For America’s Catholic schools, “less bad” is not good. There’s some reason to be hopeful about this year’s slower rate of decline: a half-point drop in students since last year, according to the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). A few states with school choice programs actually saw increases, including Florida, […]
Thanks to you, The Cardinal Newman Society has been featured many other times in the news this past quarter. Here are just a few highlights: CatholicVote celebrated the 2025-26 Newman Guide with an article describing the Guide as “a popular asset used by Catholic parents looking to choose education options […]
EWTN News and National Catholic Register published articles in February interviewing our senior fellow Dr. Dan Guernsey on The Cardinal Newman Society’s acquisition of NAPCIS, a streamlined, low-cost accreditation integrated with The Newman Guide. The Register calls NAPCIS “a single, powerful validation for schools seeking to prove to parents both […]
Your support for The Cardinal Newman Society is also at work in the courtroom. On Feb. 16, we joined several Christian education groups in filing an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court. We’re asking the Court to reverse a decision by the Oregon Department of Education to strip funding […]
Thanks to your generosity, The Cardinal Newman Society Podcast is reaching thousands of listeners hungry for truth. Recent episodes (on our website) include: The powerful story of Thomas Vander Woude—a father who moved his family so his children could attend faithful Catholic schools and ultimately gave his life saving his […]
In January, just before the March for Life, we convened leaders from Newman Guide Recommended colleges for our annual Presidents Meeting in Washington, D.C. Thanks for making it such a success, by your prayers and contributions! The presidents addressed key topics facing U.S. Catholic higher education, with public policy experts […]
Because of your generosity, 40,000 print copies of the 2025–2026 edition of The Newman Guide are now getting into the hands of high school students across America. And many also received personal notes of encouragement from our supporters! I’m so grateful for the inspiring words to young people discerning their […]
Lent has a way of stripping away distractions and reminding us of what truly matters. The latest scandal at the University of Notre Dame is a prime example. Its leaders insisted on promoting Prof. Susan Ostermann, despite her abortion advocacy and the pleas of many bishops and faithful Catholics, including […]
Parents are the primary educators of their children, as is repeatedly asserted in Vatican documents. Parents are not only the first educators in a child’s lifetime, but they are also most important at every stage of a child’s formation. Everything in Catholic education, then, depends on the health of the […]
You’ve heard a lot from me during this glorious week. And now, as of this morning, we officially have a new Doctor of the Church—just two days after naming him Patron of Catholic Education! Ora pro nobis, St. John Henry Cardinal Newman! Today, my wife Rosario and I joined thousands of […]