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    Schools of Faith

    Monday, May 14th, 2012

    “It is no exaggeration to say that providing young people with a sound education in the faith represents the most urgent internal challenge facing the Catholic community in your country. The deposit of faith is a priceless treasure which each generation must pass on to the next by winning hearts to Jesus Christ and shaping [...]

    Fr. Jenkins Responds to Glendon’s Decision

    Monday, April 27th, 2009

    From the ND Newswire: The following statement from Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., president of the University of Notre Dame, is in response to the decision by Mary Ann Glendon to decline acceptance of the University’s Laetare Medal: “We are, of course, disappointed that Professor Glendon has made this decision. It is our intention to [...]

    “With Great Sadness,” Mary Ann Glendon Declines ND Award

    Monday, April 27th, 2009

    As I noted in an earlier post, Notre Dame planned to award Mary Ann Glendon, former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, known for her pro-life stance, with the Laetare Medal at commencement this May. Alongside President Obama. Today, Glendon publicly released the letter she sent to ND President Fr. John Jenkins, in which she [...]

    Quick Notre Dame Update

    Friday, April 24th, 2009

    American Papist reports that 46 bishops have responded to Notre Dame’s Obama invitation. Bishop John D’Arcy (Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, the diocese in which ND is located) has issued two further statements. One is on “Unseemly and Unhelpful Demonstrations at Notre Dame”. The other statement offers a response to and correction of a letter [...]

    More on ND

    Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

    Almost two weeks after Notre Dame announced that President Obama would be giving the commencement address and receiving an honorary degree, the commentary continues. A number of bishops have weighed in. Among them: Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston [scroll to the bottom] “I find the invitation very disappointing. . . . Even given the dignity [...]

    Teaching the Teachers

    Thursday, August 7th, 2008

    I want to apologize to our readers for the lack of new material on the CUF blog this week. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week I was teaching an intensive introductory course on Scripture to some Catholic school teachers here in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, so I just didn’t have the [...]

    School Choices

    Friday, March 28th, 2008

    When I was growing up in the 1960s and ’70s, Catholic education didn’t seem all that complicated. Like most of the other kids from St. Elizabeth parish, I attended the parochial elementary school for eight years and then went to one of the Catholic high schools in the area. Now, as the father of six [...]