Entries by Patrick Reilly

Leave a legacy of faithful Catholic education

We’re now in June, with many people making plans for summer vacations. But did you know last month was “Leave a Legacy Month”? If you haven’t made plans for how your values will be passed on in your will, now’s a perfect time. Leaving a gift in your will to […]

We have a winner! Meet our 2025 scholarship student, Teresa White

Teresa White, a homeschooled student from Illinois, will attend the Newman Guide Recommended University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D., thanks to our $5,000 Newman Guide scholarship. “Attending a truly Catholic college will decidedly strengthen me spiritually, prepare me to be a virtuous defender of the Faith, and assist me in […]

Facebook campaign celebrates pro-life Newman Guide education

Perhaps you heard about Planned Parenthood’s annual report: they killed a record 402,200 unborn babies in 2023-24—while using almost $800,000,000 of our tax dollars. Still, wayward Catholic colleges refer students to Planned Parenthood, hire pro-abortion professors, and give credit for internships at pro-abortion groups. That’s why we launched an online […]

‘Newman Guide News’ reaches worldwide EWTN audience each week

I’m thrilled to announce that Kelly Salomon, Vice President for Newman Guide Programs, will now appear weekly on EWTN Radio to promote faithful Newman Guide education and address the latest issues facing Catholic educators. Her “Newman Guide News” segment airs each Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern) on Catholic Connection with […]

We’ll keep promoting Newman Guide standards… with your help

Thanks to your generous support, 1,612 schools serving 434,390 students in 48 dioceses are now using The Cardinal Newman Society’s Catholic Curriculum Standards! Back in 2016, most Catholic dioceses in the U.S. adopted the Common Core State Standards and claimed they had no satisfactory Catholic alternative. With leading experts, we […]

…and we can DOUBLE the size of our Newman Guide Leaders Summit

After its soft launch this year, our Newman Guide Network will be fully staffed in 2025-26 to support more than a dozen working groups of leaders from Newman Guide institutions and dioceses. Nicholas Reilly will coordinate Network activity, manage an online Network platform, and communicate with Newman Guide leaders. Anong […]

We plan to DOUBLE our Newman Guide recommendations

Thank you, and congratulations! In 2024-25, your support helped expand The Newman Guide to recognize more than 100 faithful schools, colleges, and graduate programs! Together, we have made such enormous progress since announcing the Guide’s expansion in 2023. And now, in the coming year, we’re gearing up to DOUBLE our […]

With your help, we can DOUBLE our Newman Guide promotions

I’ve spent the past few weeks with The Cardinal Newman Society leadership team, developing major plans for our 2025-2026 fiscal year, which begins July 1. I hope you’re excited as I am by what we have envisioned—and with your continued prayers and generous support, and God’s abundant grace, we can […]

Together, we’ll move mountains with God’s grace

It’s amazing how life comes full-circle! After 32 years of promoting faithful Catholic education, I see how this renewal has blessed my own family—and my wife Rosario and I are deeply grateful for what you’ve made possible, as are so many other families. Our youngest child, Ana, graduated in May […]