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Patrick Reilly quoted in “At the 6-months mark, Pope Leo finds his footing and starts charting his own path and style” (AP News, 2025/11/02)
The Cardinal Newman Society quoted in “New Georgetown University president: ‘I reject the Church’s teachings on homosexuality’” (LifeSite News, 2025/10/20)
Cardinal Newman Society President Patrick Reilly to Headline Christendom’s September 20 Open House (Christendom College, 2025/8/27)
Patrick Reilly Quoted in Colleges pledge institutional neutrality but support LGBT ‘pride’: analysis (The College Fix, 2025/6/27)
Cardinal Newman Society: The state of Catholic education in the US (Catholic Vote, 2025/5/28)
Newman Approved: Engaging Catholic Summer Programs for High Schooler (National Catholic Register, 2025/8/25)
As Featured in The National Catholic Register:
We Need ‘Eucharistic Education’
As the U.S. Bishops prepare to kick-off a three-year revival on…
June 12, 2022/by Patrick ReillyCatholic School Sports Should Encourage Prayer
Imagine losing your job, simply because you prayed after a sporting…
March 16, 2022/by Patrick ReillySome Colleges Are Pro-Life Year-Round
Last week, hundreds of students from faithful Catholic colleges…
January 25, 2022/by Patrick ReillyA Year-End Victory for Catholic Education
Last summer, I wrote about the urgency of holding a “crucial…
January 6, 2022/by Patrick ReillyDown to the Buzzer, Religious Colleges Score with NCAA
Here’s some great news, just in time for the holy feast of…
December 20, 2021/by Patrick ReillyWill the NCAA Force Out Catholic Colleges?
Athletics has long been an important part of Catholic education…
December 14, 2021/by Patrick ReillyAbortion Advocacy, Sex Contests Have No Place in Catholic Education
What kind of lunacy must this be, when the Pope unambiguously…
November 9, 2021/by Patrick ReillyArchdiocese of Indianapolis Fights for the Right to Have Faithful Employees
The Archdiocese of Indianapolis has been fighting several battles…
September 1, 2021/by Patrick ReillyThomas Aquinas College Plans New Leadership, Same Faithful Mission
Once oppressed in Ireland because of his Catholic faith, Dr.…
August 23, 2021/by Patrick ReillyWrong Way to Teach About Race in Catholic Education
Human dignity and justice were topics in Catholic education long…
July 16, 2021/by Patrick ReillyA Crucial Line of Defense for Catholic Education
Catholic education could face severe hardships should the religious…
July 9, 2021/by Patrick Reilly‘Fulton’ Ruling Teaches Important Lesson to Catholic Educators
A leading attorney for the defense of religious freedom says…
June 30, 2021/by Patrick Reilly60 Pro-Abortion Congressmen Flunk Catholicism 101
When 60 members of the House of Representatives — all of them…
June 24, 2021/by Patrick ReillyBenedictine College Raises the Bar in Fight Against Porn Addiction
Students at The Catholic University of America in Washington,…
May 17, 2021/by Patrick ReillyAfter Crazy 2020, Students Seek No-Nonsense Catholic Colleges
During uncertain and troubling times, what’s a Catholic high…
April 7, 2021/by Patrick ReillyPro-Life Colleges Won’t Be Silenced
What an inspiration! Several Catholic colleges, undeterred by…
January 28, 2021/by Patrick ReillyFather McTeigue Wants You to Learn Philosophy
Socrates had important answers to the big questions in life.…
October 29, 2020/by Patrick ReillyCollege Students Organize Nationwide Marian Consecration
It only takes a spark to start a fire. That’s exactly what…
October 26, 2020/by Patrick ReillyCatholic Colleges Should Fight Pornography
To combat pornography, Catholics should take the lead in the…
October 14, 2020/by Patrick ReillyJohn Henry Newman, a Saint for Students
Here is an important saint for our times — and with a special…
October 13, 2020/by Patrick ReillySupreme Court Rulings Already Impacting Catholic Schools
This month, even before the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to…
September 30, 2020/by Patrick ReillyColleges Keep It Catholic Amid the Epidemic
While avoidance of COVID-19 has forced many schools and colleges…
August 31, 2020/by Patrick ReillyTake a New Look at Catholic Education
After a summer of disappointment — closed camps, museums, movie…
August 17, 2020/by Patrick ReillyOne Year Later, No Resolution on Brebeuf Scandal
Catholic schools across the nation are striving to keep their…
August 4, 2020/by Patrick ReillySupreme Court Defers to Canon Law in Catholic School Decision
There is an admirable concession to Catholic Church authority…
July 8, 2020/by Patrick ReillyExtraordinary Teens Love the Eucharist, Catholic Education
Wow! Thank God for hopeful signs, even in the darkest hours.
