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Tag: education
Ground breaks for new building project in Berlin
On August 7, a dream came closer to reality as ground was broken for a new building project at All Saints Parish in Berlin.
Celebrating Catholic schools’ value
In 1974, Catholic Schools Week was established as the annual celebration of American Catholic education.
Thanking our teachers this Thanksgiving
I hope that everyone enjoyed a blessed Thanksgiving. Truly, we have numerous blessings for which to give thanks. I am particularly grateful that our Catholic schools have been operating in-person this fall and that they have been able to provide children with a safe, faith filled, educational experience that honors and develops their intellectual, physical, social, spiritual and emotional traits by cultivating human relationships through in-person education. I am thankful that our students have experienced this aspect of “normal” life in the midst of a most abnormal year.
Cardinal Raymond Burke is special guest at St. Ambrose Academy Dinner
Six hundred exuberant friends of St. Ambrose Academy gathered on the Feast of St. Ambrose, December 7, to further the St. Ambrose Academy mission of leading young people to the light and truth of Christ.
Sr. Jeanette Landuyt, OP, dies
Sr. Jeanette Landuyt, OP, died July 3, 2019, at Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque, Iowa. Her religious name was Sister Guinevere.
Sister Jeremiah Farrell, OP, dies
Sister Jeremiah Farrell, OP, died May 8, 2019, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.
Programs to help disabled children should not be cut
If we’re concerned about respecting the lives of children both before and after birth, we should oppose proposed cuts to federal programs helping disabled children.
The Trump administration’s budget proposal is seeking to cut $7 billion in the 2020 education budget.
We all have responsibility in dealing with sexual abuse of girls and women
We’ve been hearing a lot about incidents of sexual abuse of girls and women this year.
It is a difficult subject to talk about, and I think many people want to avoid discussing it. However, I think we all have a responsibility to deal with this issue, especially in our own families.
What is the main purpose of education?
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First in a series.
It’s that time of year again when the air starts to cool, leaves reveal their true colors, and children board buses back to school. All of us have experienced the end of summer vacation and the start of school.
Generation after generation, the cycle repeats. It is a rite of passage, part of the fabric of our modern society. It is so common that most of us take it for granted, rarely pausing to reflect on the purpose of school, or an education.
Purpose of education
The purpose of education and the means by which to achieve it have been the discussion of much national debate over the last decade.