Volume 2, Number 2
December 1998
Table of Contents
Editors' Comments (p. 123)
Ronald J. Nuzzi, Thomas C. Hunt
Articles
Spirituality: It’s a Matter of the Heart
Christopher K. Howe, OSA
Bishop McNamara High School
(pp. 124-132)
The school leader’s spirituality flows from and is ever rooted in the heart; that is to say, in principles which are molded in one of the great traditions of the faith. In this article characteristics of gospel spirituality are described and the author incorporates practical examples of how this spirituality is lived within his school.
Building the Kingdom: School Leaders as Architects of Catholic Culture
Timothy J. Cook
Creighton University
(pp. 133-150)
This essay synthesizes the research on organizational culture and applies that research to the Catholic school setting. Using an architectural metaphor, the author offers a framework and design for school leaders as cultural architects to use in building Catholic culture in their schools.
Working With Gay and Lesbian Students at Catholic Colleges and Universities: A Student Affairs Perspective
Sandra M. Estanek
Alvernia College
(pp. 151-158)
Controversy often surrounds issues of sexual ethics on campus. This article offers a helpful framework for consideration of one of today’s difficult issues: ministry to gay and lesbian students at Catholic institutions. By demonstrating how one may be faithful to Magisterial teaching, the Gospel command to love, and solid principles of human development and psychology, the author offers concrete steps for establishing and protecting a climate of conversation.
U.S. Catholic Schools and the Religious Who Served in Them: The Struggle to Continue the Tradition in the Post-Vatican II Era
Richard M. Jacobs, OSA
Villanova University
(pp. 159-176)
This last in a series of three articles surveying the contributions of the religious to U.S. Catholic schooling focuses upon these contributions during the decades following the close of the Second Vatican Council. In an era when control of Catholic schooling was in transition from the hands of the religious to their lay collaborators, these women and men extended the legacy of their forebears by continuing to give form to the mission and purpose of U.S. Catholic schooling—namely, what it means to be an American Catholic—for the youth of the post-Vatican II era. These young women and men will provide leadership for the American Catholic Church during the first decades of the new millennium. This last in a series of three articles surveying the contributions of the religious to U.S. Catholic schooling focuses upon these contributions during the decades following the close of the Second Vatican Council. In an era when control of Catholic schooling was in transition from the hands of the religious to their lay collaborators, these women and men extended the legacy of their forebears by continuing to give form to the mission and purpose of U.S. Catholic schooling—namely, what it means to be an American Catholic—for the youth of the post-Vatican II era. These young women and men will provide leadership for the American Catholic Church during the first decades of the new millennium.
Focus Section
Catholic Schools and Multicultural Education: A Good Match
Charles J. Russo, Shauna Adams & Mary Ellen Seery
University of Dayton
(pp. 178-186)
This article reflects on the place of multicultural education in Catholic schools. The authors review the history and development of Catholic schools in order to set a context for examination of the appropriateness of multicultural education.
A Case Study of Immigrants and Education:
The Scalabrinian Experience With Italian Americans
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Center for Migration Studies
(pp. 187-195)
This article describes the experience of the Society of Saint Charles, commonly known as the Scalabrinians, regarding the Catholic education of Italian immigrants between 1887 and 1933. It relates this historical situation to the following issues facing contemporary Catholic immigrant education: 1) financing local parochial educational programs with nonlocal funds; 2) developing theories regarding transcultural education; and 3) considering education inclusively to incorporate programs beyond parochial schooling.
To Remember, Repent, Renew
David L. Coppola
Sacred Heart University
(pp. 196-202)
The National Catholic Educational Association (1998) reports that 13.6% or 359,146, of all students in Catholic elementary, middle, and secondary schools are non-Catholic, manifesting the importance of educating Catholic school students to understand and appreciate the diversity of cultures and religions other than their own. This article examines some ways that Catholic schools can educate students about the Jewish Holocaust, or Shoah, and through its study embrace a truly Catholic approach.
The Cultural Clash in Northern Ireland
Oliver Brennan & Gerald M. Cattaro
St. Patrick's College & Fordham University
(pp. 203-212)
This paper sets out to demonstrate that the religious, political, and socio-economic elements of the conflict in Northern Ireland should be considered as manifestations of a basic cultural divide between the two groups comprising the society of Northern Ireland. To date, insufficient attention has been paid to this cultural divide, which must be bridged if lasting peace is to be achieved. This paper will detail the important role of the educational establishment, particularly Catholic schools, in this reconciliation process.
The Second Epiphany: Program Design for African American Leadership of Catholic Schools
Gerald M. Cattaro
Fordham University
(pp. 213-224)
Using the biblical experience of Christ’s epiphany as a root metaphor, the author discusses the historical development of African American participation in Catholic schools with a view towards a program design for African American leadership in school administration. Through an analysis of various levels of culture, African American Catholics are shown to be well-suited for emerging leadership roles in Catholic schools and dioceses.
Responses to the Vatican Document: The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium (pp. 225-234)
Thomas J. Tobin
Bishop of Youngstown
Teresita Kambeitz
Head of the Religious Education Program, Newton Theological College,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Dale R. Hoyt
Superintendent of Schools, Archdiocese of San Antonio
Patricia Kelly-Stiles
Superintendent of Schools, Diocese of Brooklyn
Review of Research
Review of Research (pp. 235-236)
Joseph M. O’Keefe, SJ
Boston College
Book Reviews
Growing Up African American in Catholic Schools (pp. 238-240)
Edited by Jacqueline Jordan Irvine & Michele Foster
Reviewed by Betty Taylor
Boys Themselves: A Return to Single-Sex Education (pp. 240-242)
By Michael Ruhlman
Reviewed by Timothy M. Kenney, SM