Roundup: Becket Fund Fights Nevada’s Anti-Catholic Blaine Amendment, Seattle Univ. Dean Pushed Out

Catholic education news and commentary from around the Web:

  1. Old Anti-Catholic Law Being Used to Keep Funding From Low-Income, Special Needs Children (The Becket Fund)

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed a brief Tuesday with the Nevada Supreme Court arguing against the use of Nevada’s anti-Catholic Blaine Amendment to stifle the state’s Educational Savings Account (ESA) program: “A law that was created to discriminate against Catholics long ago shouldn’t become an excuse to bar children from the education they need or discriminate against all religious schools today.”

 

  1. Seattle Univ. Dean at Center of Student Protests Resigns (Inside Higher Ed)

Seattle students staged a three-week sit-in and tried to get Dean Jodi Kelly fired after she said the title of a book that included the N-word. Students were also upset that the curriculum at Seattle is “too white.” Even with Kelly’s departure, the students were still upset because Seattle President Father Sundborg said nice things about Kelly in his announcement about her resignation.

 

  1. Common Core Is Pushing Morality Discussions Out of the Classroom, Teacher Claims (The College Fix)

Noting the focus on test preparation and academic success, a teacher in Kentucky writes: “By omission, are U.S. schools teaching their students that character, morality, and ethics aren’t important in becoming productive, successful citizens?”

 

  1. Petition Launched to Build a Marian Grotto at Marquette University (Louis Joliet Society)

The Louis Joliet Society, a group of alumni and supporters dedicated to restoring and preserving Marquette University’s Catholic identity, is petitioning the University to build a Marian grotto on campus: “Marquette University is a Jesuit university entrusted with the formation of the minds and hearts of young men and women. Imparting this most fundamental component of Ignatian Catholic spirituality — Marian devotion — is critical to its mission.”

 

  1. Amid Closures, These Two Elements Lead to Thriving Catholic Schools (Catholic World Report)

Elizabeth Anderson, a stay-at-home mom in Michigan, writes for CWR that Catholic schools “must be radically Catholic, both in education and culture, and offer a formation entirely unlike that offered by public schools. … [T]hey must not shy away from the Truth.” Agreed!

 

  1. Pope Appoints CUA President to Vatican Agency (Catholic News Service)

John Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America, is the first American to be appointed to a Vatican agency overseeing institutes of higher learning: the Agency for the Evaluation and Promotion of Quality in Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties. Congrats!

 

  1. The Jesuit Trajectory (The Wanderer)

James F. Fitzpatrick shares the disturbing contents of a letter Fordham University sent to potential donors who were concerned that the University’s theology department chairman is in a same-sex marriage.

 

  1. Catholic School in Wichita Targeted by Vandals on Annual Basis (KWCH 12)

There’s no information given on motives, but Holy Savior Catholic Academy in Wichita, Kan., is targeted annually by vandals who break windows and spray paint graffiti, according to the principal.

 

  1. President Named for Newly Created Erie Catholic School System (YourErie.com)

The Diocese of Erie, Pa., announced the hiring of the first president of its newly created Erie Catholic School System. Read more in this press release. The diocese also appointed a new superintendent of Catholic schools.

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