Education

We Have Come to Adore Him

by CE Editors August 16, 2005

The theme “We Have Come to Adore Him” lead a million youth to World Youth Day in Germany. Just as it was the refrain of the three Wise Men on their pilgrimage to Bethlehem over 2000 years ago, so today…

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University of Dayton to Minister to Soaring Hispanic Population

by CE Editors August 11, 2005

DAYTON, Ohio — The University of Dayton is teaming up with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to pilot four Spanish Catholic faith formation classes over the Internet, starting this month. It's an effort to minister to Hispanics, the city's largest…

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Parent Protests High School Making Profanity Required Reading

by Jim Brown August 3, 2005

Massachusetts parent Rick Plouffe is asking his local high school to remove a profanity-filled book from his daughter's required summer reading assignment. In an effort to enlighten students about the topic of autism, Wellesley High School is having students read…

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Florida School Board Bans Sponge Bob

by Jim Brown July 29, 2005

The Diversity Committee of the Broward County (Florida) School District has rejected a tolerance video featuring the cartoon character Sponge Bob and other popular children's TV figures. The committee recently voted 10 to 7 not to recommend the We Are…

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Living the New Springtime at Ave Maria University

by Kristen Harr July 25, 2005

In a homily on May 11, 1991 Pope John Paul II prophesied, “A new missionary age will arise, a new springtime for the Church.” While the “endless summer days” of Florida do not always provide for the full experience of…

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Dover School District Seeks Judgment Against ACLU in Evolution Case

by CE Editors July 22, 2005

ANN ARBOR, MI — The Dover Area School District, Dover, PA, represented by the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, filed papers with the federal court last week, asking the judge…

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FOCUS Expands to Colleges Across the Country

by CE Editors July 18, 2005

Working to play a vital role in the “new evangelization” called for by Pope John Paul II, FOCUS will expanded to four new schools this fall. These new campuses bring the total number of schools with a FOCUS program to…

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Psychologist Disagrees With PTA’s Take on School Safety

by Jim Brown July 12, 2005

COLUMBUS, OH — The National Parents and Teachers Association has hosted a workshop that stressed the need to incorporate more “gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender” (GLBT) issues in public school policies and curricula.
The “Safe Schools” workshop at the National…

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St. Mary Magdalen: Icon of the Laity, Icon of Religious Life

by Sr. Maximilian Marie Garretson, O.P. June 30, 2005

Magdalen College, Warner, New Hampshire — These were four important years of my life in regards to my vocation to Consecrated Religious Life. It is curious, how this lay-governed, lay-administered Catholic institution responding to the Second Vatican Council's teaching about…

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Illegal Immigration, Bilingual Ed Factor in Rising English Illiteracy

by Jim Brown June 24, 2005

A new report put out by the U.S. Department of Education reveals that the number of children ages 5 to 17 who spoke a language other than English at home and who spoke English with difficulty more than doubled between…

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