome’s plan for reconciliation

All histories are contested. If they weren’t, there would be no reason to study history. For an historian running a Catholic university in Canada right now, this nation’s history of colonialism and residential schools has created a special responsibility — not to the past but to our future understanding of ourselves.

Giuseppe Carito, left, and Sarnaz Ale Mohammed.

Top scholars not bookworms you might think

Graduating with stellar grades isn’t easy but it also doesn’t mean having your head in a book all day. Just ask some of the York Catholic District School Board’s 2022 top scholars.

St. André Bessette has been named patron saint of the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board in western Ontario.

Br. André named board’s patron saint

St. André Bessette has been named patron saint of Ontario’s Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board (HPCDSB) in recognition of the special place he has in the hearts of those in the region.

There is expected to be a return to normal for school athletics this fall after COVID put a damper on the past few seasons.

School athletics set for big fall comeback

Chad Falk and his team at the Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association (MHSAA) were hard at work during the summer preparing for a 2022-23 school year slated to be chockful of provincial competitions.

A high school chaplain in Brampton, Ont., is questioning whether sports like football belong in high schools.

Chaplain: just say no to violent sports

For the past decade, high school chaplain Tony Whelan has been raising the moral and ethical question as to whether violent sports should have a place in Catholic schools.

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