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Mary McAuliffe is a religion teacher in Washington D.C., as well as a student at the Clough School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College. She has previously served as an Augustinian Volunteer, a teaching fellow at the Alliance for Catholic Education at Saint Joseph’s University and a teacher at Xavier High School Micronesia in Chuuk, Micronesia.
Julia Oseka, center, a delegate to the Synod on Synodality and a student at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, leads Pope Francis and others in an ecumenical prayer at the Vatican on Oct. 11, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithShort Take
Mary McAuliffe
If we are to be a synodal church, are all of us ready to hear and honestly reckon with the sacrifice being asked of women and L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics?
Students at Xavier High School in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. (Photo by Emily Zlevor, courtesy of Xavier High School. Provided to America Media by Mary McAuliffe.)
FaithShort Take
Mary McAuliffe
The accusations of paganism and idolatry at the Synod on the Amazon sent a troubling message about the universality of the church, writes Mary McAuliffe, a teacher at a Jesuit school in the Pacific.
Programs in electricity, plumbing and other practical skills can allow students to get high-paying jobs immediately after high school graduation. In some cases, they earn enough to return to school. (iStock/Georgijevic)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Mary McAuliffe
Catholic high schools should not be limited to the college-bound. In order to serve all communities, they must also serve students who wish to avoid college debt and to go straight into the workforce.