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Middle-schoolers join RECongress Youth Day for the first time
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (1166+ words) When a history-making event occurs, it can be accompanied by accolades, speeches, or proclamations. At Youth Day for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles" annual Religious Education Congress on Feb. 19 at the Anaheim Convention Center, history came in the form of…...
Flintridge Catholic all-girls high school receives $6 million in estate gifts
3+ week, 1+ day ago (320+ words) Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, the all-girls high school in La Ca'ada Flintridge founded by the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, announced two major estate gifts from two former alumni this month. On Jan. 15, the school announced a $1.6 million gift…...
Affording Catholic schools: School choice, other options can help
3+ week, 3+ day ago (892+ words) In a nation fixated on affordability, a Catholic school K-12 education can easily become a contested line in the family budget. But as the experts who spoke with OSV News underscored, there are financial possibilities worth examining before making a final…...
Denver Archdiocese to petition Supreme Court over exclusion from preschool program
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (407+ words) The Archdiocese of Denver and a coalition of Catholic preschools are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow them to access a Colorado universal preschool program. The petition to the high court comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit…...
Catholic schools are stronger with state voucher programs
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (644+ words) Catholic schools are faring much better in dioceses in which state-funded voucher programs are available for parents to use to pay school tuition, one researcher has found, though enrollment is still declining in most places. John F. Quinn, a historian at…...
Pope Leo signs apostolic letter on the role of Catholic education
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (718+ words) Amid contemporary challenges to schools and universities " hyper-digitalization, social insecurity, and the crisis of relationships " a Catholic education should courageously teach the whole human person, Pope Leo XIV writes in a new apostolic letter. In "Drawing New Maps of Hope,…...
LA Catholic schools’ report highlights progress in literacy, college — and faith
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (479+ words) With wildfires displacing students and teachers, and immigration raids upending the lives of local families, it's been a tumultuous 2025 for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles' Catholic schools, to say the least. But while this year has brought challenges, school officials…...
A Catholic trade school that teaches both Scripture and stucco
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (651+ words) Calling the increasing decline in young men going to college a crisis is not hyperbole. It is a grim reality substantiated by hard data." According to the American Institute for Boys and Men, there are now 2.4 million more female than…...
Bishop Montgomery football situation: President resigns, booster criticized
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (395+ words) The president of Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, Patrick Lee, has resigned, according to a Sept. 10 letter sent by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles" Department of Catholic Schools to the school community. The resignation comes in the wake of…...
Court says CA school must allow Christian club access to facilities
6+ mon, 1+ day ago (314+ words) A federal district court has ordered that a California school district must grant a Christian children's club equal access to school facilities, arguing that the denial of that access violates the club's free speech rights. The Oakland Unified School District…...