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FaithShort Take
Shelby Kearns
Far from encouraging sexual activity, the right kind of sex education can teach children that they have the agency to say “no.” Parishes and faith-based groups are ideal for delivering this message.
FaithNews
Kathryn Post – Religion News Service
At Washington Jesuit Academy, students compete for honor roll in bright classrooms, whizzing around athletic fields during three daily recesses and learning a wide range of skills, from gardening to computer coding.
Georgetown University’s description of its philosophy program promises to equip students "with important skills for living with themselves from day to day.” (Photo of John Carroll statue in front of Healy Hall from iStock/aimintang)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joseph J. Dunn
Liberal arts universities face the twin crises of an enrollment decline and a perception of irrelevancy. They should abandon any squeamishness about using better marketing techniques.
Norberto Hernandez, Braylon Howard, Christian Mendoza and Adan Clemente, students at Verbum Dei High School in Los Angeles (photo courtesy Verbum Dei High School).
FaithJesuit School Spotlight
J.D. Long García
Students at Verbum Dei spend four days a week in school and one day a week in a corporate work-study program.
Composite image with photogrpahs of Tania Tetlow, J.D., president-elect, Fordham University, Julie Sullivan, Ph.D., president-elect, Santa Clara University and Sandra Cassady, Ph.D., president-elect, Rockhurst University.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
As the numbers of priests and consecrated women and men available for ministry continue to dwindle, religious orders are seeking out models that ensure their respective missions and charisms.
Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, speaks at a news conference on Jan. 29, 2018.
Politics & SocietyNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
But the Congregation for Catholic Education also said that administrators should not be too quick to dismiss employees who are not “totally” Catholic.