Long before anyone had heard of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19, Catholic schools in the United States were facing existential challenges of declining enrollment, reduced revenues and increased operating expenses. In some ways, the pandemic ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — They built webpages and mastered robots, addressed login issues, responded to a deluge of software-related questions and even stood atop wobbly ladders to fix glitchy Wi-Fi extenders. Many professionals have been ...
Before the COVID-19 pandemic was a part of our daily reality, many Catholic schools faced shrinking enrollment and shrinking budgets. Then came March 2020 and, along with it, the final nail in the coffin of ...
The coronavirus pandemic has required many people around the world to develop an "adapt and carry on" attitude.
That's the mantra of Geoff Andrews, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Salina, Kansas, as the ...
The Catholic Schools Office for the Diocese of Owensboro has announced that in-person instruction will resume after the Christmas holidays.
The schools had transitioned from in-person instruction to virtual-only learning in late November, following an executive ...
When music teacher Lynn Kingsbury at St. Damian School in the Chicago suburb of Oak Forest learned that her students wouldn't be allowed to sing in class because of COVID-19 restrictions, she made a dream ...
A weekly encounter with the homeless at the Jesuit-run Boston College High School hasn't slowed during the COVID-19 pandemic. But their St. Louis Project continues to evolve as a result.
"They're constantly surprised at how generous ...
The newest employee at Christ the Teacher Catholic School is a boss's dream.
All he requires are a bed in his office, a few trips outside during the day, and some scratching behind the ears.
Meet Dewey, ...
Russell Shaw looks at the downward trend of Catholic schools in the United States. He writes that as we mark the 210th anniversary of the founding of the parochial school system in the United States ...
Declining enrollment and underutilized buildings are causing the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to close two high schools at the end of the 2020-2021 academic year.
John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School in Philadelphia and Bishop McDevitt ...