I…
June 29, 2020/by Patrick ReillyI…
Theology of the Body for Schoolchildren
If ever there was a time to teach young people about human nature…
June 15, 2020/by Patrick ReillyThese College Grads Are Saving Lives
Light shines bright in the darkness! One highlight among the…
May 19, 2020/by Patrick ReillyFor Catholic Schools, Now’s a Time to Shine
For students and educators, these are difficult times. But…
April 17, 2020/by Patrick ReillyKeeping the ‘Catholic’ in Distance Learning
Faithful Catholic schools are far better for Catholics than…
April 7, 2020/by Patrick ReillyCould You Be Schooling at Home… Indefinitely?
With the kids at home, now may be a great time to experiment…
April 3, 2020/by Patrick ReillyScattered Catholic College Students Forge Ahead with Prayer
Many faithful Catholic colleges are taking practical steps…
March 20, 2020/by Patrick ReillyCatholic School Athletics Must Be Truthful
Gender ideology has created huge inequities in the world of…
March 5, 2020/by Patrick ReillyFalse Freedom at Some Catholic Colleges
The purpose of higher education can be summed up in one word:…
February 28, 2020/by Patrick ReillyLet’s Follow Bishop Paprocki’s Lead
Last week, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois,…
February 21, 2020/by Patrick ReillyTrue Love at Faithful Catholic Colleges
Are students being prepared for careers — and for life —…
February 12, 2020/by Patrick ReillyCelebrate the Students Who Marched for Life
Again this January, huge numbers of young people from around…
February 6, 2020/by Patrick ReillyStudents Make History at the March for Life
Nearly every year of Simone Kelly’s life, she attended the…
January 22, 2020/by Patrick ReillyHow This Catholic School Welcomes Children with Down Syndrome
When the students and faculty of Holy Family Academy in Manassas,…
January 17, 2020/by Patrick ReillyJustice for Nick Sandmann — and All of Us
Last year during a Catholic school trip to the March for Life…
January 8, 2020/by Patrick ReillyResolved for New Year 2020: Teach the Faith
I love the six days between Christmas and New Year’s Day.…
December 30, 2019/by Patrick ReillyCatholics Should Lead on Banning Porn
Like many Catholics, I was encouraged by U.S. lawmakers’…
December 17, 2019/by Patrick ReillyArchbishop Sheen’s Idea of Education
This article by Patrick Reilly, President and Founder of The…
December 6, 2019/by Patrick ReillyStudy Science at a Faithful Catholic College
Catholic high school students often ask: can I study engineering,…
November 27, 2019/by Patrick ReillyAll-Night Dorm Visits at Notre Dame?
A group of students at the University of Notre Dame recently…
November 22, 2019/by Patrick ReillySt. John Henry Newman’s Battle for the Church Continues
Three weeks ago, my family and a group of Cardinal Newman Society…
October 31, 2019/by Patrick ReillyWe Are Losing Young Catholics
A new study by the Pew Research Center shows that less than…
October 25, 2019/by Patrick ReillyWhere is Newman’s University?
John Henry Cardinal Newman’s vision of higher education has…
October 9, 2019/by Patrick ReillyA New Year’s Resolution for Catholic Colleges
As the new academic year begins for students around the country,…
September 4, 2019/by Patrick ReillyYet Another Lawsuit Against the Church
The Archdiocese of Indianapolis is the target of yet another…
August 13, 2019/by Patrick ReillyWho Will Defend Catholic Education?
Recent lawsuits by teachers fired from Catholic schools are…
July 26, 2019/by Patrick ReillyEducators Need More than ‘Male and Female He Created Them’
The Vatican has reasserted one of the most basic facts of Christian…
July 18, 2019/by Patrick ReillyFake News About Brebeuf Jesuit School
According to secular news reports about Brebeuf Jesuit High…
July 3, 2019/by Patrick ReillyPride on Full Display in ‘Hesburgh’ Documentary
The mere fact that the laudatory, even triumphal, documentary Hesburgh will…
May 3, 2019/by Patrick ReillyCatholics Should Be Wary of ‘Elite’ Colleges
Lately we’ve been hearing about a college admissions scandal and…
March 25, 2019/by Patrick Reilly‘Christian’ Abortionist Lectures at Georgetown
Last Wednesday—as pro-lifers from around the country began…
February 22, 2019/by Patrick ReillyAre Jesuits Proud of Their Pro-Abortion Alumni?
