CBJ Note: Annunciation Catholic School has been serving South Minneapolis since 1923and is, according to their website, the only International Baccalaureate PYP Catholic school in Minnesota. CNA—After a pair of out-of-state school shootings in 2022 and 2023 shocked the nation, Minnesota’s bishops implored state lawmakers to provide security funding for local nonpublic schools. Now, two…
CBJ: As you read further, you will discover first-hand courage in young children amid a horrific tragedy and the Enduring Power of family faith and prayer, nurtured by good Catholic education… CNN—Before Endre Gunter was taken to emergency surgery to treat a gunshot wound to the stomach, the 13-year-old boy asked a surgeon to pause…
An Important Message from Principal DeBoer and Father Zehren Aug 27, 2025 Dear Annunciation Parish and School Family, We are navigating an impossible situation together at this time. No words can capture what we have gone through, what we are going through, and what we will go through in the coming days and weeks. But…
We at Catholic Textbook Project mourn the loss of one of America’s and the Church’s great historians, Dr. James Hitchcock, who recently joined his equally influential wife, Helen Hull Hitchcock, in everlasting life. Dr. Hitchcock was one of the earliest supporters of this important apostolate to Catholic schools. He sat down with us some years…
CNA, London, England—The lord mayor of Westminster in London said he is “blown over” after being chosen to become a papal knight — the highest honor a lay Catholic can receive from the Vatican. Councillor Robert Rigby will become a knight of St. Gregory sometime in 2025. Living his Catholic Faith as lord mayor The…
It took them 10 years, but today the vision shared by a small group of home-schooling moms in Massachusetts has come to life. They banded together to form a classical Catholic school centered on Christ for their children. They started small, with just 25 students. Today their school, St. Benedict Classical Academy, located just outside…
CNA—The Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation, a private nonprofit foundation, announced June 12, 2024, that it will be donating $150 million over the next 10 years to the Big Shoulders Fund, which will invest the funds in initiatives that aim to improve the quality, accessibility, and sustainability of Catholic schools in the Diocese of…
More than 450 Catholic educators and supporters from across the country will gather next month in Atchison, KS, to celebrate and strengthen the growing movement to restore the Church’s proven tradition of education in PreK-12 Catholic schools. Behold the Beauty of the Lord Superintendents, school leaders, teachers, bishops, and other clergy will gather at Benedictine…
CNA—A Christian teacher settled in court for $360,000 earlier this week after suing a California school district board for firing her after she refused to comply with gender ideology rules that went against her religious beliefs. Refusing to comply with gender ideology “preferred pronoun rule” After refusing to comply with a preferred pronoun rule, Jessica…
CNA—When Luke Burgis moved to Silicon Valley to start a business, he never expected he would become a seminarian and then go on to launch entrepreneurship programs for Catholic students. Burgis had attended NYU, worked on Wall Street, started several businesses in Silicon Valley, and moved to Las Vegas before deciding he wanted more meaning…
The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education (ICLE) is pleased to invite all clergy and religious to a complimentary webinar taking place tomorrow, January 25, with their Executive Director, Elisabeth Sullivan. The webinar will discuss the growing renewal of Catholic education and the key role played by priests and religious. IMPORTANT NOTE: The Institute of Catholic…
Bishop David M. O’Connell of the Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey, is recovering in a hospital in Rome after suffering a heart attack Thursday, the diocese said. “He was taken to Santo Spirito hospital where he had surgery to open a completely closed artery,” the diocese said in a written statement Friday. “… Bishop O’Connell is resting…
The Augustine Institute, a partner of ICLE, recently announced their Open Classroom offerings for Spring 2024. Open Classroom provides low-cost, not-for-credit courses from the Graduate School of Theology to learners at all levels whose aims may include professional development for apostolic work, continuing education for teachers, theological training for the diaconate, as well as personal…
THIS is the way to fundraise for a Catholic school or parish; where parish students, priests and community are engaged and involved 200%!!! You don’t think students at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic school and church in Beloit, Kansas, aren’t gonna remember the epic 79.6-foot basketball swisher dunk made by their parish pastor Fr.…
“Why not become a missionary yourself, my child?” With these words, Pope Leo XIII challenged an ardent, young, American woman, Katharine Drexel. The year was 1887, and Drexel had been granted a private audience with the pope. Drexel had come to Rome to tell Pope Leo XIII of the need for religious—men and women—to staff…
Parental rights are on the chopping block in California, yet the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta ignores the supremacy of federal law and federal courts. People v. Chino Valley Unified School District In a September 26 letter issued to school district superintendents and members of boards of education, titled “Guidance Regarding Forced Disclosure Policies Concerning…
I share an inherited appreciation for Fr. Flanagan thanks to my father. Boys Town and similar organizations were always close to my dad’s heart and among the top of his donation pile, next to our local parish church fund. The reason is that he was sent to spend the last few years of high school…
CNA—Few young people can claim to have distinctly felt the healing touch of God or to have survived major bouts of serious cancer. Fewer still can say they’ve launched a foundation meant to help other young cancer survivors as they struggle through their own medical battles. Bryce Newman can claim all three. And he’s not…
CNA—The back-to-school season for many parents comes as something of a relief: It’s quieter around the house, the family slips into a routine schedule, the happy chaos of summer turns to the welcome predictability of the fall. Yet the U.S. education landscape has in recent years been anything but quiet or predictable. Schools have become…
CNA—A federal appeals court ruled that a Catholic school in Indiana is allowed to hold its leaders to moral religious standards after the institution refused to renew an employee’s contract because she violated Catholic teaching. What happened? Roncalli High School, which is under the authority of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, refused to renew the contract…
