Welcome to Discourses on Catholic Education. I am glad that you found this because that likely means that you think that Catholic education is something that is so important that it is worth your time to read more about it. I hope that there are ideas shared here that inspire you and/or challenge you but, most importantly, motivate you to think. I chose to move into the realm of the blog after reading a book recently that asked the reader to put their job in perspective. To quickly summarize, there was a section that challenged the reader to think 'Who are you?' as opposed to 'What do you do?' and consider if those things line up. In the United States, one of the first questions we ask about someone is 'What do you do?' but that is not quite the same as 'Tell me about yourself.' When I read that, I realized that I could answer the first question with, "I am the Principal of a Catholic school." But that didn't really satisfy me. Not that my...
This space is meant to contribute to and be a part of the dialogue, the debate, and the discussions that surround and direct Catholic education and especially, Catholic school education.