As the 116th Congress began in January, the Association of…
February 20, 2019/by Patrick ReillyWhile Vatican Meets, Catholic Colleges Celebrate Sexual Abuse
Even while the Vatican meets to address sexual abuse by Catholic…
February 13, 2019/by Patrick ReillyYes, Let’s ‘Expose’ Catholic Schools
Faithful Catholic education is under attack. And since we…
February 4, 2019/by Patrick ReillyCatholic High Schoolers Give Extraordinary Witness at March for Life
Some of the nation’s best Catholic high schools will be displaying…
January 22, 2019/by Patrick ReillyWith Second Miracle, Will Newman Be Canonized Soon?
Deo gratias! The Vatican reportedly has recognized a second…
November 29, 2018/by Patrick Reilly3 Eye-Opening Lessons for Catholics under Common Core
It’s been five years since controversy peaked over the…
November 9, 2018/by Patrick ReillyArlington Bishop to Homeschooling Families: “Thank You”
An American bishop stood strong last week in support of Catholic…
October 25, 2018/by Patrick ReillySynod Report Displays Ignorance About Homeschooling
At the Youth Synod in Rome this week, one of the bishops’…
October 11, 2018/by Patrick ReillyThe Land O’ Lakes Statement Has Caused Devastation For 50 Years
In hindsight, what they did was appalling.
But when…
July 20, 2017/by Patrick ReillyBut when…
Nashville Dominicans Turn Focus Entirely to Teacher Formation
A few years ago, Sister Mary Sarah Galbraith, OP, and her team…
March 10, 2017/by Patrick ReillyBishop Flores: What Every Catholic Kid Needs for School
Does “Catholic education” begin in Catholic schools—or…
March 8, 2017/by Patrick ReillyOne Catholic College Temporarily Closes, But Another Springs Up
In 2008, the cover of Commonweal magazine proclaimed this…
February 17, 2017/by Patrick ReillyScalia and Gorsuch: Both Lamented ‘Liberalism’ in Catholic Education
When President Donald Trump said he would nominate a Supreme…
February 9, 2017/by Patrick Reilly‘Exorcist’ Author’s Canon Law Case Against Georgetown Continues
William Peter Blatty, best-selling author and Academy Award-winning…
January 16, 2017/by Patrick ReillyFather Scanlan Was America’s Pastor to Catholic Higher Education
Father Michael Scanlan, T.O.R., who died Saturday, reformed…
January 9, 2017/by Patrick ReillyResist This Compromise That Would Crush Catholics
Catholics hoped for a reprieve from assaults on religious freedom…
December 16, 2016/by Patrick ReillyHow to Build a Healthy Political Culture in America
Last month in the heat of the presidential campaign, Pope Francis indicated…
November 14, 2016/by Patrick ReillyIs There Such a Thing as Catholic Math?
Is there a Catholic way of learning something?
Math?…
October 17, 2016/by Patrick ReillyMath?…
Let’s Move Beyond the Common Core in Catholic Schools
By now, it should be apparent that the Common Core State Standards…
October 13, 2016/by Patrick ReillyHumanae Vitae Dissenters Should Not Be Teaching at Catholic Colleges
Considering the morally corrupt and hypersexualized state of…
September 22, 2016/by Patrick ReillySchool Choice Must Support and Protect Catholic Education
School choice, an important issue for Catholic families and…
September 2, 2016/by Patrick ReillyNew Sexual Revolution Requires Faithful, Parent-Centered Solutions
Catholic families need the Church’s help facing what amounts…
August 25, 2016/by Patrick ReillyAmerican Jesuits Are in a Free Fall, and the Crisis is Getting Worse
Excitement is building for Jesuits worldwide as their general…
July 29, 2016/by Patrick ReillyThe Land O’ Lakes Statement Has Caused Devastation For 49 Years
In hindsight, what they did was appalling.
But when…
July 21, 2016/by Patrick ReillyBut when…
For Catholic Schools to Survive, Their Catholicity Must Thrive
We hear a lot about the decline of Catholic schools, but maybe…
July 16, 2016/by Patrick ReillyCalifornia Dreams Up Nightmare for Catholic Education
A nightmare scenario has further developed in California, threatening…
July 7, 2016/by Patrick ReillyThe Incredible Shrinking Case for Common Core
Recent statements by Common Core co-author David Coleman about…
December 17, 2015/by Patrick ReillyDid Pope Francis Say ‘Don’t Proselytize’?
Catholic education, done rightly, is a special and important…
November 24, 2015/by Patrick ReillyVatican Envoy to Jesuits and Bishops: Reform Education
The Vatican ambassador’s message, delivered during Monday’s…
November 18, 2015/by Patrick ReillyFire Theologians, Not Columnists
There is more than irony in the recent attempt by several theologians…
November 4, 2015/by Patrick ReillyCardinal Burke Urges Genuine Catholic Education to Renew Culture
Cardinal Raymond Burke last week gave us yet another trove…
October 29, 2015/by Patrick Reilly