Catholic education

Three new principals in the diocese begin the school year following many new health guidelines to ensure the safety of their students.

Due to the pandemic, Catholic schools prepare differently for a new school year using weekly online gatherings and prayer to focus on sharing faith, curriculum and staying healthy.

The U.S. Catholic Church convened a yearlong intercultural process with young adults and ministry leaders July 25.

“If Catholic schools are allowed to fail in large numbers, it would cost public schools about $20 billion to absorb their students, a cost already-burdened public schools should not be made to bear,” Archbishop Gomez said.

Education leaders imagining how Catholic schools will safely reopen this fall agree on two things: different decisions will be made according to locations and reopening plans may change on short notice.

Catholic leaders urged the president to pursue policies that support school choice.

Linda Kaiser will receive an award for her life-long leadership in Catholic education.

Through ministries it supports, the Bishop’s Annual Appeal makes a difference in many people’s faith lives across the diocese.