An Urgent Message from Fr. Owen Kearns LC, Publisher

Cardinal George Warns Colleges About U.S. ‘Culture of Autonomy’

BY Mo Fung

February 14-20, 1999 Issue

WASHINGTON—Francis Cardinal George, archbishop of Chicago, said the “culture of autonomy” in the United States is a major challenge to the American bishops’ implementation of a papal document on Catholic colleges and universities.

In remarks Feb. 2 to a meeting of Catholic college educators,... READ MORE

Education Notebook

January 31 - February 6, 1999 Issue

Archdiocese Rejects Sex Ed Series

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, Jan. 21—The Archdiocese of Denver rejected the request of Jere Allen, religious education director at St. Thomas More parish in Englewood, to distribute the New Creation sex education program to be used privately by parents.

The Rocky Mountain... READ MORE

Former Solidarity Activist Bronislaw Misztal Brings a Passion for Freedom to the Campus

BY William Murray

Professor of sociology monitors the processes of social change

January 31 - February 6, 1999 Issue

WASHINGTON—When the Polish secret police arrested Bronislaw Misztal in 1980, the Solidarity activist spent a harrowing 24 hours in jail.

“The jailers were playing Russian roulette with me” with a loaded gun, he recalled. They had detained him for organizing workers before Solidarity became a legal... READ MORE

The Fire Behind St. Ignatius Institute

BY Ellen Rossini

Founding professor touts 'Great Books'program that transforms lives

January 3-9, 1999 Issue

The story of today's St. Ignatius Institute, a Catholic “Great Books” program at the University of San Francisco, began in the late 1970s with a Cuban-born graduate student in Atlanta, a Swiss theologian, and an American editor.

While many are familiar with the editor — Father Joseph Fessio SJ,... READ MORE

Yale’s More House Celebrates 60th Anniversary

BY James Malerba

Cardinal Keeler highlights St. Thomas More as a model for Catholics at the university

December 27, 1998-January 2, 1999 Issue

William Cardinal Keeler, archbishop of Baltimore, told a fall gathering at More House, the Catholic center at Yale university, that he was gratified “to see the dedication and commitment of Catholic alumni to this chapel.” He said that Saint Thomas More, the center's patron saint, had been “deeply... READ MORE

Climbing the Ladder With So Little Knowledge

BY P.M. Aliazzi

A history teacher examines the spread of ignorance—and suggests a solution

December 12-20, 1998 Issue

Not long ago I had a disturbing visit from an Australian colleague. She told me that her brother was a neonatalogist, part of whose responsibilities included training graduate nurses and physicians in his specialty. But over the past several years, he noticed ominous changes in his students. In... READ MORE

Proposed Norms for Catholic Universities Draw Mixed Reaction from Bishops

BY Mo Fung

Defenders say provisions help tie schools to Church's larger mission

December 06-12, 1998 Issue

WASHINGTON—James Cardinal Hickey of Washington, D.C., called the proposed norms for Catholic universities an “immense progress” in the effort to help strengthen Catholic higher education. The cardinal's praise for the norms was part of a discussion on a draft document titled Ex Corde Ecclesiae: An... READ MORE

Step-by-Step Moves Can Save Wayward Universities

BY Stephen Balch

Wisconsin professor's triumph with great books program is case in point

November 08-14, 1998 Issue

Our colleges and universities are in some serious trouble, only part of which is structural. Swollen, bureaucratized, and inefficient, they waste substantial amounts of student time and public money. This is unfortunate but survivable. We are an extraordinarily rich society and can tolerate mere... READ MORE

The Splendor of the Holy Spirit

BY Ellen Wilson Fielding

The Definite Article

November 01, 1998 Issue

“Images of the Spirit”by Msgr. M. Francis Mannion (Lay Witness, October 1998)

Msgr. Mannion writes: “The Holy Spirit is undoubtedly the Person of the Trinity whom Christians have most difficulty comprehending. … One way to comprehend the Holy Spirit more fully, is by examining the diverse images of... READ MORE

Getting to Know All the Saints

BY Raymond De Souza

November 01, 1998 Issue

Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints.

Edited by Margaret, Stephen, and Matthew Bunson (Our Sunday Visitor, 1998, 798 pp., $39.95, on CD-ROM, $49.95)

The Church's job is to make saints,” Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen once said, “and she is at her best when she gives them to us.” The Church has... READ MORE

‘The Boys’ of Wichita Put Education Back in Parental Hands

BY CINDY DUCKETT

EDUCATION PAGE

November 01, 1998 Issue

Like-minded elected officials are teaming up to thwart radical school transformation plans

Incident: In Wichita, the school board adopted unanimously a policy that allows parents to inspect teaching materials, such as films and teachers’ manuals, and requires “active written consent” of the parent... READ MORE

Cardinal George Favors Big “C” Universities

BY Michael Wamble

October 11-17, 1998 Issue

CHICAGO — “Too secular.” “Too dependent on government regulations.” Or “too religious.”

The seven Chicago-area universities and one college invited to participate in the inaugural Convocation of Faculty, held Sept. 22 at Loyola University, have at different times felt the sting of such critiques.