Your support allowed a thorough review of the mission, curriculum, and policies of the Chesterton Schools Network’s 80 Catholic high schools. I’m happy to announce each of these faithful schools has been invited to complete Newman Guide recognition by an expedited review process. Thank you for helping recommend more faithful […]
Kingswood Academy in Darien, Ill., is the 25th primary/secondary school to achieve Newman Guide recognition, another milestone toward expanding The Newman Guide to recognize all faithful Catholic education across the U.S. You make this success possible! This PK-8 independent school was founded by Catholic parents and offers weekly Mass and […]
When I say we need more Charlie Kirks, I don’t mean we’re lacking in heroic witnesses today. With your help, The Cardinal Newman Society will keep telling the stories of exemplary graduates of faithful Newman Guide education—like Katie Xavios! Katie is a 2018 graduate of Belmont Abbey College who now […]
Thanks to the support of friends like you, I see many hopeful signs of a “Second Spring” in Catholic education, but we can’t ignore ongoing problems. That’s why we’re launching a new e-mail series for CNS members: “NOT in The Newman Guide!” (If you aren’t getting our emails, sign up […]
If you’re looking to make some sense of what has happened, watch this webinar I presented for the Institute for Catholic Culture this summer, and please share it with others: cardinalnewmansociety.org/educational-emergency-video. It focuses on Pope Benedict’s warning about today’s “educational emergency” and why there is renewed hope in Newman Guide […]
Exciting things are happening in Catholic education, thanks to your support. But the horrific killings of Charlie Kirk and the students at Annunciation School in Minneapolis are still weighing heavily on my mind. Please know that our staff is praying with you for the victims and their families and teachers. […]
No one truly deserves to be called “educated.” What I mean is, no human ever completes their education. It’s never accomplished, except in small part. Education is a lifelong journey that probably continues into eternity! Nevertheless, we talk of high school graduation as a conclusion, college as the pinnacle of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]