Volume 9, Number 3
March 2006
Table of Contents
Editors' Comments (p. 265)
Ronald J. Nuzzi, Thomas C. Hunt
Articles
Renewing Our Commitment to Catholic Elementary and
Secondary Schools in the Third Millennium
USCCB
(pp. 266-277)
Responses From the Field (pp. 278-283)
Lois K. Draina
Marywood University
Ronald J. Nuzzi
University of Notre Dame
Rachel Sara Moreno
Alliance for Catholic Education, University of Notre Dame
Focus Section
Historical Perspectives on Elizabeth Seton and Education: School is My Chief Business
Betty Ann McNeil, DC
Daughters of Charity Archives, Emmitsburg, Maryland
(pp. 284-306)
Elizabeth Ann Seton—the first native-born U.S. citizen to be canonized—and her passion for education are the subjects of this historical essay. Implications for contemporary educational leaders are also discussed.
Katharine Drexel: Learning to Love the Poor
Cecilia Murray, OP
Dominican Sisters of Hope, Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, New York
(pp. 307-319)
Although born into privilege, Katharine Drexel was blessed with parents, siblings, friends, and spiritual guides who kept her rooted in a deep, Eucharistic faith. Responding to the needs of the poor was a responsibility of the rich, and Katharine learned this value at the hands of her parents at an early age. With the good counsel of popes and bishops, family and friends, she ultimately used her great family wealth to provide education for the poor.
Sister M. Madeleva Wolff, CSC
M. Loretta Petit, OP
University of Dayton
(pp. 320-333)
Sister M. Madeleva Wolff, C.S.C., teacher, essayist, poet, and college administrator, through her creative ability and innovative practices made possible major contributions to Catholic education in her lifetime. Without her strong personality and boundless energy, many of her dreams for an ideal college curriculum would not have come to fruition. Her most significant legacy, the Graduate School of Theology, afforded for the first time the opportunity for the laity and religious women to study theology at the graduate level. She served as president of St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, from 1934 to 1961.
Catherine Spalding: Co-Foundress of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN
Spalding University
(pp. 334-345)
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (SCN) maintain a vibrant presence in ministry in the U.S.. This article presents an overview of their co-foundress, Catherine Spalding, and shows Mother Catherine to be the creative, mission-driven, and articulate leader that is still very much in need in today’s society.
Mother Stephanie Mohun, OP
Ruth Caspar, OP & Rosalie Graham, OP
Dominican Sisters, St. Mary of the Springs
(pp. 346-359)
It is often stated that Catholic schools in the US were built on the foundation of the poverty of the vowed women religious. Dozens of communities fit this description, none more so than the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs. Sister Stephane Mohun’s service as mother general spanned a period of tremendous growth in Catholic education at every level. Seeing to the ongoing education and professional preparation of the sisters, Mother Stephanie founded colleges, staffed schools, established missions, and provided leadership for Catholic education that continues to have an enduring legacy today.
Sister Mary Emil Penet, IHM: Founder of the Sister Formation Conference
Joan Glisky, IHM
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Archives, Monroe, Michigan
(pp. 360-376)
Mary Emil Penet, I.H.M., (1916-2001) used her talents and charisma to shape the first national organization of American women religious, the Sister Formation Conference (SFC; 1954-1964), facilitating the integrated intellectual, spiritual, psychological, and professional development of vowed women religious. In the decade preceding Vatican II, her leadership generated a renewal among religious communities focusing first on preparing young sister teachers, then sisters of all ages, whatever their ministries. Her educational contributions affected sisters’ development and ministries, their contribution to Vatican II aggiornamento, and later touched the lives of female college students, seminarians, and Catholic laity.
Book Reviews
Moral Education in America’s Schools: The Continuing Challenge (pp. 377-379)
By Thomas C. Hunt & Monalisa McCurry Mullins
Reviewed by Timothy Walch
Betwixt and Between: The Liminal Imagination, Education and Democracy (pp. 379-382)
By James C. Conroy
Reviewed by Edward J. Caron
Trial: The Loss of Constitutional Rights in Newfoundland and Labrador—The Roman Catholic Story (pp. 383-385)
By Bonaventure Fagan
Reviewed by Leona M. English
Faith-Based Schools and the State: Catholics in America, France and England (pp. 386-389)
By Harry Judge
Reviewed by James C. Conroy