Students Who Attend Catholic High Schools More Likely To Graduate, Go To College, Report Finds

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) – April 28, 2010
WASHINGTON—Students who attend Catholic high schools are more likely to graduate and attend college than students attending other schools, according to The Annual Statistical Report on Schools, Enrollment and Staffing , United States Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools 2009-2010, a report recently released by the [...]

Study to help determine diocesan high school needs in Diocese of Kansas City–St. Joseph

The Catholic Key (Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph) – By Marty Denzer – April 23, 2010
KANSAS CITY — For a number of years, the population of Eastern Jackson County has been growing and is poised to continue growth. Sleepy country towns and Catholic parishes alike have boomed and expanded. As a result, the Diocese [...]

Vatican Prefect says Religion in Schools is the Tool for Understanding Others

Catholic News Agency – April 13, 2010
Vatican City, Apr 13, 2010 / (CNA) – Last week at the 15th European Forum for the Teaching of Religion, the prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski described the importance of teaching religion in schools as a “privileged tool for understanding and accepting others.”
According to [...]

Catholic Education: Living Off the Legacy

Tertium Quid – Vol. 1, Issue 1 – By Frank Ferguson – March 16, 2010
At its June 2005 meeting, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (the USCCB) approved the document Renewing Our Commitment to Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools in the Third Millennium. This document is addressed to all bishops, priests, deacons, religious, [...]

New Report Shows Economic Benefits of Catholic Schools

The Catholic Review – By George P. Matysek Jr. – March 4, 2010
A newly released report by the Sage Policy Group, Inc. has found that Catholic school students in the Archdiocese of Baltimore produce higher test scores, are more likely to graduate and are more likely to attend and graduate from college than their public [...]

Study to Begin for a New High School in Eastern Jackson County

The Catholic Key (Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph) – February 12, 2010
Catholic education is a priority in our Diocese. It is an extension of the mission of the Church to bring Jesus Christ to others and others to Jesus Christ. In our Catholic schools our precious young people are not only educated, but [...]

Catholic Schools Search for Funding Answers

Kansas City Star – February 3, 2010 – By Joe Robertson
Two years ago, the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph began trying to figure out how to keep Catholic schools open and thriving.
In a long-range planning process led by Bishop Robert Finn, hundreds of people have defined Catholic identity and academic excellence and worked on [...]

Vatican: Catholic Education is Source of Hope

Zenit.org – September 8, 2009
VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 8, 2009 (Zenit.org) – Education is a task that requires teamwork between parents and schools, under the authority of the Catholic Church so as to guarantee the solidity of religious formation.
This was affirmed in a circular letter on “Religious Education in Schools” sent from the Congregation for Catholic [...]

St. Louis Archbishop Urges Catholics to Support Catholic Schools

Catholic News Service – August 19, 2009
ST. LOUIS (CNS) — Archbishop Robert J. Carlson, newly installed as the head of the St. Louis Archdiocese, gave high marks to Catholic education and also called on local Catholics to help make Catholic schools more affordable. The archbishop described Catholic schools in the St. Louis Archdiocese as “a [...]

Archbishop Dolan Featured in WSJ; Discusses Schools and the Challenges Facing the Church

The Wall Street Journal – May 11, 2009 – By Mary Anastasia O’Grady
“The child is not a mere creature of the state. Parents have the primary responsibility to see how and where their children are educated.”
New York — For thousands of lower-income New York children caught in the city’s failing public school system, any high-profile [...]

(podcast) Hope For Our Catholic Schools (Part II): Operational Models

In the second part of our five-part series on Catholic School Financing, O’Meara Ferguson president and founder Patrick O’Meara discusses the spectrum of operational models used in Catholic education. Following the spectrum illustrated below, O’Meara details the structure, benefits and challenges of four operational models:

The cost-based model
The annual fund model
The philanthropic (donation-driven) model
The stewardship model

O’Meara [...]

Catholic Schools Facing Difficult Times Look at Various Types of Solutions

Catholic schools to work together

Planning effort to benefit students

St. Joseph News-Press – Apr. 27, 2009 – By Alonzo Weston
Mary Burgess said she’s always thought the Catholic schools in St. Joseph should be more collaborative than competitive. The St. Joseph Cathedral School principal said that by working together, they can provide the best Catholic education for [...]

Educators Urged to Follow Example of Christ in His Teaching Ministry

Catholic News Service – Apr. 2, 2009 – By Doris Benavides
ANAHEIM, Calif. (CNS) — Speakers addressing educators April 14 at the National Catholic Educational Association’s annual convention encouraged them to follow the example of Jesus Christ in his teaching ministry.
“I send my best wishes and gratitude for the great work you do in Catholic education, [...]

(podcast) Hope for our Catholic Schools (Part I): An Overview of Economic Models

Catholic Education is one of the Church’s primary responses to Christ’s mandate to “Go unto all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit – teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” Sadly, across the country, Catholic schools are closing or are on the [...]