Catholic schools see boost in enrollment, but are still below pre-Covid levels (Crux)
Between 2020-21 and 2021-22, Catholic school enrollment in the US rose 3.7%, from 1,626,291 to 1,688,417. In 2019-20, enrollment was 1,737,297.
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Between 2020-21 and 2021-22, Catholic school enrollment in the US rose 3.7%, from 1,626,291 to 1,688,417. In 2019-20, enrollment was 1,737,297.
Read MoreThe German bishops’ Synodal Assembly has called for lay participation in the election of bishops. Synod participants have also called for doctrinal change on homosexuality and contraception, as well as for women’s ordination.
Read MoreBishop Samuel Irenios Kaattukallil and five priests were arrested in connection with illegal mining on diocesan land. The vice-president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India believes that the prelate is innocent and that anti-Catholicism…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Biden Administration, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Department of Homeland Security, immigrants and refugees, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, News |
Biden administration officials replaced a Trump-era mission statement Feb. 8 with a shorter one, emphasizing “America’s promise as a nation of welcome and possibility.”
Read MoreAnd people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impedimentand begged him to lay his hand on him.He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man’s earsand, spitting, touched his tongue;then he looked up to heaven and…
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Archbishop Dennis Schnurr, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, faith and sports, Football, News, NFL, Super Bowl |
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Cincinnati are rooting for their home team in Super Bowl LVI, and have placed a friendly wager on the outcome of the Feb. 13 showdown between the Rams and the Bengals.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, COVID restrictions, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, News, Poll, Seton Hall University, sports, Super Bowl |
A majority of Americans said they believe that in-person attendance at sporting events should be limited to those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the Seton Hall Sports Poll.
Read More1Homily preached by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., on the memorial of St. Scholastica, 10 February 2022, at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Manhattan. Today the Church of the West celebrates […]
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Bishop Richard F. Stika, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, FOCUS, Knoxville, News, Students, Tennessee |
Knoxville Bishop Richard F. Stika urged attendees at Seek22 to go forth from conference filled with Holy Spirit and the knowledge “Jesus invites us” to his sacrifice.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Archdiocese of Louisville, Bishop Appointment, Bishop Shelton Fabre, Black Catholics, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News |
Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre, the newly appointed archbishop of the Archdiocese of Louisville, celebrated a Mass at Holy Family Church Feb. 8.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Church in the Americas, clerical sexual abuse, laity, lead, News, Pope Francis |
Pilar Ramírez is the head of the department of prevention of the Chilean bishops conference.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Black Lives Matter, Brazil, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, lead, News, Racial justice, Racism |
A protest of Black activists against the killing of a Congolese refugee in Brazil ended up with a church being occupied by a number of protestors at the end of Mass.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Archdiocese of Miami, Catholic education, Church in the US, COVID-19, Diocese of Brooklyn, lead, National Catholic Educational Association, News |
Archdiocese of Miami Catholic schools have seen one of the largest enrollment percentage increases in the nation with 27,400 students across the 58 archdiocesan Catholic schools compared to 25,928 students last year.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Abortion, Church in Europe, COMECE, Emmanuel Macron, Europe, European bishops, France, lead, News |
Europe’s bishops have criticized French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal earlier this month to include abortion in the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, saying that to do so would not only be unethical, but would oppose European values.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | News, The Dispatch |
Jesus makes a startling statement at the Last Supper: “It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I […]
Read MoreFebruary 11 is the 30th World Day of the Sick, a commemoration instituted by Pope St. John Paul II. The World Day of the Sick takes place each year on the memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Apologetics, News, Protestant/Other Christians |
Several years ago I posted a blog refuting a sermon on “Once Saved, Always Saved” by Pastor Charles Stanley. This view of salvation is also frequently called Eternal Security. Today a man named John posted a response (copied below in brown text). He purports to have not tradition – simply the Bible alone. It is […]
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Read MorePosted by bcadmin | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, In the Workplace, Jesus Christ, lay vocation, News, Priority, service, surrender, Surrender & Strength, vocation, Work |
Photo by Grant Whitty on Unsplash Over the last few weeks, I have been looking at the life priorities that have helped me focused on living a Christ-centered life, filled with meaning. It can be easy to drift through life with no priority list. Or perh…
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