US Catholic school association seeks rebound from grim year
The organisation overseeing Catholic schools in the United States welcomed a new chief executive this week as it seeks to rebound from its biggest one-year enrollment drop since the 1970s. Amid the pandemic, more than 200 schools closed permanently, and enrollment at the 5,981 remaining schools fell by 6.4 per cent – or more than […]
Sheltering the homeless: In the US, a former Catholic school-turned-Nashville swingers club is reborn
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on how faith based groups in the US have repurposed buildings – like a swingers club in Nashville – to provide shelter for the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic…
Catholic education: Amid pandemic, the future of many US schools is in doubt
DAVID CRARY, writing for Associated Press, reports on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting Catholic schools in the US…
Faith and education: US Supreme Court ruling on the ministerial exception worries Catholic school teachers
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on responses to the recent US Supreme Court decision on so-called ministerial exceptions…
Educational impacts: Amid pandemic, scores of US Catholic schools face closure
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on the hardship facing many Catholic schools in the US as a result of the coronavirus…
EDUCATION: US CATHOLIC SCHOOLS STRUGGLE TO ACCOMMODATE DISABILITIES
HEATHER ADAMS, of Religion News Service, reports from the US state of Missouri on how the Catholic schools are working to help students with disabilities…
Australian Census analysis shows rising percentage of students identifying with ‘no religion’
Thirty-seven per cent of Australian students identify as having ‘no religion’ – up from 29 per cent in 2006, according to an analysis of Census data. The analysis, carried out by the Independent Schools Council of Australia, also found that the proportion of students who identified as Catholic had declined from 30 per cent in […]